Confederate Hellcat - Portraited by HotBike Custom mag
Thứ Năm, 28 tháng 2, 2013
The "Rise of the cafe racers"
"Rise of the Cafe Racer" is the world's first vampire-motorcycle-rock musical-book. The novel, has an accompanying 12 song soundtrack and 84 original illustrations. The tail is set 1089 years in the future, after Vampires have hunted humans to extinction (SIC!). Without human blood to feed on, Vampires have no supernatural powers—just a High Council that dictates their lives. But when the Pike's Run returns— a motorcycle race that only happens once every 121 years— there's finally a chance to dream, a chance to live for the moment, and a chance for an ordinary person to become... King of the Undead.
Curios? Then, read the rest.
"Rise of the Cafe Racer" è il primo vampiro-moto-rock musical-book al mondo. Il racconto è accompagnato da una colonna sonora di 12 canzoni e 84 illustrazioni originali. La storia è ambientata nel futuro, tra 1089 anni, quando i vampiri dopo aver portato la razza umana all’estinzione, sono i padroni del pianeta (SIC!). Ma senza sangue umano di cui nutrirsi, i vampiri non hanno più poteri soprannaturali. Solo il Consiglio Supremo decide della loro vita. Ma in occasione del Pike’s Run, la gara motociclistica che si tiene solo una volta ogni 121 anni, c'è finalmente la possibilità di sognare, la possibilità di cogliere l’attimo, e la chance per una persona comune di diventare ... il Re dei non morti.
Curiosi? Leggete il resto, allora.
Deano Jones, the author, lives in Austin Texas and actually rides and own a couple cafe'd out old Hondas. He is a punk rock musician and wrote a rock musical about vampires building and racing cafe racers and figured it outta be a book!
Deano Jones, l'autore, vive a Austin in Texas ed è in effetti un motociclista che possiede e guida un paio café racers su base Honda vintage. E 'un musicista punk rock e ha scritto un musical rock su vampiri che guidano e costruiscono café racers. Ha pensato che doveva farne un libro!
This week Rise of The Cafe Racer was #10 on Apple's "Hot New Sci-Fi & Fantasy" category at the iBook Store! Deano was so kind to inform me that for friends and readers of the Inazuma Cafe the Book is now free until Monday March 4th! If anyone at Inazuma Cafe Racer might be interested in a vampire-motorcycle-rock musical- novel, now would be a great time to check it out, here!
Questa settimana Rise of The Cafe Racer è entrato nella top ten di I-tunes degli e-books nella categoria "Hot New Sci-Fi & Fantasy". Deano è stato così gentile da informarmi che per gli amici e i lettori dell’Inazuma Cafe il libro è ora disponibile gratis per il download sino a Lunedi 4 marzo! Se qualcuno è interessato a un vampiro-moto-rock musical-novel, è il momento giusto di andarlo a scaricare, qui!
Conerock 2013: save the date!
Here we go again! The legendary Franco Mazzetti, a.k.a. Frankye, sent me the program for the Conerock reunion 2013, which will be held which will be held June 7 to 9, as usual, in the beautiful Mount Conero area, in the center of fabulous motorbikes’, gastronomic and natural routes. I expect that all Inazuma Cafe Racers will be of the party... No ifs, ands or buts.
Ed eccoci che si riparte. Il mitico Franco mazzetti, detto Frankye, mi ha mandato il programma della Conerock reunion di quest’anno, che si terrà dal 7 al 9 giugno, come tradizione, nella splendida cornice del Conero al centro di favolosi percorsi motociclistici, gastronomici e naturali. Mi aspetto che tutti gli Inazuma Cafe Racers siano della partita… Senza se e senza ma.
Venerdi 7 giugno
ore 21:00: Hotel Hexcelsior La Fonte - Happening e mostra d’arte di Masa con Live Music e Buffet a bordo piscina della struttura ( per i partecipanti che arriveranno in serata).
Sabato 8 giugno
ore 10:30: Moto giro di 100km con partenza dalla Baia di Portonovo per le ridenti colline marchigiane direzione Concessionaria Triumph di Jesi, dove lo Staff ci dara’ il benvenuto offrendoci Live Music and Food. Nelle prime ore del pomeriggio rientro alla Baia.
ore 18:30: Ritrovo nella suggestiva spiaggia dello Stabilimento LaCapannina di Portonovo dove aprira’ la serata il blues dei Bues Up.
ore 20:00: Cena Buffet FingerFood con specialita’ locali, innaffiate da Verdicchio, RossoConero e birra. Durante la cena selezione musicale Rock’Roll del Dj Dido dei CafeRacerGenova.
ore 22:00 - After Dinner aperto a tutti con i Blues Up che suoneranno dell'ottimo Rock anni '70. Verranno messi a disposizione il Bar della struttura e un bar aggiuntivo esterno fino a tarda notte.
Domenica 9 giugno
Saluti e ultime foto
Al meeting parteciperanno i piu’importanti Forum MC e Bloggers - La concessionaria Triumph di Jesi - Lorenzo FugarMetalWorker - Roberto e Asky della rivista Special Cafe – tattoo studio Pimp My Skin e molti altri. Special guests? ..........I partecipanti!
