http://www.badassreviews.com A new web site chronicling the B.A.R. Team in search of bad ass events, places, and things. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:21:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo. http://www.badassreviews.com/2008/09/these-guys-pure-badasses-adam-kimmel-presents-claremont-hd/ Here's a funny video review regarding the Vii. Yes,someone is trying to rip off Nintendo's Wii with a cheap ass knock off. I know I know, you can't believe, neither could I until I read it! from www.youtube.com ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2008/02/kensington-sport-vii-review-chintendo-wii-rip-off/ BadAssReviews.com has been comatose for quiet sometime due to other priorities... as in we got bills we gots to pay, aight?! This thing don't pay... squat. Anyway, interesting to see everyone coming to our site these past couple of days as somehow Google saw to fit to increase ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/11/google-sends-us-ass-traffic-thanks/ Watch about a minute into it when someone kicks at this thing and it regains it's balance. I wonder if all of this is frankly just a really bad idea. First cited I think by Charlie Sorrel at Wired. Creepy Dog Robot Planned for the US Military By Charlie Sorrel EmailJuly 16, ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/07/pentagon-has-a-creepy-walking-robotic-thing-you-have-to-see-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ ThinkGeek Palmsize Helicopter Well, just look at this little guy! He's so cute! I want one, maybe two. This copter can go left and right, circle around your cube land office, all launched from the palm of your hand. RC helicoptering is notorious for requiring practice. ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/07/thinkgeek-palmsize-helicopter-bar-rating-45-out-of-5/ www.streeviewr.com is hilarious. It's a listing of Google Street Views, the latest Google experiment of photographing from a street level several major cities. Some of the photos capture are well, what you would expect in some corners of San Francisco or New York. 3 out of ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/06/streetviewrcom-bar-3-out-5/ The Pirate Bay - The worlds largest BitTorrent tracker Who knew the Swedes could be so damn funny! These guys crack me up. They promote themselves to be the worlds largest BitTorrent Tracker. ___ DISCLAIMER: Now, we don't condone software pirating in any manner (RIAA backoff). ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/06/web-sherif-takes-on-pirate-bay-legal-team/ Uuuh... wow. 5 out 5. http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/06/freaking-awesome-technology-video/ SawStop monitors the electrical voltage of the blade to know when one of its tips is about rip through your pinky finger and seriously puts on the breaks to save your finger for another day. Definitely cool. 5 out of 5, no question. Click Here for more great videos and pictures! ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/06/sawstop-gets-a-bar-5-out-of-5-for-cool-finger-saving-tool/ Breath taking jump and a multi storied swing..Yahoo Video Check this video out. http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/05/no-idea-where-this-is-but-i-want-to-do-this-now-bar-rating-5-out-of-5/ Does rating your own video account? Perhaps. This one shows you how find previously attached devices on your computer. Every time you plug in an IPod, it leaves a little bit of information on your computer. You can always reference back to what you had ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/01/howto-find-hidden-devices-bar-rating-3-out-of-5/ Ok, new section for us to welcome the era of Web 2.0. Ok, so we're a little late to the party, big deal. So wha. Hey, I bet ya didn't know they were already working on Web 3.0. Gotcha ya there didn't I? It's called Semantic Web and it's bound ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2007/01/magic-match-semantic-web-bar-5-out-of-5/ Sometimes the most bad ass thing you can do is, well, nothing at all. Or at least nothing so strenuous that it would require putting your beer down. Recently, two members of the BAR team took a trip down south to Wrightsville Beach, NC. Our final ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/10/chilaxin-at-johnnie-mercer-pier-in-wrightsville-beach-north-carolina-bar-rating-5-out-of-5/ One Small Step Can Change Your Life : The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer is a small book with big message, change yo life now... one small step at a time. No seriously, like right now. According to Dr. Maurer, when shit hits the fan, we are all too quick ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/06/change-yo-life-the-kaizen-way-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ In my perspective, cell phones have become the cigarettes of the 21st century. What? Huh? Are you high? Well…yes, but let me explain. During the heyday of cigarettes all of the big movie stars smoked and looked super-cool doing it. Yet, we soon found out that smoking was not the ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/04/motorola-v557-yay-for-phone-nay-for-service-bar-rating-2-out-of-5/ Why it's a Pentax my dear! We thought, "why not write a review of our newly acquired Pentax Optio s5z?" This sucker rocks and yes, this absolutely biased review will tell you why. Actually the truth is we're doing