Because I got the base model Outback, it came with no crossbars for gear haulin’. This is more or less fine, because I would have replaced them in short order anyway, but it does put me in a temporary bind. Looking at the Yakima offerings, I take issue with their… Continue reading
The Jeep came to be mine in the fall of 2000, almost nine years ago. At the time all I had was my car, which would have been silly to drive in the winter, so I needed to get something suitable for year-round driving. My Dad found the Jeep on… Continue reading
So, as of Wednesday, thanks to Obama’s brilliance, I have a new black Subaru Outback. It’s a bit sad that the Jeep had to be prematurely laid to rest. I was rather hoping to drive it until it flat out fell apart, but passing up on $4500 trade in for… Continue reading
So, with the CARS bill passed and going into action, it’s time to ditch the Jeep. The options at this point are an Outback or a Compass. The Outback: All Wheel Drive (symmetrical, which based on reviews is nice) Drives like a car Shorter vertically for easier kayak loading Comes… Continue reading
I now have in my posession a 24dbi 2.4ghz antenna. Exhibit A: What good it does me… not really sure, other than seeing just how many wireless access points I can pick up. There’s a Panera about 2 miles down the road. I wonder if I can reach it, but… Continue reading
If you’re in the area and you look outside right now, the weather is kind of cool to cold and drizzly. That was not the case last weekend. Sunday, Josh and I took advantage of the nice day and went to Grand Haven to check and see if there really… Continue reading
The bill made it through congress about two weeks ago and has now been signed by Obama. The quick summary is that for cars, if it gets 18mpg or less you’ll get $4500 trade for anything getting 10mpg improvement. For trucks, that $4500 comes for a 5mpg improvement. Both have… Continue reading
Took off Monday evening for Texas to visit a customer for some development guidance and discussions. Hit work early Tuesday to bring up the latest revision of hardware. Had a couple false-issues – one with a temp sensor and another with a couple FETs on the board which I erroneously… Continue reading
Thursday Josh and I took a work trip out to visit Applinetics in Grand Haven. The trip was mainly to investigate developments in the coils and magnets we used. As usual, I’ll shy away from the details just in case people who shouldn’t see this do. Josh and I took… Continue reading
I am freshly returned from WMCKA ’09. It was quite splendid. Things really started the day before the symposium when the guest presenter Jeff Allen put on a day class on incident management. The general progression started with off the water organization and communication, on the water assessment of a… Continue reading