Recent content by mfennell

For starting, the laptop and HDMI is the easy button. If the laptop has an actual video card, it may even be decent.

Just gonna leave this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_casualties_in_Afghanistan TL;DR; Denmark had almost as many deaths per-capita in Afghanistan as the United States, with the UK just behind.

I've probably told this story before. Some of you may know that the Chief of Police in Sea Bright is an enthusiastic rider. He had a pro MTB license back in the day. He was over my house one day (he was a Captain at the time) when a local Middletown officer stopped by to ask about my neighbor's...

You have to admit, it would be epic

Got the BCM wet in my old Volvo V70R. All kinds of random stuff stopped working. The windows being the worst.

They look good to me. I can't find anything that looks/feels loose or worn under the car. It only has 45k miles on it and was garaged until we got it. Worn rear shocks seems crazy too if I'm honest.

And...Norton received. Spent some time with a friend this morning. Lots of minor half-assery but the basics are solid. Starts right up and sounds healthy.

Those V1 Kickrs are tanks. I've had mine since Nov '14.

I counted this morning. NINE between the two of them. Another local guy has 3 or 4. Apparently you can't buy just one.

I seem to have bought a Norton Commando. Won it on Iconic. I don't really know anything about them but my friends have 2 or 3 each and thought this one had some nice touches. The big one is electric start, which is I found on ebay for $4300 (!). Engine was rebuilt about 2700 miles ago.

Started working on my daughter's SLK250. The rear end jumps all over when hitting bumps. I'm ordering shocks but I learned from a friend that there's a 20 year extended warranty on the subframe for corrosion that causes all kinds of problems. I'm going to give it a very thorough inspection but...

Vaguely on-topic, my friend showed me his kid's (kid to me - he's in his early 20s) built-to-the-moon surron lightbee the other day. He thinks the build was close to $15k! 31kw -> 40hp. Running a monstrous 81V/45aH pack. His son told me later that he has a 51kw controller on order. 65hp...

It's all part of the playbook. "See, these people don't know what they're doing. Contract the smart people at my private company."

Jesus. F'ing children. I'm embarrassed for them. I'm 'on vacation' now. Gov stopped paying our bills, we ran at-risk for a while, now I'm furloughed. I can either sign up for unemployment or use my vacation until I run out, which will be about a month. That's what I'm doing. Aside from getting...

It's a VW-specific tool.