Category: miscellaneous

I updated my PSP over the weekend to v2.80 of the firmware.  I had heard they added video casting support, but couldn’t find any documentation about the formats that were supported.  After searching around a bit, I decided to just try a few feeds, and sure enough Sony seems to support the iPod video RSS…

Had my second fill-up this morning.  Much better MPG this time: 46.4.  That could be due to a number of factors: I didn’t run the AC nearly as much this time (the weather was nicer last week on the way home each day). I filled up this tank vs. the dealer on the first tank,…

So in addition to a small (unplanned) upgrade to my home mahcine, my new work machine finally came in this week.  It is a a new Intel Core Duo Tablet PC from HP, the TC4400.  It is a more traditional style tablet PC (a so called “convertible”) than my previous TC1100 (a slate).  I was…

I’m really happy with my JD 3120, but it would be fun to find an old AC to run this project on. Allis Chalmers “G” Electric Cultivating and Seeding Tractor Conversion Project

Well the machine I built about 2 years ago decided to not work this past weekend, so I had to make an emergency buy at NewEgg that was delviered today.  I had to get a new processor and wanted to use the MB I already had, but as it turns out they were running a…

Being a new Diesel car owner, I have taken a small interest in the emerging discussion about Biofuels.  If the shit hits the fan, it is somehow strangely comforting that I could grow my own gas on the few spare acres on the back of our farm.  Of course, if the shit does hit the…

Well I ran through my first tank of gas on the Jetta today.  The trip odo read 576.3 and I put a little more than 14 gallons in it, for a first tank average of 40.7 MPG.  Mind you it was pretty hot this week so I ran the AC on the way home from…

As a few of you may now, this blog is hosted on an old Shuttle mini-PC I have sitting in my basement. A few of you have asked me why I decided to host this blog myself on my own gear when there are so many free blog publsihers out there. Even if I couldn’t…

Well after three days of driving back and forth to work, I have to say I am really happy with my decision.  I have put 378 miles on the Jetta so far and I just dipped below the halfway mark on the fuel guage.  I think my dream of only having to fill up once…