a review of this ultracompact digital camera because Pentax ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/03/bad-ass-pentax-optio-s5z-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ Not even minute into the tournament and someone by the name of "Calamari" pushes all his chips into the pot. I guess my K 10 ain't going to help me right now althought I suspect this eager beaver has hardly much of a hand himself. Everyone folds except ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/03/ultimatebetcom-my-other-girlfriend-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ Uhm, after a considerable pause to the site, we're back. First we had to do a little house cleaning chores, such as removing 7000 pieces of spam (thanks) and upgrading to the new (or relatively new) Word Press system. Believe it or not, we though we would be totally dead ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2006/02/uh-yeah-were-back/ Baltimore's got a new improv comedy troupe (simply called Baltimore Improv Group) that performs sketches and games sorta like "Who's Line Is It, Anyway?". I checked out the February show and had an awesome time -- it's cool seeing these guys (actually girls mostly, with a few token dudes) ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/03/improv-comedy-you-mean-like-stand-up-nah-son-this-is-different-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ I enjoy getting unsolicited email, the more the better. It reminds me when I was kid and I would get my trusty copy of Free Stuff for Kids and I would send away for free junk just to get something, anything, in the mail. Now, with the power ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/03/i-like-spam-no-i-do-fo-real/ We very excited to present our very first guest review by Tamara Forster from San Francisco. Thank you Tamara! Moaning Cavern sounds tame enough, a quick pit stop on the road between San Francisco and Yosemite, just another place to take little kids who, after three hours in the car, have ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/02/drop-into-moaning-cavern-in-san-francisco-bar-rating-3-out-of-5-4-if-your-scurred-of-hights/ The long awaited and soon to be highly coveted by all... our bad ass seal of approval! (tm) New reviews coming soon! We have been pretty busy trademarking, copywriting, accrediting, branding, tattoing our seal and logos. http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/02/new-bad-ass-approved-seal/ Every time we take off on a ski/snowboard trip, all bipartisan efforts fail and factions splitter off to prepare to viciously debate the single most important question of the entire trip, who has more fun, skiers or snowboarders? … obviously, snowboarding rocks. Regardless of sporting preference, everyone does agree that skiing and ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/timberline-delskiingdel-snowboardin-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ Review by Gun Aficionado (a.k.a. Gun Nut) and beloved B.A.R. Team Member Deker "You'll shoot your eye out!" Words anybody who's even turned on a TV during the holiday season knows. What's a kid in a pink bunny suit to do? Face it, at one time or another we've ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/can-i-play-with-your-pm1-s-45-pistol-deadly-bar-rating-5-out-of-5/ On cold, snowy days, I can’t think of anything better than to sit by a warm, cozy fire, listen to some good tunes, and enjoy the company of close friends. With plenty of food and drink onhand to surely slow down their reflexes, it doesn’t get much better than ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/you-better-have-lightning-reaction/ Keeping true to the party spirit gods, La Tasca was home for us for a night. If this is how the Spaniards party, we have got to book some flights very soon! La Tasca is actually located near the MCI center in downtown Washington D.C. It's a ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/new-years-at-la-tasca/ Who knew torture could be so much fun! Shocking Roulette is not for the faint of heart (no seriously, it's not!). There's good reason to think this little toy can stop your ticker. Not so much the actual shock, but the sweat creating anticipation of ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/who-know-torture-could-be-so-much-fun-bar-rating-4-out-of-5/ Well OK, not actually faster than a speeding bullet--but you will never feel more like Superman than when you're flying down the highway or putting a knee down through a tight corner on your new motorcycle. For those of you not familiar with the 2-wheeled world, the modern sport ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2005/01/faster-than-a-speeding-bulletsort-of/ I'm just not good at the whole water skiing gig. Something about getting dragged behind a boat on some plastic or fiberglass floatsam, just doesn't seem to coordinate very well for me. I have tried a couple of times, and if you consider that I stood for probably ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2004/12/hydrofoil-anyone-4-out-of-5-bars/ Via Ferrata at the Nelson Rock Preserve is a must see trail for any formative BA. Taking on Via Ferrata, a system of cables and rungs, that at first glance would seem like a beginners course in rock climbing. Perhaps excellent free climber might consider this a ... http://www.badassreviews.com/2004/12/climb-via-ferretta-at-nelson-rock/