TTAC took the new turbocharged Mustang for a spin:

To me at least, it doesn’t really feel like a Mustang. What it does feel like is the best Audi A5, BMW 228i, 428i, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Nissan 370Z or 240SX you’ve ever driven.

I'm going to clean that second sentence up. TTAC just compared the new Mustang to the BMW 428i, and preferred it. I'm not sure if TTAC meant this as praise or not, but it seems like the best praise a sport coupe¹ could get.

I have a soft spot for Mustangs. My wife and I owned a glorious 2004 Mach 1. It was, at the time, the very definition of what a Mustang should be.

• Big, loud V8 under the hook? Check.
• Ridiculously fast? Check.
• Live rear axle? Check.
• Easy to get sideways? Check.
• Reasonably affordable? Check.

Yeah. The last one is lame. It's true, though. No one buys a Mustang if it costs the same as a 428i, no matter how good it is².

I wouldn't buy a modern Mustang with a turbo 4. If I were buying, I would get one with eight cylinders under the hood. But I don't think non-V8 Mustangs have the same stigma they used to. Both the V6 and turbo 4 are great choices.

If you live in Kansas City, you can now get gigabit home Internet from AT&T for $70 per month — a steal. Well, if you don't mind a little catch:

AT&T says it tracks “the webpages you visit, the time you spend on each, the links or ads you see and follow, and the search terms you enter… AT&T Internet Preferences works independently of your browser’s privacy settings regarding cookies, do-not-track, and private browsing. If you opt-in to AT&T Internet Preferences, AT&T will still be able to collect and use your Web browsing information independent of those settings.”

If you find that offensive in every way, you can always opt out for an additional $29 per month.

Since I'm the paranoid type, I am skeptical that this actually opts you out. When a company has a system set up to track and record your every movement online, and that system is the default for their service... it seems like it could be easy for AT&T to "forget" to turn it off, even if you pay.

Me? I would rather have slow internet service that isn't creepy.

From Gigaom:

Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung’s smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads, which seem to be dynamically inserted into third-party content.

Smart TV. LOL.

Gabe of Macdrifter fame:

I've come to grips with the disconnect between my aspirations and my available free time. There's so many things I want to get better at but so few hours in the day to work on them all.

See, that's why Gabe is smarter than me. I also know that there is too much I want to do and too little time. I just haven't come to terms with it yet.

We are pregnant.

No. Your wife is pregnant. Maybe your girlfriend is pregnant. Maybe even your drunken mistake is pregnant. You, person without a uterus, are not pregnant. Stop it. It's not cute. It's annoying.

Kobe Bryant just can't catch a break.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who injured his right shoulder in the second half of last night's game against the Pelicans in New Orleans, had an MRI exam today in San Antonio. Preliminary results from the MRI show a tear of the rotator cuff.

Let's break down how it happened. Kobe crossed his man up and went in for a two handed dunk, because he's awesome. He tore his rotator cuff on the dunk, because he's 36. He came back in the game and hit a ridiculous turnaround, fading floater / jumper with one arm, because he's Kobe Freaking Bryant.

This is the same guy who insisted on shooting¹ two free throws after tearing his Achilles tendon, so this shouldn't surprise me.

KickingTires put together a list of the best-selling cars in 2014

The Ford F-Series' 753,851 sales for the year put the truck atop the industry's new-car sales ladder for the umpteenth time, which should surprise no one.

They're right — it isn't surprising. It's disappointing. Even worse, here are the top three:

1. F-Series
2. Silverado
3. Ram

This is what happens when gas is "cheap."¹

So begins 2015.

After seeing and not reading several detailed Baron Fig Apprentice reviews, I felt it necessary to write one of my own. Here it is:

It's a notebook. It's also oddly sized.

I hope that helps someone with this very important decision.

ESPN:

En route to his 20th career triple-double, the 36-year-old Bryant earned his 6,000th career assist midway through the third quarter of L.A.'s 129-122 overtime win over the Raptors. It made him the first player in NBA history with that many assists and at least 30,000 career points.

No one in the history of the National Basketball Association has at least 30,000 points and 6,000 assists. Well, no one except Kobe Bryant.

He never passes, though.