Volvo CANBUS tinkering
This is a topic that has been attempted many times by many people, and never seems to get anywhere (except for one person who capitalized on his findings). If you work for Volvo or whoever developed VIDA, don’t be mad, I love your software like I love my car, and I just want to make […]
Read MoreThe glory days of satellite TV hacking
Back in 2002, my 15-year-old self was super excited that we finally got satellite TV installed at home. Since we lived in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing to do (and our overly strict parents wouldn’t let us play outside), satellite TV was awesome, even though our overly strict parents put a parental […]
Read MoreThis car hates me, but it would die for me.
“I will give my life to protect my driver” It seems to be the best phrase to describe a Volvo. All Volvos are engineered around safety. Like, the designers come up with this super-safe system of safety features, and then hand it off to the engineers and say “make it all fit in the chassis”. […]
Read MoreWheels
I finally got a new set of wheels installed, to replace the cracked Pegasus wheels. Interestingly, two days later the Pegs were stolen from my property. It turns out it was just a cokehead looking for scrap money, and the wheels are no longer road-safe, so not a big deal. If it were someone looking […]
Read MoreOwning the S60R
This car is a beauty. It’s a monster. It’s a volvo! Seriously, a volvo. You know that, you searched google looking for a solution to an R problem and came across this post. Why this car? Volvo is known for boxy cars that perform well, and put infamous amounts of R+D time and money into […]
Read MoreRant
If there’s one thing I hate about this miserable planet, it’s how unfathomably stupid the average person is. It’s horrifying to look at our species objectively and not be completely disgusted. But despite all that, I manage to tolerate humanity just enough to do things. I mean, look at crocs for example. What the literal […]
Read MoreCars
INTRO I have too many cars, but I want more always. My daily driver / project car / expensive passion is a 2005 Volvo S60R, Black Sapphire on Atacama. My wifes daily driver is a 2nd generation Honda CR-V. We also have a 1967 Impala “Metallicar”, and two Honda Accords, a 90 CB7 and a […]
Read MorePets
INTRO/SUMMARY We have a large number of pets in our house. At last count there are 62 snakes, 2 geckos, 2 cats, a ferret, a snapping turtle, 4 bearded dragons, and several hundred rats. The bulk of that number is because my wife is a reptile breeder. Her concentration is on boa constrictors, she can […]
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