| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
 |
Buddha fruit
by brian @ 11:13:11 - [perma-link]Bringing inner peace to a balanced breakfast...
|
| |
| Saturday, October 22, 2005 |
 |
Sometimes I'm Smart
by brian @ 17:59:59 - [perma-link]This is not one of those times. See those 4 outlets marked "instant back up power supplied" (if the text
isn't clear, its the closer, empty row)? OK. See the stuff that needs backup power, plugged into the other side?
Yeah.... No wonder this thing doesn't work!
|
| |
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 |
 |
What is that?
by brian @ 02:04:55 - [perma-link]This is the speaker bracket from underneath the dash of my charger,
like up in the center under the window. Its was the center channel
back before there were 4 other speakers and a sub to go with it. I pulled the wretched carcass of the speaker out while I had the dash
out a few weeks ago. It actually frees up a ton of space inside the
center of the dash. So the battery box is out, and now I'll try
mounting it in the dash. I think I can re-use this original bracket
(maybe not the rusty original screws) to attach the computer to the
car, or at least use it as a template.
|
| |
| Thursday, October 13, 2005 |
 |
My CarPC
by brian @ 17:50:14 - [perma-link]Obviously these pictures are not in the car. I got my mini-itx system
parts Tuesday night. Yesterday I went out and got an ATX power supply,
so I can power it up and debug it before I put the system in the car. This will be the new "entertainment system" for the Charger. The 100G
disk will hold plenty of music, videos and maps and who knows what
else.
That's a lot of space. The small screen will go somewhere in the dash, and is a touchscreen, so
I can just poke stuff while driving instead of having to switch from
the steeringwheel to a keyboard/mouse. It shouldn't be any more
difficult than pressing radio buttons. The keyboard I have for it can
roll up, so I can store it in the center console, and pull it out if I
really need it. So far I've just installed Linux. I still need to install the drivers
for some of the parts. Then I need to figure out what to use to build the chassis for the final
box.
|
   |
| |
| Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
 |
Printer error
by brian @ 11:19:20 - [perma-link]Gee. I wonder who is causing the paper jam.
|
  |
| |
| Sunday, October 2, 2005 |
 |
Charger electrical problems: Solved
by brian @ 21:05:10 - [perma-link]For now, anyway. The two dash pics show you how it flips down to access
the back. The soldering tools represent what I did, since its all back
together now, and I didn't think to take pictures during... The headlights work again, and are much, much brighter. They also lost
the yellowish tint that old crappy bulbs make, and have a whiter light
as the halogens should. The main culprit turned out to be a bad
footswitch (replaced with an under-dash toggle for now). There were also a couple of fused wires (one sort of ground-ish, and the
other sort of straight from the battery positive) at the bulkhead. I
peeled them apart and wrapped them in tape. I drove today with the radio
and lights on. Nothing flickered or cut out when I hit the brakes or
turn signals. It all works! While the dash was open I hooked up the windshield washer wires. Turns
out that Jen's dad and I actually did fix it about 5 years ago, but we
didn't have the full wiring diagram. But with the back of the dash in
plain view it was a piece of cake. The pump, hoses, and engine
compartment wiring that we did back then were all good. I should fix the horn next.
|
  |
| |
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 |
 |
PIR Drags
by brian @ 00:35:15 - [perma-link]Josh and I went to the drag races tonight, just as spectators. We didn't
get there in time to see his friend break into the 12s in his mustang,
but we did see plenty of fast cars. The one with all the logos is a
Datsun 510 converted to electric power. Its a homebrewed job that ran a
12.2 quarter mile shortly after this photo. The other shot is two 66
Chargers.
|
 |
| |
| Saturday, September 17, 2005 |
 |
New paint job
by brian @ 19:19:19 - [perma-link]A couple of buttons on my phone weren't working very good, so I took it
apart to fix them. While it was in pieces, I figured I'd paint it. Its cheap color changing paint. Green to purple main body with blue to
purplr accents. Not sure if you can tell from these pics or not.
|
    |
| |
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
 |
Its baaaaack!
by brian @ 12:27:34 - [perma-link]So after about 2.5 months, we finally got the M3 back. Good as new, and
better.
|
  |
| |
| Friday, September 9, 2005 |
 | | movie (click to play) |
|
Wakeboarding with Brian
by brian @ 00:15:15 - [perma-link]Connie's nephew Brian was here for a couple of days, so we took him
wakeboarding. He'd never done it before, but he picked it up really
quick, and even tried a jump his first time up. Connie had a couple
of nice long rides on her magic board ;), and I flipped the boots
around and tried goofy foot (like I do on snowboards and skateboards,
so, well, duh...) with much better results.
We also brought my "real" video camera (a 6 or 7 year old Sony PC1
miniDV) which takes really, really nice video compared to the super-
small Samsung X105 (though the Samsung is still pretty cool). It has
to come out with us all the time now. And it needs to be running
more. I like how Brian filmed pretty much everything (thanks, man!).
|
| previous |
