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I have delayed continuing to work on FireworX-10 mainly becuase I have lost interest in the platform I originally built it on. I originally built it in Visual Basic 4 and later moved to Visual Basic 5 becuase those were the versions I had available at the time. What...

Got a mid-winter Mustang “fix” with a rental

I just got back from Florida where I had the opportunity to rent and drive a 2006 Mustang. It was nice to get behind the wheel of a Mustang during the usual time of year when I don’t get to drive anything fun. Well, alright, 4wd in the snow...

My current home automation setup

My home automation setup has evolved since I started about 5 years. It did not happen overnight. At the beginning, I had a vision of what it could become and I am now feeling that I am close to achieving that vision. My vision was centralization. Instead of having...

Looking forward: A “Mustanger” in the making

Last year, I wrote an entry titled “Looking back” in which I talked about my first Mustang. Now it’s time to write the companion entry. I’m pretty paranoid about protecting the interior of my car from further wear. Conflicting with that is a growing desire to share the Mustang...

Forthcoming updates to the site

I have occasionally commented/complained that updating parts of this site are manually intensive. The major piece to that is the “Where are they now” section. Also, as that section grows, it gets more unwieldy to use and in the size of the page itself. It is approaching 1/2 Mbyte...

Looking back: my first Mustang

I have occasionally mentioned my first Mustang before on this site. It was a 1991 LX hatchback. It was the only car I really missed after I sold it. Actually, I haven’t owned that many cars. Besides the triple white fox and that ’91 LX, I have had a...

Build dates

Recently, when I had the back seat out of my car, as I had described in my previous entry, I also discovered something that made me think more about build dates. I don’t think I have ever discussed the topic on this site other than pointing out that they...

Found a build sheet in my car

Last fall when I was getting ready to put my car away for the winter I decided to fix a problem with my convertible top frame. Early last summer, the large pin at the major hinge of the frame popped out. It had happened several times before but that...