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Homeless Veteran’s Transformation Shows How Appearance Changes Self-Perception

November 14, 2013

Research has shown that “more attractive” workers can earn between 7 and 13 percent more money than colleagues who do...

Tips from a Marine: How to Be an Above-Average Man

Marshall Chamberlain

Men's Issues

October 9, 2013

What kind of man did you think you would be as a boy? Are you that man, or are you...

Federal researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy report that it would take only 15,000 square miles -- less than 1/7 the area now used to harvest all of the corn across the country -- to produce enough algae fuel to replace all of our petroleum fuel. (Media credit/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Real Man: 8-year-old boy writes letter to Santa, asking him to stop kids from bullying his sister

Lisa Newman

Men's Issues

September 18, 2013

Not toys. Not video games. Ryan Suffern, an eight year-old from North Carolina, can’t stick up for his twin sister...

Homeless Boston man sets high standard for honesty

Dan Bowman

Men's Issues

September 17, 2013

Meet Bostonian Glen James. He’s been homeless since 2005 after losing his job at a courthouse, but his poverty didn’t...

Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!

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