Pandora interview: Using HTML5 to deliver content to the car
Take a couple minutes to hear Tom's perspective on standardizing on HTML5 across markets and to get a glimpse of the future of Internet radio in automotive. And make sure you watch the whole thing — there's some fun outtakes at the end.
Thứ Tư, 27 tháng 2, 2013
The Mitsubishi Shogun
Interesting facts: This model is only known as the Shogun in the UK. It is called the Mitsubishi Pajero in Japan and few other countries, Mitsubishi Montero (meaning "mountain hunter") in Spain, India, and the Americas (except Brazil). It is not on sale in the US (since 2006) and the latest model is the 4th generation.
Making the growing number of connected cars continuously better
Guest post by Yoram Berholtz, Director of Market Adoption, Red Bend SoftwareMore and more car manufacturers are implementing over-the-air software updates as a way to improve functionality, fix software defects, and guarantee a user experience that is continuously better. Car manufacturers GM (OnStar) and Daimler (MBRACE 2) have been leaders in recognizing the value of over-the-air updates for improving their infotainment systems. For example, GM recently updated the Bluetooth technology in OnStar to support late model smartphones.
The ability to update the infotainment system even manually is an improvement over requiring car owners to visit the dealership every time a new software update is available. As an example, Ford recently launched a program for consumers to update their own MyFord Touch system by mailing Ford owners a USB drive loaded with the appropriate software updates. However, many consumers view manual updates as bothersome and complicated, which means some systems simply don’t get updated. Today’s car owners expect their infotainment systems to have the same user experience as their mobile devices, and that means performing software updates over-the-air.
Scope and scale
According to ABI Research, there will be 210 million connected cars by 2016, and together with the ability to tether the smartphone to the infotainment system, the main enabler for doing over-the-air update is there: connectivity.
The updating solution must have scope and scale. Scope is the ability and the flexibility to update all of the memory including the user and system space with full or discrete components. As well, the solution must scale to manage millions of updates without failure and with the highest security possible. This, for example, would enable users of the QNX CAR application platform to update not only the QNX CAR software but also individual applications such as Pandora or the Weather channel.
In the mobile industry, where over-the-air software updating is a well-established practice, manufacturers and service providers realize many benefits:
- Cost reduction — Over-the-air software updates have reduced warranty costs
- Update success rate — Over-the-air software updates deliver the highest success rate
- Faster updates — Sending only the code that is different between the original software and the update (often called the delta) is faster and uses less bandwidth
- Customer satisfaction — A fast and automatic over-the-air process eliminates the need for the consumer to go to the dealer
A holistic solution
The mobile industry has enjoyed these benefits for some time. The automotive industry needs over-the-air updating even more so because the infotainment system includes millions of lines of code and updating this software requires a holistic solution that can manage the whole software life-cycle.
Red Bend Software has integrated its vRapid Mobile® update technology, which exists in more than 1.6 billion devices, into the QNX CAR platform. This enables car manufacturers and Tier 1 providers the flexibility to create an over-the-air update strategy that is optimized for infotainment systems and also for other embedded systems in the car. Today, infotainment systems are central in the car cockpit experience. These systems contain not only the QNX CAR 2 platform but also a variety of applications. Applications for the auto industry are not like applications for mobile devices. Applications for the auto industry have been modified in order to meet the car environment and have more voice activation and larger buttons so the driver isn’t distracted.
Car manufacturers are looking at their infotainment systems as product differentiators and as a valuable asset to generate revenues after the sale. The automobile industry doesn’t want Over-the-Top companies controlling the delivery channel to the infotainment system and weakening automotive brands. With a holistic Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) solution, car manufacturers can guarantee ownership of the infotainment firmware and applications, increasing the consumers’ perceived value through a much stronger brand.
Not if, but when
No longer is the auto industry asking whether or not to perform over-the-air updates. Now car manufacturers and tier one suppliers are asking how often and when should updates be provided during the life-cycle of the infotainment system.
Yoram Berholtz is the Director of Market Adoption at Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management. Mr. Berholtz is responsible for working with mobile operators and device manufacturers to help them increase and improve their usage of over-the-air software updating. In addition, he has responsibility for developing partnerships and go-to-market strategies in the Automotive and Connected Device markets, and oversees the Red Bend Certified™ Interoperability program. Mr. Berholtz has experience in engineering, product management and partner management with an emphasis on mobile communications technologies, having worked at Motorola, Pelephone, ECI Telecom, Schema, Intel and Marvell.
Choppers of the day...
Should you ever make up your mind for a chopper, which one would you choose? The Suckerpunch Sallys' one or the CRO custom one? ... But I know you only like cafe racers... I'm wasting your time...
Vi doveste mai decidere per una chopper quale scegliereste? La Suckerpunch Sallys o la CRO custom? ... Ma so che vi piacciono solo le cafe racer... Dunque è solo una perdita di tempo...
Cherry bomb
It's only a 1981 Honda CB250N... Or I should say, it used to be. Today it's a lovely cafe racer. Built by Stephen and shot with her friend Nicolette in Australia, for the great Australian Cafe Racer site. Check it out for more pics and info about this bike.
E 'solo una Honda CB250N del 1981... O forse dovrei dire che lo era. Oggi è una bella cafe racer. Costruita da Stephen e fotografata con la sua amica Nicolette in Australia, per il grande sito Australian Cafe Racer. Andate a guardarlo per ulteriori foto e info su questa moto.
