http://www.jessies.org/~car/ LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, &#39;This book will change your life&#39;. en Copyright 1996 - 2010, Chris Reece Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:35:50 GMT Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:30:00 GMT car@jessies.org car@jessies.org 60 http://www.jessies.org/~car/img/crank_rss.png http://www.jessies.org/~car/ 48 48 LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, &#39;This book will change your life&#39;. http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201006072130-project-xt250.php <p>I passed up on a non-running early &#39;80s Yamaha XT250 project bike just last year. The price a touch on the incredible, the seller... not so credible. This year, fortune smiled on me. I think. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201006072130-project-xt250.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201006072130-project-xt250.php Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:30:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005042033-supercasemodhack.php <p>The year is 2001. A dim, dark post-apocalyptic present that no-one expected. Gone are the trappings of married life; the electric monktard shares his house with a beanbag, and inflatable chair, and a pair of 42U 19 inch racks. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005042033-supercasemodhack.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005042033-supercasemodhack.php Tue, 04 May 2010 08:33:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005011723-wanganui-river-road.php <p>With sis-in-law providing free, long-term babysitting services for a limited time only, the missus wanted a dirty weekend away. Well, a dirt-bikey weekend away, at least. We settled on a little dual-sport jaunt up the Wanganui River Road. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005011723-wanganui-river-road.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/201005011723-wanganui-river-road.php Sun, 02 May 2010 05:23:00 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php <p>Sometimes shit happens. The great thing about our never-ending race for bigger, faster computers and storage is that more and more often, shit happens real fast, and makes a lot of mess in the process. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907142140-arg-list-too-long.php Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:58:44 GMT http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php <p>What&#39;s the big deal about SSL? It&#39;s been around for yonks; we must have it taped by now, right? Wrong, sadly. <a href="http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php">more...</a></p> car@jessies.org Chris Reece/Blog http://www.jessies.org/~car/blog/200907081926-for-firefox-sake.php Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:57:07 GMT