Month: April 2017

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Damn, Elon Musk’s Underground Tunnels

You’ll never want to drive on regular roads again after you watch Elon Musk’s slick video of his futuristic underground transportation tunnels. The tech mogul revealed the video at the TED conference in Vancouver as he delved deeper into his latest project, The Boring Company. “There’s no real limit to how many levels of tunnels...

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How To Keep Your Sneakers Clean

Film by Mr Jacopo Maria Cinti, Associate Art Director, MR PORTER Words by Mr Dan Rookwood, US Editor, MR PORTER Sneaker obsessives often reveal themselves by going to extreme lengths to keep their ultra-rare sneakers completely spotless. This even includes never ever wearing them. These guys are quicker on the draw with a baby wipe...

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The Birth of a Secret

They made Her sit on the floor on a dirty carpet in the middle of the room, draped around her shoulders was a checkered blanket with tassels at the end, the one reserved for mourning and shame. They sat in 2 semi circles, one half her family, one half his family and all of them justified...

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Making Of The Modern Man

Good Morning Thursday morning, 13 February 2003, roundabout… 8am. My mother has this tendency of telling me things I need to do that day, while I’m sleeping and, of course, the chances of me remembering these are very slim. So she continues to do exactly that, but all I can hear is mumbling. I’m trying...

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Ngakabae: The Culling

Subsequent to completing my initiation to become Ngaka ya Setšo, I assumed that life would soon return to the way I had left it. An expectation I also had, was that the relationships which took many years to cultivate would remain unchanged. Eisan, I was fooled by the fallacy of time, completely delusional in my...

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I Met the Modern Man …

I met the Modern Man at a funeral today. He was a father crying for his daughter’s death, but as an A-student of the well-taught adage that men don’t cry, his tears spilled from his heart, not his eyes. His wife, too weak and pained to do anything, was sitting on the floor, head bowed...

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Marvin’s Room April Edition (Pictures)

Marvin welcomes you to your celebration, as a man. It is not easy being a man. It is not easy to have to know, to have to navigate, to have to juggle, to have to nurture, to have to build, to have to acquire; to have to achieve, to have to excel. But you are...

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Transformation — the proverbial workhorses have bolted

I spent an entire weekend writing and deleting and repeating the process, trying to find the most diplomatic way to put these words together. But then I thought, “But that’s exactly the problem, isn’t it?” Isn’t it strange that we’re asking this question when the proverbial workhorses have bolted? That we have had to wait...

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Mini Cooper Countryman Roadtrip

I put a post-up on social media the other day talking about how much I miss the airport. It was not much the airport itself that I missed, it was just a case of the travel bug seeping in. Since January this year, I have had the privilege of work related travel opportunities and they...

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“Simple, Clean, Perfect.” – Lucid Air

Energy Electrification offers an unparalleled driving experience that is responsive to the needs of the driver, the passengers, and the road. The entire vehicle, including our proprietary powertrain system, has been finessed to deliver world-class performance in acceleration, driving range, and efficiency. Drivetrain Taking a unique approach to the drivetrain, the Lucid motor and transmission...