Posts Tagged ‘AutoMatters & More’
Review of “DUNE: Part Two”
Note: This review contains spoilers. “DUNE: Part Two,” a film by award-winning Director/Writer/Producer Denis Villeneuve, follows the six-time Academy Award-winning 2021 film “DUNE,” and is based upon Frank Herbert’s novel. The stellar cast includes many Oscar-nominees and winners. Actor Christopher Walken, who plays the key role of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, tells us that “This…
Read MoreReflecting on the decades-long evolution of “AutoMatters & More”
From time to time, people ask me what this column is about. I struggle answering that question because it is about so much. Therefore, this week, I’d like to share with you my thoughts about what this column has become in the more than 20 years since I began to write it. At first this…
Read MoreUnprecedented deluge of rain in LA upends NASCAR CLASH
In an historic change of plans for NASCAR — and with only about four hours of advance notice given — the feature races of the 2024 “Busch Light CLASH at The Coliseum” (non-Championship pre-season race) and the “King Taco La Batalla en El Coliseo” (the NASCAR Mexico Series race) were rescheduled from Sunday, February 4…
Read MoreBard AI by Google as a tool for writing
Until I ventured inside the sprawling Google exhibit at CES 2024, I had been unaware of Bard AI. As a writer, I was intrigued to learn that it can write documents based on what it learns from a variety of sources. While I have no interest whatsoever in giving Bard topics and asking it to…
Read MoreLuminar demonstrates lidar-powered automatic emergency steering at CES 2024—with VIDEO
The major U.S. international auto shows used to be places where over-the-top press conferences and exhibits presented the latest and greatest automotive technology. However, in recent years that has not been the case. The major auto show that I used to eagerly look forward to covering every year was the LA Auto Show — primarily…
Read MoreThe San Diego Miata Club’s 2023 holiday party, gift exchange & Holiday Lights Run
Car clubs are like big extended families. Join the San Diego Miata Club family as we celebrate at our annual holiday party, followed the next weekend with the Holiday Lights Run in our Miatas. A highlight of our annual holiday party is the fun and entertaining gift exchange. Participants each bring a wrapped Miata-related or…
Read MoreMAHLE Aftermarket at SEMA Show 2023
Each year at the massive, trade-only, SEMA Show in Las Vegas, thousands of products for the automotive aftermarket are on display in exhibits and in high performance, on-track demonstrations by exhibitors from around the world. MAHLE was founded in 1920. Then, in 2000, MAHLE Motorsport North America was established, bringing cutting edge technology to sportsmen…
Read More2023 Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach
For 18 years, this has been a spectacular few weeks for major air shows in Southern California. Last week “AutoMatters & More” covered the 2023 MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station’s) Miramar AirShow — “America’s Air Show,” which was billed as “the largest military air show in America.” This week we’ll cover the following week’s Pacific…
Read MoreWavecrest Woodies car show
About this time of year, local car shows here in Southern California tend to be winding down after the summer, and the major auto show season is about to begin. Today’s coverage will be about the fantastic Wavecrest Woodies car show this past weekend in Encinitas… … but before I get to that, I would…
Read More2023 San Diego Comic-Con
With all that there is to do in and around San Diego, this summer has been absolutely insane! This week’s column will be an overview of one of the biggest and most popular annual events in town: the 2023 edition of San Diego Comic-Con. As I write this, I am in the process of transferring…
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