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For a stop gap I found a Chrysler Sebring from a Mechanic. 124k, 2000 year, in good to excellent condition. Problem is, it's a convertible, and it gets bad gas mileage. Probably be looking for something else as soon as I get it. Price is excellent, about what it's worth as a trade in. At least...

For a stop gap I found a Chrysler Sebring from a Mechanic. 124k, 2000 year, in good to excellent condition. Problem is, it's a convertible, and it gets bad gas mileage. Probably be looking for something else as soon as I get it. Price is excellent, about what it's worth as a trade in. At least...

Enterprise and Budget rental. I'm trying to find something I like, and find out the plus and minus of each model. I like the size of the Focus, but the engine gets 25 miles to a gallon, and the gears are too high for me.

Maxburn: Been driving the Ford Focus 2013 this week, last week 2012. I use the Sport mode shifting a lot. What are they thinking? They put the shift button on the gear shift, meaning with a close ratio, accelerating hard, one hand is off the steering wheel? That's like a law suit waiting to...

I've got near 8 shaves out of the last feather. Not as close as the first 5, but enough for government work.

I went with a CF-51 laptop. Cost about 130 dollars off ebay. Twice as fast as my original plus using the Kingspec SSD. Works for what I'm using it for. The HTPC continues to work.

That's for a VERY close shave, every time. I can stretch a couple more out of the blades if I shave often. Maybe I have a stubborn beard?

Update: I now have a Sandal smell shaving lather, and a brush. I'm using that over hair conditioner, Gillette foam Gel, then on top the Sandal lather. That is working. The shaving lather is nice because it's hot and can be reapplied for the second pass. I also bought some Personna shaping...

http://www.volcomfijipro.com/live/ http://www.surfline.com/surfdata/lola_surf_model.cfm?id=8493 This is a giant swell. Biggest ever for a Pro ASP Surf contest to my knowledge. Tavarua, Cloudbreak, is unique in that it's both huge, hollow and lined up. It's not just a peak you can get out of...

I jumped on the CFL bandwagon at the start. That whole batch failed, within 2 years. The new ones are far cheaper, seem to use less energy, and combined with the LED's have dropped my energy bill by 60%, or more.

New PG&E bill. 20.00 dollars! WTF? How can moving to LED and MFL's make THAT much of a difference? When the house was all MFL the cost was about 50.00. Figured it didn't make that much of a difference. I'm suspecting that the power draw for MFL starting up is a problem, since I rarely leave...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztiseGvvis These SATA bays have been the best I've tried. I combine that with one of the toasters Mercutio suggests. I don't see why you couldn't buy two toasters or more toasters and run them through the USB ports. As for the used raid card in SATA: I haven't...

Even if they don't eat you, being a chew toy for a great white will kill you ;-)

I'd like this Mustang. Love the gearing and .50 6th gear. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2013-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-test-review "The Eaton supercharger in the engine’s valley displaces 2.3 liters, spins faster than the last GT500’s blower, cranks out 14.0 psi at maximum boost (up from...

On flat highways it gets 35-37 MPG. Problem is that as soon as you factor in any driving when you get there, you are back down to 24-27. It's a bit of sticker shock when your gas bill goes from 45 to 60, but the tank is 3 gallons larger then the Toyotas, so it's really not much different. Non...

What's Chyna up to in the movie?

Burst what bubble? What was your mileage? Going up, coming down, average speed, etc.? One of my girlfriends had a jetta in 1980 or so. She drove it 85-95 mph and used her female charms to get her out of any ticket. It worked too. That's both the Jetta and the charms. I kind of think of a 3.7...

P.T. Barnum must love the average guy. Spending 4 bucks a blade on something that sucks, doesn't get in to tight areas, leaves shaving bumps and works worse then a 5 cent double edged blade. Stupid would be not remembering the old stuff how well it worked and what it cost. Modern tech has made...

I can't believe I forgot to mention driving this car to Reno twice in two weekends. Some of the 'hills' I mentioned were at 7000 feet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pass It maintained 80-85 over the mountains and handled the sweeping curves very well. Mileage was about 24 going up...

Here is the spec page for the Mustang engines: http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/specifications/engine/ "Sequential Multi-port Electronic Fuel Injection " It seems like the automatic almost disengages coming down steep hills or mountains. It does get up and move pretty well. It seems to get...

Thing about straight razors is I was going to use them for areas that are hard to get to, like under your nose. Problem is they are too wide to fit in and shave that area. A REAL straight razor is absurdly expensive. However the injector straight razors are reasonable and you just change...

The reason it goes for 200 grand is it says "Shelby" on it. Look at the absurd prices the Shelby 350 and 500 are pulling, not to mention the value of the 289 and 427 REAL Cobras. They are collectors items and guys like Jay Leno are willing to buy it just because they can, and it says Shelby...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios Apparently Paramount's rights were bought back by Disney on the Avengers. Still their logo appears on the film. The leasing of rights for Marvel Characters requires a calendar and popcorn to figure out who has rights to what characters.

Great. Now you have to put your light bulbs in your will.

40-60W LED at Costco, about 6-10W 3 for 20 dollars, IIRC.

