When I was a kid, living in Denville, NJ, I remember seeing a neighbor across the street driving a 3-wheeled car. It was a rather small red car, but it was the fact that it had only 3 wheels, much like a backwards tricycle (the single wheel was at the back end) that struck me. I've never seen one since, and for a long time have wondered whether it was just a kid's imagination that made me think it had only 3 wheels. Maybe I hadn't gotten a good enough look at it, maybe I had only thought it had 3 wheels and it really had 4.

Then, when I was listening to some old Jean Shepherd broadcasts dating from the early 1960's, I heard him mention something called a Goggomobil (pronounced "go go mobile". I wondered what that car looked like--it was a micro-car of the late 50's, early 60's--and did some looking online. (It's worth taking a look for it--there's a lot of old cars that one never sees at old car shows that are quite interesting in themselves, and this one had some popularity at the time.) In so doing, I came across a number of 3-wheeled cars..... Oh my G*d... I had thought it was all in my imagination! I'm not sure the one I remember is shown in this museum, but then again, I don't remember the car all that well. It was the 3 wheels that got my attention as a kid.The BMW Isetta bubble car may have been what I saw.

Here's a website for a micro-car museum so you can browse through all the different types of  micro-cars that have been built over the years. Many of the companies that built themhave gone out of business, but some (like Honda) are still around. Look for their "Virtual Tour" link to browse through the many different cars in their collection. Perusing the site, anyone who has seen the old Jetson's cartoon can see where the idea came from for the vehicles they used... even if the Jetson's vehicle flew rather than drove along a road.

I've had a few clients using Google Apps and have been interested in trying it out in large part because Gmail allows the sending of large files via email, something that ISPs and most hosting setups don't permit... and with good reason. Sending large files on via email takes up a lot of bandwidth that is needed for email itself. But for anyone involved in Graphic Design and/or requiring the sending/receiving of large files as a regular part of business, this is a great feature to have. Until recently I have not had time to get it all installed for any of my own domains, and I wanted to try it out for myself as well.

Every once in a while something occurs which makes one wonder just how much in the universe had to line up in order for it to occur in just the way it did.

When I work late, which is often, I recently started listening to old Jean Shepherd recordings, many made from his WOR radio days back in the 60s and 70s. I downloaded a number of these from www.flicklives.com, and have enjoyed listening to them as they bring back fond memories of the many nights I spent early in my marriage listening to his shows live. My ex worked nights and we didn't own a TV for a couple of years, so this was my entertainment when I was home alone.