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Halt and Catch Fire

A few minutes ago, I watched the complete first episode of AMC TV’s Halt and Catch Fire, a new drama premiering on June 1 (you can watch online at amctv.com in advance for the next seven or eight days).  The … Continue reading

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Brake-By-Wire

Colleague Jim points us toward this explanation on Formula1.com of how the new brake-by-wire (not to be confused with the long-used “fly-by-wire” stuff) systems work: http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/5/15863.html

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Road Rage

From an AutoVantage study as reported by NBC News …

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Walt’s Rat Rod

In a previous post, I suggested that I would have more to say about the rat rod project car of Jason’s father.   (We have already discussed father Walt’s modded Jensen-Healey, and I was to learn that his stable also … Continue reading

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A Most Excellent Adventure

(with a nod to Bill & Ted) Time to visit Jason for an annual (aircraft-inspired) inspection and attention to some niggling matters.  So it is over the mountain on a wonderful spring morning, 86 miles distant with at least half … Continue reading

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Twenty-Nine Years Ago

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Saturday Morning in the Valley

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Porn Friday

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Sheila Kuehl’s 64 Porsche

My brother, writing from his home in Los Angeles, brings this to my attention.  He explains that “… she’s a former TV actress (Dobie Gillis) who subsequently went to Harvard law school and served a bunch of years in the state … Continue reading

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921 Vision Design Concept

also: see flikr photostream

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