iPod Wired Into a Civic Hybrid?

O’Reilly: Hacking Your Car: How to Get Clean Audio and Video Signals into Your Car Manufacturers There are only a handful of primary manufacturers in the “12V” accessory market (as they call it.) There are also a large number of one-off products designed and manufactured to solve a specific vehicle and model need, such as … Read more

Arc-AAA LED Flashlight

Arc-AAA LED Flashlight I want one. Or two. This is an over-built little gem of a flashlight, at least for my needs. At $30 for the low-priced basic version, I’ll keep searching for a good LED flashlight that used only one AAA battery.

How to Cut Quill Pens from Feathers

How to Cut Quill Pens from Feathers “This is a page about how to cut feathers into useful quill pens. It attempts to go into most of the tradeoffs and possibilities that are possible with one of the most flexible writing instruments ever made.” Well, how can I not like this? Could this serve to … Read more

OregonLive.com: Mad About Movies

This is precious. OregonLive.com: Mad About Movies “The Trailer Looks Good….” That’s how people often justify their itch to see a movie that is obviously awful. To give you an idea of how easy it is to manipulate a movie so that it comes off well in a trailer, check out this work of sheer … Read more

Fred C. Dobbs’ rant, and my reply

The Dunwoody Crier – our weekly neighborhood paper, the kind supported by ads from realtors, local eateries, salons, chiropractors, and so on, is a right-leaning little rag. A week or so ago, they published a very cranky letter from Fred C. Dobbs, wherein he decried “black Americans of a certain sub-culture.” Here’s the response I … Read more

The Roadhouse – Blues Podcasts

The Roadhouse We get back to the full sound of big guitars, big horns and big beats this week. Thanks to NorthernBlues, Alligator and Vanguard, there’s new music aplenty in this edition. Kenny Traylor, Charlie Musselwhite, Toni Lynn Washington, Guitar Shorty, and The Holmes Brothers take the fore, while seven more great blues artists bring … Read more