Category Archives: Tech

WANTED: Ford upgrade thumb drive

By | November 7, 2011

Wait, what? So here’s the deal. From 1999 to 2003, I used to install desktop computers in cars as a hobby. In case you don’t remember, GPS systems back in 99 cost about $4,000. I was able to install a system that did GPS, DVD, wireless internet (at blazing 14.4k speed!), and this new fangled… Read More »

Finding 100% gasoline

By | October 27, 2011

As you know, my wife and I drive older cars. About a year ago, I had to have several hundred dollars of work done on mine to fix a seriously bad misfire problem. Rough idle is one thing, running rough at 70mph is an entirely different matter. As it turned out, the ethanol blends I’d… Read More »

Well that’s interesting

By | October 18, 2011

I just deactivated my Facebook account. I had to enter my password twice and pass a CAPTCHA. You know, if I had to go through that hassle to activate all the new “features” (like the super-creepy timeline) they keep introducing, I probably would have kept my account. Oh, and they said pdb would miss me… Read More »

New Server

By | October 15, 2011

Just moved the site to a dedicated server. Let me know if there are any problems with things like broken links or slow load times.

Monetization

By | October 10, 2011

I’m playing around with some Amazon Affiliate stuff on the main site. Let me know if I screw up anything.

Tragedy!

By | September 23, 2011

Last night my Nexus One fell out of my pocket and onto the cement. It fell in such a way that the protective neoprene sleeve came off the phone and it slide about two feet across the concrete face down. The impact cracked the glass in the top left corner, but the screen is okay.… Read More »

SSL Encryption Broken

By | September 21, 2011

Ruh Roh! Do note, however, that it seems to take a half hour to decrypt the PayPal cookie in their demonstration. That’s probably more than enough time for you to have completed your transaction and logged out. The article doesn’t specify, but it seems this is only an attack to be able to see what… Read More »