April 30, 2007

Honda VTEC Engagement and KMH to MPH Converters

On a lot of Japanese Imports the speedometer has been converted from kilometers per hour to miles per hour for ease of use on British roads. This is done by essentially altering the signal that is sent to the speedometer by a factor of ~0.6 (there are 0.6 miles in a kilometer). The alteration is performed by a little black...

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March 9, 2007

Electronic Delay Latch

The Background A while ago, I built a PC and used an All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card. For those who aren’t too familiar with them, read here. They were one of the first cards to require an external power connector to provide extra juice that couldn’t be drawn from the AGP bus. Coupled with this card, I used an...

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February 2, 2007

Peugeot 306 DTurbo Oil Change

Regular maintenance of your car’s fluids is essential to keep it running as well smoothly as possible – as well as ensuring the engine has a long life. Amongst all the regular fluid checks like coolant, brake and steering etc, the most important is the oil. The oil stops your car from grinding (literally) to a halt and making horrible...

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January 23, 2007

In the Grand Scale of Things…

How much do we actually know – in terms of who we are, and where we are? Sure, we know our local area like the back of our hand, we know all the short cuts and things that happen in certain areas. We know most things about the cities we live in, like bus times and what the best club...

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January 13, 2007

Rotating Signatures

Ever wanted a signature for your forum accounts that changed randomly every time the page was loaded? Not sure how to do it? Well read on and be enlightened… What you need Well first of all, you need somewhere to host your images. They need to be in the same directory as each other, and you need control over the...

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January 8, 2007

The Numbers are Crazy!

Maths is a funny subject. Pretty much everything we use has its roots in maths. Somehow. But strangely enough, the more you think about maths or any specific mathematic theory, the more absurd the whole concept becomes. Take for instance the question: “Does 0.9 recurring = 1?” Of course not! I hear you cry, because they are both entirely different...

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December 18, 2006

Fitting a Boost Gauge

What is a Boost Gauge and why do I need one? On cars fitted with a turbo, the air flowing into the engine for combustion is compressed rather than being allowed to flow in naturally (as in a normally aspirated engine). The advantage is that compression means more air can be forced into the cylinders, and a combined with higher...

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December 6, 2006

Basic HDR Effects

What is HDR? HDR (or High Dynamic Range) is defined as: “A lighting procedure designed to emulate the way that light levels in the real world vary over an enormous range.” In other words, the pictures you take on your digital camera capture the light at the particular instant you take the shot. This could be referred to as an...

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