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Experience Not Important?

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I saw a chart similar to this a few days ago on Glenn Beck’s show. I think it speaks for itself.
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Texas Tech Christmas Tree

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

Amber decorated a small, humble Christmas tree with red lights and TTU ornaments.

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Outdoor Christmas Lights

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

Some people have already been amused by the story unfolding on facebook- I’ve been resistant to the idea of lights, but this year I gave in. We had a hard time even finding suitable lights, but after a bit of driving around, we can across some white LED strings that we thought would work. It was a bit cold while we were getting them installed, but I think they look pretty decent, so I’m declaring our first try a success.

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Posted in Family | Tagged Christmas Lights, House, lights | 1 Comment

Family Pictures

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

A few pictures of the family, some of Bryson with Santa Claus, and some more of just Bryson.

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Night of Truth

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

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Why did GM do this?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

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I do not understand why GM thought it was a good idea to scale the coolant temperature gauge like this. There is no way you can look at it and figure out what the temperature is unless you are good at doing odd fractions in your head really fast. All you know it is somewhere between two numbers. Why?

Posted in Automotive | Tagged odd scale, quadzilla, temperature gauge | 1 Comment

Stepper Motor Pictures

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I had to take apart one of the little stepper motors from my gauge cluster to see what was inside. It is amazing you can get these little motors for $3 each… those little tiny gears are amazing by themselves.

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Quadzilla’s Gauge Cluster

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

GM installed poor-quality stepper motors in most all GM trucks in the 2003-2006 model years. Amber’s Tahoe was covered because she had under 60000 miles, but Quadzilla is a year older and has 20000 more miles so I was SOL. After a little research I figured out I could replace the steppers myself and save about $500 off the cost taking it to the stealership. There are guys on ebay that will change them out too, but it looked easy enough for me to do myself, that way I would not be without a speedometer for the time it took to ship it off, get it repaired, and wait for it to be shipped back.

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I went ahead and splurged and also bought a set of white gauge faces. These are vinyl, you just apply them on top of the existing face. I was impressed that the tick marks and numbers align almost perfectly and the backlight still through the black parts. I read on some ricer forums that white gauges will give you at least an extra 20 horsepower. I do like the look! So for less than $75 and a few hours of my time, I have a working speedometer again, all new stepper motors, and a fresh new look in my dashboard.

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End of No-Shave November

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

face2 I haven’t shaved since our camping trip earlier in November, and it is now time for me to do something with this face hair of mine. I would like the help of my friends in suggesting what beard style you think I should go with. Please rate the different styles below and press the ‘submit’ button. I’ve included thumbnails of each type below the question grid. As always, please leave me a comment if you have something more to add! I’ve stumbled across some pretty good and entertaining information on the interwebs in my quest to find info on beards. Check out this guy who is trying to grow one of every type. Of course someone is using beards.org to further the cause of manliness too.

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Posted in Family, Humor | Tagged beard, beard sytles, facial hair, manliness | 22 Comments

Google Wave

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I just got my google wave account and I’m trying to think of ways to use it. Lots of neat stuff here, kind of a collaborative chat/wiki/email/whiteboard/photoshare/journal/social networking thing with unlimited interface plugins, bots, and more. This is why google is a success, they figure out new ways of thinking or new ways of doing things. This looks like it will be a hit for people who will learn to use it.

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