The Gadget Tree

Following the lead of Apple, Microsoft has decided to base its Next-Generation OS upon a Unix-style kernel.

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What is it about a little hatchback car that’s been tuned to put a smile on your face? They simply have a type of magic that can’t be easily explained. There’s just something about strapping yourself into a little car that would normally be used to haul around groceries and then tearing up the streets in true cinematic style. For some reason the sheer insanity of it just stirs something deep inside the soul of a true motorhead. Pulling up next to a standard version of that same car, complete with shopping bags and kids, and somehow feeling quite sorry for them, knowing that the version you bought is infinitely better.

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Well I’ve owned a plethora of cars in my 26 years and most of them sports cars. I can remember being an eight year old child and being enchanted by an Eagle Talon that was on the used car lot that my dad worked at. I remember the special feeling I had sitting in the seat and envisioning myself wizzing down a winding country road in what felt like a space ship to an 8 year old. There was something about the way the dash and instruments wrapped around the driver, making you feel like you were about to making a bombing run on a Soviet missile installation, instead of just popping out to pick up some groceries, or some other mundane task. At that age I knew nothing about engines and how that particular car wasn’t even a terribly exciting one to drive, I just knew it felt special. In fact by the time I hit puberty and became more interested in girls and partying I totally forgot about cars and just how exciting they could be.

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