Nov
02
2007
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Written by Brandon M. Langston
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
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Pictured: Nokia's 6102i.
I recently bought a new Nokia6102i. This phone was displayed as a camera phone with tons of cool stuff loaded into it and the ability to store pictures, ringtones, and graphics.
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Nov
02
2007
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Written by Brandon M. Langston
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
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Are Macs as safe as they once were? Or are Macs the new target of malware authors and hackers?
As reported on WSJ.com
"Apple on Thursday confirmed reports of pornography Web sites where hidden software, once downloaded, could take control of an Apple computer. Apple did not immediately respond to claims that it is the first instance of a Trojan horse attack on Apple's Macintosh platform."
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Nov
02
2007
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Written by Brandon M. Langston
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
Greetings to all. I would like to inform you all that I have returned from a very long time away from the site. Being away for so long has not kept me from thinking about all the articles and whatnot that I could have posted, or comments I could have made and read. I see that my counterpart Kacey has kept the site in tip top shape and i'm grateful to him.
Why was I away you may have asked yourself. Well its simple. College is expensive, and sometimes one reaches the point when they can no longer afford it on their own. Also, life can be dreadfully unfair and hit you with things that you never saw coming. Both of these things seemed to happen to me rather quickly and took me sometime to overcome.
Now however I am back, I'm healthy and I'm ready to have some fun!
Brandon M. Langston
GRLT.COM
"Tech with a twist of lime!"
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Oct
16
2007
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Written by Kacey Green
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
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I just got back off of vacation; I feel much more refreshed and relaxed, the next regular post should come tonight.
GChybrid.com is now online and new regional Hybrid Clubs will be hosted there, FLhybrid.com will continue to service the Gainesville Hybrid Club and the other Floridian clubs. Both sites will continue to redirect to GRLT.com, until I have time to develop unique interfaces for each site. The graphics will be updated later today to reflect all the sites.
I will not be returning to the one post every day schedule, quality suffered and readers confided in me that while it was nice to have something new to read every day, they preferred my usual insightful (pun intended) musings. The current plan is to post every other day like a long time back, and whenever I've got something to share. For those of you who liked the shorter posts I'll mix them in to keep things fresh but the majority of the feedback was for the longer, more detailed posts. They didn't dislike the short posts just the frequency.
I'd like to thank all of our regular readers, club members, and new viewers for taking the time to stop by and kick your feet up for a bit.
P.S.
I'm always talking about my brother's band. We finally put the last touches on their site and set it loose on the web: www.TheUpsMusic.com, GCustom is sponsoring their web endeavours, this is the perfect opportunity to thank GCustom for their continued sponsorship of this site.
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Sep
20
2007
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Written by Kacey Green
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Yesterday I installed an EV switch in my Prius, the EV switch/button, persuades the engine not to run when certain conditions are met. The EV button will only work below 35mph and within certain environmental and performance envelopes. The install took about 45 minutes of actual work, but much longer in gathering the parts and studying the installation method I chose (Evan Fusco's headlight flasher method). The hardest part of the install was getting the new pin 27 seated fully, my brother and I took the Prius out for a spin and the mod worked flawlessly. My first commute with the EV button was a success; I noticed several parts of all of my past commutes where my Prius does stupid stuff. The most common thing my Prius does during a commute is running the engine when the battery is at an acceptable state of charge (S.O.C.) and the emissions system is already at operating temperatures, and I'm at a complete stop for some time. Another time my Prius runs its engine needlessly is during some downhill stretches where doing so is unnecessary. I understand most of this is because it doesn't know what the upcoming terrain might surprise it with.
The main reason for installing the EV mode on my car was that I wanted to be able to shuffle the car around its various parking arrangements without having a senseless engine start. How does running the engine for 60 seconds, to move the car 75 feet at the most, benefit the environment or improve air quality? My wallet also disagrees, seven seconds is barely enough time to get out of a garage, and is not enough time to back out of most parking stalls and start moving forward. (I know it's not much but costs add up over the Prius' 100,000-150,000 warranted period). Now I can move across small parking lots and driveways without wasting gas or adding additional pollution to the air when shuffling my car.
I added three MPGs to my commute by cutting the engine at times where the Prius was being stupid. I will mention more when I have had more time to get accustomed to the new functionality.
EV mode as with any aftermarket modification may void a portion of your warranty. If you have any questions about my experience let me know so when I'm writing the next article I will cover your questions right here for all to benefit.
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Sep
19
2007
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Written by Kacey Green
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
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Today I finished a project I had been planning since the
month after delivery of my Prius. I will
provide more details in tomorrow's post(s).
What I will say is that the project involved the high voltage ECU and
less than $3 spent purchasing parts. One
more hint, I'm looking forward to some of the low speed, high congestion
sections of my commutes to be a great deal more silent, assuming I don't need
the heater set to crazy levels.
I came across several hybrid drivers while running errands
today and all but two waved, thank you all for making my day a bit brighter.
I am looking for story ideas and guest bloggers, if interested
or if you have an idea, use the "contact us" page.
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Sep
18
2007
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Written by Kacey Green
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
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Today I struck the hybrid watcher's jackpot, two Prius at a gas
station, lined up, both gassing up. My
Prius dropped down to three pips on the gas gauge after I'd dropped off the
freeway to begin my 2 mile straight shot work is practically on the freeway
after a 45 minute drive. Yesterday's
trip took me down to half a tank and driving home from work dropped me to four
pips, I refuel at three pips when possible.
I do this because I refuse to become of the Prius owners who complain
about the car suddenly stopping (because I was trying to drive without fuel)
and wondering why. NHW20 Prius have a
message that pops up on the multi-function display (MFD) that says to add fuel immediately
but it can be missed, though not easily.
I had been at three pips for the latter half of my commute
and the temperature was perfect for refueling, so I stopped at the nearest Top Tier
gas station to work, a Shell. The driver
of a black 2006+ Prius(if anyone wants their 06 or new photographed alongside
my 04 I will point out the differences) chose the same place and time to fill
and the only available pump (facing the car's left) was right in front of this
car and driver pair. As I mentioned in
an earlier post multiple Prius filling together are quite rare because of their
fuel efficiency.
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