Recent content by supton

Haven't they done that already, with Jetta or Golf or whatever? Continuous improvement. IIRC the '75 Rabbit was on the small side... like Mitsubishi Mirage sized. The Mirage sold well and was in high demand, right?

Yeah, it's been really odd. My allergies were at 11 this morning. For once I might "enjoy" being at work, they must have some really great air filtration in the building!

Ours is like that too, our schools are a bit scattered. Multiple elementary, now one middle and it's been one high school for a while. At least middle and high are only 2-3 miles apart--but the various elementaries are upwards of 20. Can make for long routes, and those routes do change year...

I agree, people have been complaining about things going downhill since the dawn of time. I suspect it seems to get worse as we have more stuff / pursue more things / have more irons in the fire. Life was easier when the only thing important to us was that crush in our classroom, and maybe...

KAC-485? I did a quick google but the one possible schematic got blocked (at work).

I'm in the camp of pick a time and quit changing it. While I'm affected by the short winter days, any impact of moving daylight around is lost on me if I have to drive to work in the dark and drive home in the dark, and can't get outside regardless because it's too darn cold. Schools can shift...

This trimpots strike me as strange--usually bipolars utilize a diode on the heatsink so as to match thermal drifts, and the bias design is more complicated that what this looks like. But I could be wrong. Maybe Q101 and Q102 are LM317/LM337 like and these trims are setting voltages? but if...

Cut the wire off, then use one of those new fangled inductive heaters so as to heat up the works, then put a box end wrench on it and give that a good whack with a hammer? Alternating heat and quenching with a penetrating fluid like PB Blaster might do the trick. I keep a 3lb (maybe 4lb) dead...

I've noticed the uptick in ads on shows that I started watching, but have been reluctant to give them money so as to avoid the ads. I haven't thought much about their morality, they have to pay the bills somehow, but some of the content, particularly the shorts, is just low quality and starting...

Around 1230 today there was a loud boom, right up there with nearby lightning strikes. Went outside, neighbor was on the phone with the PD about it (her windows rattled and her dogs were Not Happy), but I figured it was people target shooting in the nearby quarry. Went back inside, was in the...

Ran the weed wacker, ran the one flower over that the wife said to not hit. Wonder if I can find it locally. Took a bike ride but my legs were junk and was trashed after 20 miles. Simple dinner, too tired to do much of anything, watching Law & Order while waiting to go read in bed.

Why is that Windows has figured out that when it is time to reboot for updates that it should be gentle in shutting down, prompting to save all files etc--and Dell Command will just nuke your system? And what is with all the BIOS updates anyhow? I swear, ten years ago I never saw BIOS updates...

I bought a set of winters from TR. Just seemed like the easiest path, order and have delivered, mounted & balanced & ready to go. No idea what I'll do for the next set of tires through, as I have all the rims I could use now.

I don't get it. Drought is bad enough that they can disconnect you for violations--but you are allowed to water your lawn, albeit between certain hours?

It's actually fairly on point. I can't speak to historical failure modes and I'm no repair tech but it's not a bad list to run through.