National
Two months ago, I drove the 2011 Kia Sportage EX around the snowy hills of Ontario’s ski country. Last week, I passed the better part of a day at the storied Homestead-Miami Speedway, where we ripped around the 14-turn track in the all-new 2011 Sportage SX Turbo under the available … Read More
DailyXY, caffeinated edition. Which is to say: more caffeinated than usual. Who doesn’t need coffee, every day? I need coffee. Every day, and especially now. Thinking myself invincible, I arrived home at 5:00am+ following an overnight of misbehaving. (There were extenuating circumstances that involved my profession; still…) I returned to … Read More
The federal election looms, May 2. If you’re tired of the typical Green-Con-Lib-Newdem-Bloc options, there are fourteen other officially registered parties (who knew?). Here’s the first in a series of weekly quick-guides to help you separate the pranks from the cranks; how to best use, or abuse, your most fundamental … Read More
Going against the grain (but not the watermark) as of April 1, Denmark has introduced a bleeding-edge tech component to its postal service. Users can now text the post office in order to purchase a digital stamp. The “stamp” itself is a code, texted back post-payment, that the user hand-writes … Read More
By the time this is live, I’ll be in the Florida Keys, following a stream of auto journalists and tweeting about the experience for Kia Canada. The trip includes a visit to the Homestead-Miami Speedway, but more about that next week. For now, before I’ve even left, the thought of … Read More
