Category Archives: Cars

Road Rule #6 – Following distance is not important.

So last night – early this morning? – I went for a drive. The drive started out well, weather was alright, amazingly oncoming traffic was (mostly) turning off their high beams, and there weren’t too many people travelling in the … Continue reading

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From Tablet to Microcontroller (Arduino Stereo Project Part 1)

Continuing on from yesterdays post about my car stereo, I explain how I came up with this crazy idea. The first thing I found when starting on the idea of building a car stereo from my Arduino, was that the … Continue reading

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A Tale Of (First World) Woe

For the past couple of years, I’ve been looking for some solution for my in-car audio that does exactly what I want. When I  bought my Thunderbird, I eventually bought a Bluetooth enabled stereo (a Pioneer DEH-P700BT) to replace the … Continue reading

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Road Rule #5: Blocking traffic on a corner is perfectly all right.

I’m surprised that I haven’t written this one before, because this is one of the most common abuses of the law that I see.  When you make a left hand turn on a lighted intersection, there has to be enough … Continue reading

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Road Rule #4: Whoever is behind you is far more important than you are

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve seen anything on the road that was Road Rule worthy.  I blame the lack of driving lately.  But I saw one last month (Jesus I need to update more often).  Well, was involved … Continue reading

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Skullnerd needs to drive

Seriously, I haven’t been out driving for a couple months now.  Yes, I’ve driven from home to whatever destination I need to go to, but I haven’t been DRIVING.  The crappy part about the limited income that I have right … Continue reading

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Road Rule #3: High Beams are to be Used at all Times.

I love driving.  I love the night.  I absolutely detest driving at night.  I used to enjoy it.  The lack of people on the roads, the lack of sun burning me if I’m driving west, and not needing the air … Continue reading

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Road Rule #2: You must slow down to merge.

Calgary has recently been talking about putting up speed cameras on Deerfoot Trail in an attempt to decrease the number of accidents.  While yes, speeding is a problem, it’s by far low man on the totem pole.

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Road Rule #1: Cellphones are a stupid stick.

Apparently people are unable to drive when they have a cell phone stapled to their head. I just don’t get it. I have a cell phone. It’s my primary means of communication. I don’t have a land line. I talk … Continue reading

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I Can Never Own a Viper

Please note: I originally published this on Facebook, but as I am deleting my account, I figured I would move it here. Well, I can own one, but I couldn’t ever drive it, so what’s the point? My dad and … Continue reading

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