By Jeffrey the Barak. (c) Google Earth, our route You have seen it on TV and in countless movies. The twenty-six mile bike path along the coast in Santa Monica Bay is a place that many a scooter rider is longing to try out. The ... 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. This article is part two so if you are starting here, you may want to navigate to part one first. Google ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Exercise fads come and go, and then, some stay, because they work, are good value for money and get results. As we all know it is very easy to consume too many calories and to eat the wrong types of food ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak This is an election year here in the United States. Some of us spend the time to read the complete manifestos of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, and perhaps also those of the Independents, and most of us base ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak You may have a PC, or you may have a Mac. Either way your documents, pictures, movies , music and even your preferred settings are probably more important to you than the machine itself, which can be replaced at the store ... Read More

The common tape dispenser is designed for taking a length of tape with one hand, and cutting it to the length you need, with that same one hand. It is designed to grip the desk and not move as the tape is unrolled, and to ... Read More

A response to the Doking HD By Jeffrey the Barak The Doking HD is car made in Croatia. Most cars are of course not made in Croatia, but this is not the most unusual aspect of the Doking HD. It is an electric car, and ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak A Rant about multiple LinkedIn profiles. I don’t use LinkedIn. (Linked In, linkedin.com). I really don’t need to because I’m not in the kind of business where I need to network with people and I don’t have a job working for ... Read More

The November 2011 L.A. Auto Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, California USA. (click twice on any image to see it full size) Honda Civic Instrument Panel For years, the-vu has been lucky enough to have a couple of writers attend the LA Auto show on ... Read More

By Mark Bernstein There’s been a lot of attention in the news about sexual abuse. The most recent scandal involves some sports coaches at a large American University culminating in the firing of a legendary and iconic football coach for being complicit in the cover-up ... Read More