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ONE YEAR!

peteness — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:18 +0000

hooray – it’s been one whole year since I’ve last posted anything on here! …oh wait…dang.

#inTheWorks: How to Restart a Stored Vehicle

peteness — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:56:59 +0000

I’ve had a few life changes occur recently and now I’m in need of the VW that I’ve had in storage for the past 1+ years. Ok, to be honest, the vehicle has been parked in my garage for two and a half years. It’s a 2001 Golf and, up until storage, the vehicle was well maintained (regular services, maintenance checks, etc).

Before starting, I decided to get input from friends and family on what’s the best way to getting the car started. I wasn’t prepared for some of their responses. “…HOW LONG has it been in storage?” “I wouldn’t even bother – you probably have a family of raccoons living in the engine.” “Your hoses are probably all dried and cracked – good luck getting it started.” “Take it to the dealer and have their service department get it running for you.” None of the comments were particularly helpful, but I didn’t lose hope. The best answer came from my father, “No problem. Just do this…”.

My dad is a genius. He’s college educated, but he’s taught me that experience goes a very, very long way. And that’s how he picked up auto mechanics. He actually quit his job as a culinary chef and opened his own auto mechanic shop back in the 80′s. I’m telling you, the dude has no fear.

“Head out to Wal-mart and buy a battery charge, starting fluid, and a fuel injection cleaner”, he says to me. No problem, Dad.

My dad is flying in to help me get the car rolling again, but with the instructions my father gave me, I felt pretty confident to attempt an initial start on my own. Auto mechanics kind of spook me. But that’s because I know very little about it, but I’m willing to learn. I guess my hesitation is that an automobile is not a cheap thing. I can recover from breaking software (intentional or otherwise), but a car is a totally different story. Mechanic work is expensive. And I certainly don’t have any cash stuffed in my sofa cushions to afford any mistakes.

So the next post will be my documented experience with getting my car to run again. I’m getting all my info and pictures in order, but I can already tell you that it hasn’t been a smooth process. But it’s been a great learning experience and I’m looking forward to getting my VW back on the road.

@ the Richard Louv presentation in Hoyt Sherman

peteness — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:48:00 +0000

@ the Richard Louv presentation at Hoyt Sherman…

rain, rain rain, and blogging

peteness — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:42:00 +0000

so the forecast calls for more rain. I’ve decided to build something from scratch and follow a php tutorial for building a blog (http://php-programming.suite101.com/article.cfm/build_a_blog_or_cms_with_php).

Maserati at work

peteness — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:23:00 +0000

Someone was nice enough to drive their Maserati to work for my viewing
pleasure. How much does this car cost?

Social Network Invitations

peteness — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:58:00 +0000

So I’m on the bandwagon and am a social media/network junkie. There was a really cool site that I used to use to exchanging invitations with other users, but I can’t remember it right now. I’ve been using another one that’s been pretty good and I’ve gotten quick responses from: Invites.mashable.com

Anyways, I’m checking out SocialThing, Fire Eagle, ….waitaminute…i think i’m following like 10 new ones and i can barely remember them all. Ah, overwhelming.

Great Date

peteness — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0000

I had a great date with the girlfriend yesterday evening. I hadn’t been to The Cheesecake Factory in a long while. We got these avocado egg roll things for an appetizer. I wasn’t sure about them, but they were actually really, really good. I could have sworn that there was potato in them or something.

We caught “Wanted” after dinner and it was really good – non-stop action. And the special effects were pretty impressive.

twitter

peteness — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:24:00 +0000

I’m absolutely hooked on Twitter – follow me at twitter.com/ku5h

too open…?

peteness — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:21:00 +0000

I have to admit, I don’t post as much as I used to because I’m always concerned with who is actually reading my posts. On the flip side, I don’t necessarily want to lock out everyone out of my blog for the slight chance that it might actually be useful for someone, or for networking purposes. I suppose what I need to keep in mind is that I should not confuse a blog for a journal – definitely keep those two separate! …speaking of which, time to go #2.

#DMTweetUp angry pee urinal

peteness — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:03:00 +0000