2010 L.A. Auto Show – the-vu

By Jeffrey the Barak As usual, the L.A. Auto Show welcomed the-vu to press days, where we took our usual meandering course through the convention center, staying out of the way of the TV and magazine writers, and looking in all the wrong places, on ... Read More

2011 Fisker Karma | the-vu

By Jeffrey the Barak. Hidden away off to one side at the 2010 L.A. Auto Show was the Fisker booth. This year the Fisker Karma is looking like a ready-for-sale luxury car, crouched and ready to spring out onto the public streets. The Karma is ... Read More

The hazards of imagining countries – the-vu

By Jeffrey the Barak. Nomadic tribes move independently of each other and occasionally come together to interact through trade, war, sport, cultural exchange, intermarriage, murder etc. In the dense jungles of South America and Africa and Asia, the boundaries formed by geographical features such as ... Read More

the-vu ” Blog Archive ” Winecycling

By Jill Russell Winecycling – Prosser entrepreneur finds treasures “Après Vin” After the grapes are crushed and the wine is fermented, what’s left is a sloppy goop of grape skins, seeds and bio-waste. But, you know what they say- one man’s trash, is another man’s ... Read More

Time for a computing rant | the-vu

By Jeffrey the Barak I should begin by stating that today is April 8th, 2009. This is important whenever writing about technology, or as in this case, ranting about technology, because by the time you read this, things may well have changed. I am not ... Read More