Justin Hughes
@justinhughes54
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a nerdy writer, editor, motorcycle rider, ham radio geek, former van lifer, and current all-around weirdo. Writer at Jalopnik and elsewhere. a.k.a. Smokey Da Van, Knerd Rider.
Fun fact: The REAL Air Force One livery goes back to the Kennedy Administration. JFK and Raymond Loewy, who also designed the Studebaker Avanti, collaborated on this design.
The new livery's similarity to Trump's personal Boeing 757 is no doubt a mere coincidence.
Every day, I look through car news to find articles to write. These two were on my screen at the same time: "Ferrari aims to prove doubters wrong after divisive debut of electric Luce" "Hyundai Wants to Make Your EVs More Involving With Fake Shifts in More Cars"
This was my manual VW. It began life as a Jetta 1.8T Wolfsburg Edition. Then I chopped off most of the back and installed a Smyth Performance ute kit. I love how it drove, before and after the “weight reduction.”
This past week, instead of working, I’ve been visiting family in New Hampshire and showing my wife where I grew up. It was fun, and I’m back now.
In my article, I wrote that this photo looks like a screen grab from a modern remake of "Space: 1999." Here's what I mean. 🙂
I never thought I'd be living in a time like the 1960s, simultaneously marveling at moon missions and scared of nuclear war.
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon
I was born after Apollo ended. I never thought I’d see a live moon launch. But here we are.
I got a new house! Same location but my wife and I will be building out the interior and moving into it ourselves. The delivery process was interesting, to say the least, but all’s well that ends well, and here it sits.
It’s easy to tell which cats have never seen snow before, and which has been there, done that. #catsky
I’ve seen one of them myself, during its brief ill-advised name change to something other than the Weinermobile.
QOTD: Five cars you’ve seen (includes museums and shows). 1. The BMW M1 painted by Andy Warhol 2. McLaren F1 3. James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 4. Travis Pastrana Airslayer STI 5. KITT from Knight Rider
I just read an article about AI that, at the end, revealed itself to have been written by AI. Ouroboros, anyone?
An appropriate (or inappropriate) song for today, thanks to @xkcd.com .
As an American, I don’t blame you a bit. I hope one day this is all over and there’s still an America to welcome you back to.
I forgot I took this picture on a ride two weeks ago. I’ve been sick most of the time since and haven’t been thinking about motorcycles, which is itself a sign that I’m sick. So here it is. #motosky