SOFTWARE PIRATING, BIG TIME
ACCORDING TO a Microsoft law suit, brand new computers in China are being delivered with forged software that’s already virus-infected. It all began in 2011 as a study of counterfeit … Continue reading
MOTOR HOLMES
HOLMES’ ACTUAL career as a consulting detective barely overlapped with our era of the motor car. On the other hand, as Holmes will never cease to exist, I will likewise … Continue reading
THE RISE OF “NO PROBLEM”
“HELLO,” SAID Dottie, answering the phone. “I want to talk to Mike,” said the caller. “I’m sorry, you’ve got the wrong number.” “But I said I want to talk with … Continue reading
GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO: POET, PATRIOT—FLYGUY
GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO, the Italian poet and patriot, also became enamored with aviation. At the 1909 air show in Brescia, in northern Italy, d’Annunzio conned his way aboard flights with aeronaut … Continue reading
NOT YOUR AVERAGE AUTO EXEC
THE MARQUIS Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion was instrumental in founding the De Dion-Bouton automobile company in 1883. His name is forever attached to a particular bit of suspension … Continue reading
ON IMAGE
BACK IN the 1980s, one of the late GM divisions—okay, it was Pontiac—asked me to speak on image enhancement. These comments continue to make sense today. To wit: 1. Drive … Continue reading
DAFFY AND THE TESTAROSSA
I WAS looking for something else entirely and uncovered this treasure, examination of which raises several questions. Why celebrate precisely 16 years of service? As it turned out, this occasion … Continue reading
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
AS I observed back in Road & Track, June 1991, “Partway across the vastness of Delaware, I realized I had made a dreadful mistake.” The idea was simple, if not … Continue reading
HOLMES AND CAR MAGS
THOUGH I wouldn’t call Sherlock Holmes an automotive buff, he has had a non-trivial intersection with car magazines. Here are three examples. In April 1985, Joe Rusz and I traversed … Continue reading
HAVE SOME MADEIRA, M’DEAR
THE ISLAND of Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal, 323 miles off the African coast, due west of the Straits of Gibraltar. It’s also a great place for driving … Continue reading
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