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By Johnny, December 13, 2009 2:28 pm

So this is it. The Craigslist ad for my car. I finally got around to taking some photos today and posting them up with the ad.

• Color is blue (Spectra Blue Mica to be exact)
• 156K miles
• Manual transmission
• A/C, Power windows, Power steering, Cruise control, Power moon roof w/tilt, air bags
• Stock radio (cassette deck does not work) / CD player
• 18″ custom alloy wheels

Transmission and clutch has been replaced February 2009
All 4 Brakes replaced October 2009
Replaced intake gasket and o2 sensor October 2009
The car has been tuned up (changed spark plugs, oil change, air filter) October 2009
Smog checked February 28, 2009

There are door dings as well as a noticeable key mark at the rear of the car and rear passenger bumper is scratched. Obviously nothing that impacts the way the car runs. The car gets about 29 – 32mpg and uses 87 unleaded fuel which makes it economical to drive. Only one owner and I have all service records since the first day I bought the car.

$4800 OBO

Edit: Car is sold on 01/20/2010.

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By Johnny, December 1, 2009 11:43 am

I’m reposting this in support of Santee Debate Team. I was in my high school debate team so this has a soft place in my heart. They’ve got an article on LA Times.

For our second service project, the Global Debate Team will be donating
trees to schools around LA by bicycle. Beginning Friday the 4th, we will
transport some of the trees. This will promote two ways of reversing climate
change: planting CO2-converting trees, and using alternatives to
CO2-emitting cars. We hope the schools we visit with our trees will agree to
replant and take care of them. We also hope they will feature us in their
newspapers and blogs, as Venice High School has already agreed to do.

Venice High School is 14 and a half miles from Santee Education Complex.
We invite anyone who wants a little exercise to join us on the ride to the
school along Venice Blvd. on Friday, December 4th, leaving Santee at 11am.

For each mention in a news source or blog, we will get points in the Global
Debates competition. The grand prize is a trip to the UN’s Youth Leadership
Summit in the Netherlands.

If you are a blogger, school, or media outlet and wish to cover our story,
or if you want to ride with us, please call Santee Debate Coaches Amber
Young at (310) 256-6267 or Nick Richert at (310) 428-4222

Good luck!

*Update: Just got off the phone with Amber and they will have future rides in addition to December 4th.

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By Johnny, September 20, 2009 10:38 pm

Incredible how everyone was in sync.

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By Johnny, September 15, 2009 4:36 pm

While I’m waiting for my pictures to be doctored up, here is a video of race day.

I make a brief appearance at the beginning and end of the video.

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By Johnny, September 6, 2009 11:08 pm

I just realized Wordpress supports Gravatars out of the box. I didn’t realize it until I started noticing other blogs with user’s images posted on the comments whenever they make any comments. Apparently it is like a universal photo badge that you can use whenever you comment on sites that are gravatar enabled. It is tied to your email address. You can even configure different avatars for each email account. It’s pretty cool to see your mug on each comment you give out on either your blog or even the blogs that you read. Sign-up for yours if you want one! It’s FREE.

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By Johnny, September 3, 2009 11:09 pm

Amazing time lapse video… Found this video on the “No Whip” blog.

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By Johnny, August 31, 2009 10:11 am

I wanted to point out a few of my favorite photos from the trip.

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By Johnny, August 12, 2009 12:16 am

Finally! All the image uploads is complete and all the tagging is done. I’m so happy. Only thing left to do is create my own custom banners. I do like what this theme comes with but I need some images that represents my own personal touch. One thing I found interesting was that I had alot of posts about finance and poker. Priorities now are so much different than before.

Hopefully this will encourage me to blog more often. At least the Twitter hook is helpful for people to see that I’m still alive.

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By Johnny, June 25, 2009 12:53 am

A brief status update on the site reconstruction.

1. Started on retagging all the past post. It’s going to take awhile to get through close to 200 posts. I love the Tag of Popularity cloud. So neat to see what my writing is focused on.
2. Removed calendar widget and added a Flickr Badge and a Live Update via Twitter widget.
3. Upgraded my Flickr account to Pro so I can add and create previous albums.
4. Removed the Comment RSS feed. Kind of silly if you ask me.
5. Installed a cool plug-in so that I can display photos on my post easier with my Flickr photos.

Here’s one for the road!

I like Flocks of Seagull. And no. That’s NOT a wig!

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By Johnny, June 23, 2009 1:00 am

So if you haven’t noticed things have changed around here. Really it’s not because I wanted to but due to some unusual circumstances, I am forced to. Not that it’s a bad change. I really enjoy the new look and feel as well as the cool blogging software. For those who have visited around the neighborhood, you’ll notice a few things missing:

• Albums and Pictures
• Ad banners
• Header images (those are not my pictures but rather part of the cool theme)

I even hired a guy to help me migrate my old content over from the previous blog to this one so that I still have a good archive. I’ll be spending the next few days/weeks/months adding images to my Flickr account so that I can get all the images on here. I’ll be creating my own header images as well. Finally, I’m going to implement some way to put some Ad Sense stuff in as well as affiliates banners (not that I’m even close to capitalizing on that).

I also need to start tagging my posts so that I can get my tag map working right. Let me know what you think so far. I encourage you to come back when the dust settles or while everything is under construction.