I miss spacious engine bays. I had a ‘77 Audi Fox, and working on that thing was so incredibly easy.  The flat metal bracket that held the alternator wore through after >>100K miles.  Replacing it/retensioning the belt was cheap and easy with the hood up.   Now with all the plastic and shoehorning in of components, it…

Ziebart. When I bought my first new car (a ‘91 Honda Civic Wagon) I took my late father’s advice and had Ziebart undercoat it. This involved, of course, drilling holes in lots of places, including the door sills, spraying in some kind of sealant, and then plugging the holes.

My parents had a ‘73 Plymouth Fury III. When I think back on that car...the first car I learned to drive...I’m amazed. It was HUGE. The hood was terribly long. So long that the speed of light was too slow for you to see the signals mounted over the front wheels. Slide-y bench seats with vinyl. You could (and we did)…

Not a fan of either of these (SOTB or the “You’re gonna burn in hell” variety).

Franz Kafka’s friend and executor, Max Brod, was instructed to burn the former’s unpublished work without reading it after Kafka’s death—but fortunately didn’t, and we’re better for that.

That top picture.  The white one?  Yeah.  That’s what I want.

Over three decades ago, I saw a demonstration of a CP/M-based machine (it ran ZCPR3 as an OS) with an amazing 5 MB (IIRC) battery-backed RAM disk. This was in the day when you had to connect a terminal to the actual box. But the idea of nothing moving was so cool! I later added a RAMdisk to my own CP/M box, and the…

Over three decades ago, I saw a demonstration of a CP/M-based machine (it ran ZCPR3 as an OS) with an amazing 5 MB…

I have a 1TB SSD set up as an external for my laptop (my machine has 2x240GB SSDs internal) and use it for local backups.

I have a 1TB SSD set up as an external for my laptop (my machine has 2x240GB SSDs internal) and use it for local…

I suppose.  It depends on what those watts are doing.  Waste heat or useful work? 

Ah, bummer.  I was hoping that it was more than just added monitoring.  

I would expect the electronic supply to be more efficient than a transformer-based supply, but I’m not certain.

If the PS is under-reporting by only 20W, it sounds like it’s running at pretty high efficiency.  Any information on comparing the input watts on this PS vs. a more conventional power supply?

Yeah, if you have a doctor, go to that doctor.  If your lawyer is sending you somewhere else, be suspicious.

It’s going to vary. A lot. It depends on the accident and—unfortunately—on the lawyer. So you need to find a trustworthy lawyer who will do as TheCrandle’s mother’s lawyer did and be honest with you.

Thanks.  I needed that.

Yep. I spent a lot of hours doing it for the company I was working for; and then, a bit later, a related UNIX-based date issue that took everyone by surprise.

Fun times.

I don’t recall even needing to modify the sucker, but that was almost 20 years ago.

I’m a happy iPhone SE owner, but I paid $150 last January, so I’m a bit better off.  The size is perfect, and with the latest iOS, it’s pretty snappy.  What else are you going to buy with a small screen?

I only drove two cars this past year, my 2010 Honda Fit (base) and Spouse’s 2016 Mazda CX-5.

ALL the stars.