Archive for Transportation
Yesterday morning, the car saga continued. Here’s the backstory, some of which I’ve posted before (but maybe only on Facebook rather than here, not sure): For complicated reasons, my 2005 Prius is in Chicago. The screen of the touchscreen system in the middle of the dashboard (the “multi-function display,” or MFD) has had some sun […]
My Tesla Model 3 arrived yesterday. I ordered it on the morning of the first day they were open for pre-order: March 31, 2016. The expected delivery date kept getting pushed back (for about a year, starting in late 2017, their delivery estimator said my car would be ready in 4–6 months); even after the […]
The bad news: I needed to get a smog check this year for my 2005 Prius. The good news: I went and got one a couple of months before my registration renewal was due, back in late March. The bad news: I apparently then forgot to actually pay my registration renewal. The good news: The […]
Several interesting and informative Tesla Model 3 links: Specs and prices, including prices for various options, from the official Tesla...
I was driving along in the right lane of a Mountain View street the other week when I passed a...
On my iPhone, I use Google Maps frequently, and Apple Maps fairly regularly. I love both apps, but I can't...
Last night, shortly after I left work, the floor mat in my Prius shifted in such a way as to...
Jeff K has created a nifty MBTA route plotter that lets you view approximate current (and recent) locations of Boston-area...
At some point during college, Rob S added a catchphrase to our ever-growing collection of catchphrases and slogans: "SUPERCONDUCTORS MAKE...
For my birthday, as I noted at the time, a bunch of friends got me a zeppelin ride, and the...
Last Wednesday, the day after the election, I was biking to work when I saw another bicyclist stopped in the...
At the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, Toyota revealed the Tron car. No, wait, I mean it revealed a...