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Tsarnaev Trial Sheds Light on Officer Sean Collier’s Life, Work

March 17, 2015 386

Sam Haas reported from the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in South Boston. In the moments after Dzokhar and...

Federal Prosecutors will seek death penalty against accused Boston Marathon bomber

John M. Guilfoil

Features

January 30, 2014 15

United States Attorney General Eric Holder today authorized federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, one...

Boston Bombing Victim Engaged to Nurse from Site

Aneri Pattani

Features

December 20, 2013 1036

You can’t plan the right time or the right place. Sometimes, love just happens. This held true for James “Bim”...

New Balance has a Marathon Monday shoe

Tara Rufo

Features

April 18, 2010 15

Limited edition for the Boston Marathon

The Marathon Through a Lens

Daniel Peleschuk

The Big Gallery

April 22, 2009 19

With this photo essay from the 2009 Boston Marathon, Blast begins a regular photo feature from contributing editor Daniel Peleschuk...

Gallery: Blast Boston Marathon photography

Sarah Gordon

Features

April 20, 2009 44

Blast photographer Sarah Gordon shares some visuals from the 2009 Boston Marathon...

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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