Posts from April 2025

I learned this one the hard way, but fortunately I didn't wreck my . One would think that using distilled water would be better than tap for brewing coffee, right? That's what I thought. I was wrong.

Every time I have to get new tires, I hate it because there are a thousand different ways to get screwed buying these things. I've been buying tires for close to 30 years, both for cars and trucks I've owned. In that time, I've come up with a few ways to get screwed less.

I just talked about getting new tires, and it's worth talking about these little things, valve stem caps (a.k.a. valve stem covers). There are , and they all fall into one of three categories: Plain, TPMS or metal. Which is the best?

I talked about this at the beginning of the year but want to revisit it. At the time I write this, Microsoft Windows 10 is almost 10 years old, and the time is drawing closer to where 10 will become officially unsupported. And oh yeah, I'm seeing some panic.

Retro needs an update, and it's 2012.