Honda Civic How To: Replace the Windshield Wiper Blades on a 2009 Honda Civic Si Sedan

After driving my newly acquired Civic for a few months, the time came to replace the wiper blades. I typically do this twice a year on my vehicles. It usually entails picking up a set of Anco replacement blades and swapping them out.

I recalled seeing, while researching my Civic purchase, that most stock replacement wipers didn’t fit the 8th Generation Civics. The stock wiper assembly are also better looking than the el-cheapo Anco units. So I bought some blades online and went about what I thought would be a 5 minute job. Read more…


Problem Fix: The Crappy New-Tab Page in Google Chrome

I complained before about the awfulness of the new tab page in Google Chrome. Read more…


Replace Calgoo Connect with Google Calendar Sync

I’ve been using Calgoo Connect to sync my Work Exchange Calendar with Google Calendar for some time. Though a resource hog, Calgoo Connect has worked until lately. Now the website seems to be down and syncing has stopped. Read more…


Google, we need to talk.

Google is the provider for most of the services I use. I use Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader and a bunch of other services they provide. Chrome has become my go to browser lately.

Recently, they have been making some interface changes. Some good. Some bad. Read more…


Game Seven

By all accounts I shouldn’t be writing this. Even almost 16 hours later, I am still struggling to believe the comeback(s) that the 2011 Cardinals pulled off in Game 6 of the World Series.

The Texas Rangers should have woken up hung over from their post-game celebration. They had the Cardinals on the ropes multiple times . . . but couldn’t knock them out.

Joe Buck said it best last night, “They just won’t go away.”

And as a result, St. Louis is home to a sports rarity tonight. A series-ending, season-ending, winner-take-all single game to determine a Champion.

Let’s Go Cards.


Ram Rules

This little piece of magic I posted the other day is getting quite popular. 11,000+ views thus far. And why wouldn’t it with genius like SACK! and slow clap it out?

Only on the Internet can such a piece of crap find a home.


Ram Rules: Possibly the worst video ever.

Background

The St. Louis Rams play their home games  in the Edward Jones Dome. The facility leaves much to be desired.

The building was completed in 1995 and there is already talk of replacing it with what should have been built in the first place; an outdoor stadium with plenty of space for tailgating.

When the Rams were under the benevolent rule of Warner the Magnificent in the time of the Greatest Show on Turf, no one seemed to notice the crappy dome as winning covers a lot of faults.

Such winning has gone missing in the last few years. Gone with it is the deafening roar of the crowd throughout the game that was prevalent during the GSOT.

With the lease on the dome requiring it to be in the top 25% of NFL stadiums in 2015, there is an out for Rams ownership if they wanted to terminate the lease and move elsewhere. And off the top of my head, 8 stadiums better than the Edward Jones Dome are: Lucas Oil Stadium, Cowboy Stadium, MetLife Stadium, Reliant Stadium, University of Phoenix Stadium, Ford Field and Soldier Field. This is a problem.

The Rams were poised to make a comeback this season. The injury bug has already hit and it seems the 4th stringers will be taking the bulk of the snaps before long. And I doubt they will guide the Rams back to a winning record, even in a dreadful NFC West division.

Better find a way to whip the masses into a frenzy so no one notices the awfulness of the dome.

The Solution?

So to improve a horrid game experience, the marketing mavens with the Rams have come up with this gem. I believe it played during the loss to the Eagles on Sunday.

I hope that it is a joke, but I fear that is not the case. It originally came from the Rams’ website. Let’s slow clap it out.


Problem Fix: Google Maps don’t pan correctly using Google Chrome

I’ve been using Google Chrome for some time. It is a great browser.

I recently started having an issue when viewing Google Maps with Chrome. When viewing any Google Map, I would click to drag the map and the click would hang. I’d let go of my mouse, but the map would still move with my mouse. Read more…


Top Gear: Amphibious Car Challenge

As a finale of the Top Gear Toyota truck segments, I present the Toyboata:


Top Gear: Polar Special

This is the second in a series of posts about the Top Gear Specials highlighting the wonders of a Toyota pickup.

The Toyboata segment will be coming shortly.

Part 1

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