An interesting list of automaker acronyms, and not the ones the manufacturers came up with.
Apparently the English are equally long-winded and brutal about their makes.
Category Archives: Things I Like
Why Fixers Will Save Our Planet – Fixers – Technology – The Atlantic
I like our tinkerer culture that seems to be growing every day. I want to find the time and tools to be a part of it. Here is a quick intro to the scene and some resources to follow.
Canadian Lego Man Goes to Space | PRI’s The World
Speaking of DIY projects, this is pretty cool.
A couple of Canucks managed to send a Lego man into space along with a camera.
Neat stuff.
Why The ‘Check Engine’ Light Must Be Banned
You spend tens of thousands on advanced pieces of technology, and you can’t even get a proper error code. That blows and it needs to stop.
Head on over and sign this online petition in the hopes the White House will try to do something about this.
Arduino Factory Tour
The Adafruit folks took a tour of the Arduino factory. Here are the pics. Get your geek on!
MAKE | Adam Savage on NewsHour, Discussing Maker Movement
My browser took a steaming dump awhile back and I had all these old links I meant to post here during the transition from IonWeb to Hostmonster.
Anyway, this is a start in clearing out the backlog. Also, following this video is the larger NewsHour program on the Makers.
The Evolution of the Spacesuit | Wired.com
A pretty cool look at how spacesuits have evolved. Considering we’ve only been at this for 50-ish years, it’s an interesting process to see.
The last Ford Crown Victoria ever built
To be fair, I haven’t owned an honest-to-God tuna boat since the ’76 Bonneville I had in college finally gave up any attempt to contain piston pressure.
That said, this is sad. No huge ass V8 land yachts in the Ford stable. That’s just weird.
And no more Crown Vic police cars once the existing ones die off. That’s just, well, un-American.
I know I did a similar story when the last old Beetle came off the line in Mexico and that still tears me up. Definitely more so than this will, but I have to acknowledge the passing.
The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables – How-To Geek
It is always good to know how to make your own ethernet cables.
Somehow I rarely go a year without having to churn out a few of them.
The Workshop of Model Maker Adam Savage
If I were ever to have the time and money to build a proper workshop, it would look something like this.
Be warned. It now lives behind a paywall.