By Jeffrey the Barak. The most popular scooters in the United States are the small folding kind. The fact that they can fold up and be carried makes them so much more versatile than the scooter that remains it’s full deployed size and is basically ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. March 2012. I have been a drummer since the mid 1960s, and now it is 2012. So not quite half a century, but a heck of a long time. I have had quite a few drum sets over the years, originally ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. (c) Google Earth, our route Part one took us from Torrance to Manhattan Beach on the L.A. Beach Bike Path, and part two began in Manhattan Beach and ended as we arrived at Venice Beach. This article is part three so ... Read More

Smart with Wings Smart with Wings By Jeffrey the Barak For a decade or so, the-vu has been covering the L.A. Auto Show in one form or another, sometimes obsessing over electric and hybrid cars, until the rest of the world began to share interest ... Read More

Aretha Franklin singing “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” By Jeffrey the Barak Disrespectful is a severely overused word. There is a very significant distinction to be made when it comes to respect for the opinions or beliefs of others. There is an obligation to respect another person’s right and ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Until this week I had been happily using the Chrome for OSX browser for years. It was a natural choice for me since  I am a heavy user of Gmail and Google Drive, (formerly Google Docs), and I also occasionally use ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak I watch TV and listen to the radio. In recent years I have noticed a word being heavily used by many people, from the uneducated to intellectuals. The first time I heard it my reaction was, “hey, that’s not a real ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. I used to be Hawai’i I am the Detroit Tablemount. I am two and a half thousand meters under the sea. To my East is the West, Attu Island, the edge of the USA. To my North is the East. Ostrov ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak China calls them Diaoyutai, Japan calls them Senkaku Retto and Taiwan calls them Tiaoyutai. These remote, barren, featureless and small islands are the rocks that everyone suddenly wants. Each country has their reasons for believing they should hoist flag on these ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. Xootr left and KickPed right Most kick scooter riders and potential kick scooter buyers are thousands of miles from being able to stroll into a certain New York City bike shop called NYCeWheels, but thanks to the Internet anyone is able ... Read More