Not much for an update today. If you haven't noticed, that ladybug in the menu on the other pages; that will be a link dedicated to my late sister that passed in a car accident over a year ago. I've also been working on a page for the mounting and wiring diagrams for installing fog lights in the Mx-3. The diagrams took some time, I just need to finish up the page and load the link into the Mx-3's Project page. Those will be done in the next day or two, but I'm getting to bed early tonight, and we're heading out to the RV show in Hamilton tomorrow (Saturday), but I may be able to squeeze out that page before we head out.
I've got plans to head to iHop Sunday morning. For those that don't know, you don't need to cross the border for iHop goodness since there's one on Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls now. From there, I'm heading off to the Nissan Truck Club meet in Toronto for 2pm, than of course, it's Superbowl Sunday, so heading off to a friends to watch that, so don't expect many updates this weekend.
Enjoy the Superbowl (and it's commercials!) and have a good weekend.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Snow mayhem & zombies!
Well, for site updates, just added a used parts list, under the Parts section. Also, here's a picture of my cousin's car in the news broadcast that I mentioned yesterday. Just a few scratches, but more to come I'm sure...
Some funny news: apparently in Texas, they're having issues with people hacking the electronic traffic signs. So if you're in Austin Texas, be careful since there are nazi zombies on the loose. Remember, to kill a zombie, you need to either shoot it or give it a hard blow to the head. Decapitation is a sure way to make sure it doesn't come back.
http://jalopnik.com/5141930/we-told-you-not-to-hack-the-electronic-road-signs-didnt-we
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies
More pages added, and snow mayhem!
Oh ya, I'm just kicking them out! The Parts page has been added, listing both SRD-replica crossmember and tie bars, added a link in the Links page and the Contact page is up too. There's even a "there's no forums here yet" page in the forum section. I also changed things around, having the News page as the first view.
Not much news except for some irony on my cousins part. She's got the snow tires that I successfully used on the 626 for only a season. Well today she managed to get in the ditch on the 406. Yes, I love snow tires, I swear by them and they are absoutely great, but they don't make you invincible. I know those tires work damn good too. Experience does make a difference, so Live and Learn, but the fact that she got a speeding ticket last week kinda gives me an idea on what kind of driver she is at 18 (is she turning 18 or turning 19, hmm, can't remember). Yes, I know and everyone knows what kind of driver I am, but the only ditches I've encounted are the ones I've deliberately played in ;) Oh, and with that, she managed to get on CHCH news about it too! She was shown twice at 6pm apparently, but we didn't watch it, but she was on briefly at 11pm, so we've got it saved on the PVR. I'll take a picture of it later with the camera (that's the only way I can do it unfortunately), but gotta document that, right? ;)
Got about 15cm of snow today. I did the second clean up of the driveway and sidewalk before supper. Unfortunately I had no excuse to drive the Xterra, so snow just piled up on her. I wanted to take a nice outdoor picture while I was outside, but I left the battery in the charger, so I cheated and took one from inside instead.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
More site updates.
Still not feeling well, but I've got a few more things done. The Links page is up, and I've also was able to link a 7-day forecast in the Calendar.
And some off-news. If anyone is following the DTV transition in the US, where they've been advertising (like mad) about the February 17th deadline, they're looking at extending the date to June 12th. This could be good news for those rely on getting their content from the US, but there are arguments that the numbers are skewed, so the reason for pushing back the date is inaccurate. For us in Canada, the date is currently set (and was already pushed back) to August 31st, 2011. Also, it's being said that the free-to-air system will be down in about 6 months.
And some off-news. If anyone is following the DTV transition in the US, where they've been advertising (like mad) about the February 17th deadline, they're looking at extending the date to June 12th. This could be good news for those rely on getting their content from the US, but there are arguments that the numbers are skewed, so the reason for pushing back the date is inaccurate. For us in Canada, the date is currently set (and was already pushed back) to August 31st, 2011. Also, it's being said that the free-to-air system will be down in about 6 months.
Monday, January 26, 2009
New pages up, 1000hp electric Aero and Top Gear news.
Well I have the time to put up the Articles page, with my article on snow tires and my review on the Titan Winch's root-top tent. Unfortunately I haven't been feeling well today, and spent most of the day sleeping and resting, not having the energy to sit in front of the computer and get more pages up.
Well, here's some interesting news. Shelby SuperCars, the company that currently makes the worlds fastest production supercar, beating out the (sexy) Bugatti Veyron's title. Well, they announced that they're making a pure electric version. The specs? 1000hp and 800ft-lbs of torque, a range of 150-200 miles on a single charge, but the kicker is the recharge time of only 10 minutes. Personally, the downfall of going electric isn't it's range, but a recharge time that takes several hours. This is hopefully a step in the right direction for advancing the elctric car. If you want more details on it, check out the links below. Expect a pre-production version by mid-year.
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/the-worlds-fa-1.html
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/01/worlds-fastest.html
Well, there's a new episode of Top Gear being aired tonight, and those who want (or download it) can expect another interesting episode. Apparently they're doing a double-stacked race, literally a car on top of another, around the Nurburgring. They'll also be driving Mazda's prototype Furai concept. Should be a good watch, as always!
Well, here's some interesting news. Shelby SuperCars, the company that currently makes the worlds fastest production supercar, beating out the (sexy) Bugatti Veyron's title. Well, they announced that they're making a pure electric version. The specs? 1000hp and 800ft-lbs of torque, a range of 150-200 miles on a single charge, but the kicker is the recharge time of only 10 minutes. Personally, the downfall of going electric isn't it's range, but a recharge time that takes several hours. This is hopefully a step in the right direction for advancing the elctric car. If you want more details on it, check out the links below. Expect a pre-production version by mid-year.
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/the-worlds-fa-1.html
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/01/worlds-fastest.html
Well, there's a new episode of Top Gear being aired tonight, and those who want (or download it) can expect another interesting episode. Apparently they're doing a double-stacked race, literally a car on top of another, around the Nurburgring. They'll also be driving Mazda's prototype Furai concept. Should be a good watch, as always!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Welcome to 410 Motorsports!
Hello and welcome to 410 Motorsports! Well I've got most of the content up, the more important stuff that I wanted up right away, anyway. Articles, Links, About and Contact are so far blank. The forums won't be online for a bit for the fact that my current host doesn't do PHP, so i'll be a bit before I transfer over to a host with that ability.
Both vehicles are listed under the Projects section, and I'll add the sub-pages on added details for those after I get the rest of the main pages up.
There's already a few events in the Calendar section, including the Toronto Auto Show, the weekly Explicit Contentz meet in Whitby, the Nissan Truck Club meet February 1st and the Ontario Mx-3 club meet on February 8th.
And just a bit of news, for those that don't know, and are interested. Fast & Furious 4 got it's official release date of April 3rd earlier in the week
Both vehicles are listed under the Projects section, and I'll add the sub-pages on added details for those after I get the rest of the main pages up.
There's already a few events in the Calendar section, including the Toronto Auto Show, the weekly Explicit Contentz meet in Whitby, the Nissan Truck Club meet February 1st and the Ontario Mx-3 club meet on February 8th.
And just a bit of news, for those that don't know, and are interested. Fast & Furious 4 got it's official release date of April 3rd earlier in the week
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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