Car parts you never want to see. This was taken in the middle of a repair project during which I replaced a part inside the transmission valve body, which is the gray thing you see floating in red transmission fluid in the center. There are 18 bolts holding the valve body together so I [...]
Tagged Auto, PhotosAfter quite a few years working with computers and human beings in close proximity, I made sure to stick to the “If it ain’t broke, don’t break it” rule of computer system maintenance. That wasn’t always the case–what first attracted me to computers was the hobbyist angle. You can always upgrade a component or tweak [...]
Tagged AutoOne of my favorite summer scents: walking by a car that’s been sitting in the sun and building up so much heat that you can smell the Vanillaroma twenty feet away. A person from England once asked me, “Why do Americans want their cars to smell like candy?” and I said, “What do your cars [...]
Tagged Ain't That America, Auto, PhotosI added a link over there on the left, currently under the poll, to a site called failbetter.com. Stories, poems, interviews, and visual arts.
Interesting interview featured right now…
The podcast victor, in the Great Road Trip Challenge of December: Car Talk.
The podcast loser: Hmmm…I won’t name it. Maybe me? I’m not sure.
I’m still finishing up my last paper of the semester so I will offer more extensive commentary in the future. I hope everyone’s Decembers are chugging along nicely. Once this paper [...]
I’m about to make another trip from Tennessee to South Carolina, and I’ve assigned myself a random project: I must listen to audio books along the way. Maybe not the whole way, but I want to make it through at least one recording of someone reading a story to me without tuning out after 4 [...]
Tagged Ain't That America, ProjectsLast week, the night before my birthday, I had a dream in which I ran around saying “I’m turning 34! 3 plus 4 equals lucky!” I thought it was the funniest thing in the world (in the dream) and I still think it’s funny to say. However, now that I’m actually 34 it’s more like [...]
Tagged Ain't That America, Auto, ProjectsKeeping it short today…forgot to add this to Monday’s post.
I’ve been feeling lucky lately, for various reasons. Somewhere around Atlanta (I’m not telling!) I stopped for gas and was disappointed to find gas at $3.78/gallon. I don’t know why I was expecting it to be cheaper. But a funny thing happened as I prepped my [...]
