Maintenance - Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I spent quite a bit of money last month getting plenty of maintenance done on my MR2, trying to keep it in excellent condition. I will be starting my teaching internship later this month, so I wanted to get everything taken care of first. Most of the maintenance was routine (replaced all fluids, new front brakes, etc.), but I did order the Ball Joint/Tie Rod Combo Set from Twos R Us and had those put on. My MR2 has a bit under 130k miles and the difference that the new parts made is impressive. I also bought some new headlights. They're European H4 lenses in which you can replace the bulbs rather than the whole unit. I put 100w/80w bulbs in them. I haven't driven in extreme darkness since the change, but I have driven as the sun was setting and I could see that the headlights were on—a big change from the stock lights which I could barely notice in complete darkness.
Not Much New - Saturday, April 19th, 2008
There isn't too much going on right now. I had to replace the battery in my MR2 a couple of weekends ago, but it's been fine otherwise. The weather has been jumping back and forth from sun to snow today, and it has been pretty inconsistent overall this month. Hopefully spring will actually come soon so that I can start taking the t-tops off again.
Downtime - Friday, March 14th, 2008
I had a bit of downtime related to the site transfer and DNS records. The DNS records are currently moving from one location to another and one of the locations didn't have the "mr2" subdomain setup. I added the missing subdomain and all related downtime should end as soon as the information propogates. Sorry!
Site Transfer - Sunday, March 9th, 2008
I had a minor issue with the webserver routing the website requests to the wrong location, but it is corrected now (not sure whether my changes fixed it or if it was unreleated). The new DNS information is propogating right now, so the new server should be being used reliably in the near future. If you are reading this news item, you are currently accessing the site on the new server. You should notice that it is much faster.
New Host - Saturday, March 8th, 2008
I've been a complete slacker as far as doing anything to this site, but I finally took the time to move it from my old host to my new one. Since the new host is a VPS, the site should be significantly faster. If you notice any issues, please let me know, and I'll address them as soon as I can. I've debated doing some major changes to this site, but I'm putting them off for the moment. Maybe the future will hold something good... until then, happy driving!