If you've been following my web log, you know I have an almost fanatical interest for unusual hardware. It seems that fanaticism extends to non-computer hardware too. And while I might be able to buy a (once) $60,000 computer on eBay for $20CDN, the piece of hardware I got turned on to this evening would never sell for anything remotely as cheap as the Sun Ultra 2.I was watching the modern version of The Italian Job, and decided to look up "Handsome Rob's" thrill machine, the Aston Martin Vanquish. Baby, the Vanquish is one dream machine! It's capable of burning up the road at over 200mph, does 0-60 in less than 5 seconds, even comes digitally, and electronically customizable with the owner's name plate - we're talking dream machine!
I've watched this version of The Italian Job a few times, and so much attention is focused on the Mini Coopers that the rest of the cars barely have any chance for limelight. Aston Martin's web site is pretty slick, but I was somewhat annoyed when I visited the web site of the Toronto dealer for AM; when I brought up the page for the Vanquish the site played the theme from James Bond. If you're trying to project class, playing the theme song from James Bond is not the way to do it.
The V12 in the Vanquish reminded me of this site I came across this morning, a V12 made almost entirely out of paper! Cool hack!
Resources:
- Aston Marton (requires Flash)
- Techeblog paper V12 article
