Nathaniel Salzman

Chicago area designer, writer, maker and journalist.

Nathaniel Salzman

FastCompany
December 5, 2008

NS recommends: Fast Company magazine

Lately I’ve become a big fan of Fast Company magazine. I started reading it about a year ago and was lucky enough to receive a subscription as a birthday present this year. Fast Company is one of those rare tech-savvy publications that isn’t antiquated by the time it makes it to print. Its mix of - Read More -

ScionFirst
December 4, 2008

NS first drive: 2008 Scion xB

The small car segment in America is in quite a state of flux right now. Used to be that compact cars were as unequipped as they were unsafe. The concept of a premium or even a luxury small car in America was completely foreign. More accurately, it was european. But in the last few years, - Read More -

VespaBuzzer
November 30, 2008

DIY: Vespa turn signal buzzer

I have but two simple complaints about my new Vespa Grantourismo. One, that the slightest overfilling of the gas tank sucks fuel into the intake track. And second, that you don’t get any auditory clue when your turn indicators are up and blinking.

VespaGTfirstRide
November 26, 2008

NS first ride: ’08 Vespa Grantourismo 200L

This is hardly timely, but I wanted to capture my thoughts on riding my Vespa GT-200 for the first time. It’s a strange thing how for a lot of scooters and motorcycles, the first time you ride it isn’t unitl after you buy it. I get it. Motorbikes require a minimum amount of riding experience - Read More -

BlurLongTerm
November 24, 2008

NS long-term review: Genuine Blur 150

In my opinion, the Genuine Blur 150 is one of the finest scooters available anywhere. Period. In the seven months I owned my Blur, I rode a little less than 5000 miles. During that time, I rode on surface streets, on the freeway, on twisty roads, on hills, in traffic, and out on the open - Read More -

Bonny
November 21, 2008

NS First Ride: ’08 Triumph Bonneville

I’ve been a certifiable scooter crazy person for over a year now. The scooters I like the least still enjoy preference over almost any motorcycle. That is, until I started looking at Triumph. It’s the british thing. I’m such an english petrol-head at heart. From dad’s ’69 MGb GT to my MINI Cooper S, I’m - Read More -

trolls
November 10, 2008

A lesson to us all

I really appreciate this video because it’s about a subject that really does matter: internet comments. One of the things that motivated me to start this blog in the first place was a string of really nasty comments in a conversation I was trying to have online. The future of using the internet is going - Read More -

BlurSold
October 20, 2008

The scooter is dead. Long live the scooter!

I bought my first scooter not quite a year ago. It was a 1979 Vespa P200E. I loved that scooter, at least until I started riding it regularly. After a winter of working on it, looking at it, falling in love with the lines and its aircraft heritage and italian sensibility, I finally rode the - Read More -

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