"As expected, Shelby didn't just up the power and call it a day. The Shelby 1000 and 1000 S/C both got modifications designed to put all that extra power to good use. Shelby replaced the rear end with a new 9-inch unit, and installed a custom aluminum driveshaft. Shelby also made sure the 1000...

Saves time. 80 is the new 65. The mustang takes 25% time off commute To san mateo. I leave late arrive early. I'm going 80 over hills I go 65 in th toyota. Mileage is.up to 27. The car is growing on me.

Overall mileage for the week has been 24 miles to gallon. Not much less then my Toyota, and a hell of a lot more fun.

How long has this engine been around? It's an Aluminum block, and cylinder head, with 12.0:1 compression, generates 160 to 252 HP out of 122 cubic inches, and is turbo charged. That's all great under warranty. However once it's outside warranty your dead. Warranty is 5 years 60,000 miles...

Guess it depends on the tech level. An i7 is no joke.

You should try getting engine information from the Ford website. The current offerings are here: http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/specifications/engine/ As for reading comprehension: What does this mean? "Coming late 2012" In other words, not offered now. Europe has a 305 HP version of that...

Paramount is owned by Viacom.

Merc, I can see going again to see the Avengers. I went tonight, 2D for me, and the movie was pretty incredible. I enjoyed the Loki-God Meets Hulk scene in particular;-) Went at 11PM, and it was still 30% full, on a Thursday night. The Cosmic Cube had to lead to Thanos. Seems to me they...

What I miss is the Mustang 3.7L 305 HP engine being offered in the Focus. The focus engines, 2.0L, are VERY highly tuned and seem to use ungodly compression ratios for the garbage octane gas we have today. Amazing how they get so much power out of such bad fuel. 160 HP is a LONG way from a 305...

Update: Ran through the cheap blades. 33 cents each for Japanese Super Sharp blades. Feathers. So far two shaves out of the blade. It's just smooth. When I get done I get the distinct feeling an outer layer of skin has been removed. Much more so then the cheap 7 am blades. Less cuts with the...

Been looking at the Ford Focus. Seems the neat ones aren't sold in the US. RS 305 and RS 500. I'd love the Focus size car with the 3.7 liter V-6 305 HP in it.

Marvel comics are were aimed at high school/college level reading. I started reading in third grade. Comics 10 cents. They seriously helped my reading and comp skills, and along with having a teacher for a mother seriously helped my Eng com skills. They have been the mythology/religion for many...

I think it would be kind of funny giving them a bunch of machines that even though old, they are not likely to approach 10% CPU useage in any task they will do, for 10 years.

Costco is carrying higher lumens for about the same price. The combined effect has lowered my electric bill to 40 dollars last month. I like that. I think PG&E will probably raise the rates if this keeps up.

Reno provides a lot of temptations. When you wake up at 5am and the bars are still open it puts it in perspective. People are STILL gambling, loosing money. Cabs have signs for Mustang Ranch on the top of their cars all over the place. I didn't bring anyone. At my age and considering the...

Considering prostitution is legal in Nevada and I'm going to watch a bunch of beautiful girls play volleyball in skin tight outfits, that is SO funny, in SO many ways;-)

The experience of driving an open wheel race car is what it's really about. At 1000-1200 pounds, even an 80 HP FV is VERY quick. It's also very cheap, compared to an Atom. Having your ass 3 inches off the floor with blinding acceleration is sensation of speed, much like you get in a 10 second...

I REALLY enjoyed the video of the Atom and the Stig running the car through the track. Funny how the car didn't really look fast through the track. A cheaper route would be just buying a formula Vee Track car. You get a body and a windscreen. We had a couple cars around that terrified their...

Essentially the same thing I drove on the street, in the 70-90 period. However mine weighed 2880, with a 32 gallon fuel cell, Nascar coil over suspension with a Watts linkage, and the suspension mounting points redone, ala Bud Moore/Ford IMSA racing technology. Lincoln disk brakes on the front...

This is more the direction I wish the Mustangs went, but still using the 5.0 liter V 8: http://www.themustangnews.com/content/2010/03/pro-challenge-ford-mustang-race-car/

I can't find the listing now. Ford had a pretty much race prepared Mustang for sale for about 80 thousand, US. Roll cage, the entire setup. It was yellow. I see the car as a Nascar weight car, without the benefits of using that size. The old Nascars, like the Daytona Charger, where huge cars...

Odd. I remember both but thought the comics predated (1963) the TV show (1961 to about 70). I was wrong. I'm going to have to see if I can find the 62-64 episodes with Honor Blackman. I always liked her acting;-)

Good stuff on airplane tickets: http://www.ibiblio.org/rdu/ca-speed.html Appears the airplanes actually WARN you by hitting you with radar to determine your speed or they have to call an officer that then has to manage to pace you. That brings up one of the two major faults with the mustang...

Would I buy one? Probably not. It's pretty expensive. I like the gas mileage on the freeway and the speed. I don't really like the lack of feeling in the power steering. I do like being able to blow up hills really fast. It's fun easily doing 80-90 up hills even if the gas consumption is bad...

I'm having problems with Arcsoft. Not on the actual play of disc images or Blurays but on shutting down. It won't. Sticks at program not responding. It also isn't great on dual monitors. I'll try it in the other room on the HTPC.