Microcar 2024
Last weekend was our yearly favorite – Microcar Classic. It started out a little damp: But it dried out pretty quickly and was sunny for the rest of the weekend. We saw a bunch...
Author: Mike Garrity
2.150 & 2.70
This week MIT threw a birthday party for their mechanical engineering department (aka Course 2). It’s 150 years old this year. We stopped by and went on tours of several of the labs. 150...
Wilbraham Hill Climb
Today we went to a hill climb in Wilbraham. That’s a small town near Springfield MA. In the early 20th century, that area was a hotbed of automobile manufacturers like the Duryea brothers. In...
Patriot’s Day
It was a beautiful day for a parade this year. You can find our pictures on flickr. We spent the morning getting the garden ready. Next year is going to be a big deal.
We’re Back
We had a bit of a meltdown recently because our hosting service made some changes. That gave us a great opportunity to learn about how to debug WordPress and change the siteurl field in...
Boring Suspension Bits
The Westfield’s suspension is completely adjustable. That’s a good thing, because it is very sensitive to how the suspension is set up. That’s great in theory, but it’s a bit more complicated in practice....
Eight Thousand Pixels of Life
I’ve recently been playing around with the RP2040 (aka Raspberry Pi Pico). It’s a fun little chip. I’ve also got a bunch of cheap LED panels that I got from China. These are the...
