Author Archives: Clay

About Clay

I'm a Data Center Operations Engineer in beautiful Charleston, SC. I'm happily married to my wonderful wife Nan and we have an teenage daughter Lela. I'm a total geek. I got into electronics when I was around 9 or 10 and got hooked on computers shortly thereafter. I also love Sci-Fi, (not fantasy) particularly Star Trek. My favorite outdoor activities include rollerblading, biking and hiking. I'm also a bit of a car guy and amateur racing driver.

250 Miles Per Gallon?

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CNN: 250 miles per gallon? They’re doing it – Aug 15, 2005

While the title is a bit misleading, the article has a good point. This is something the auto industry has resisted for a long time. If you mostly do light commuting and you’re handy with electronics, this might be a good project for you. Perhaps now that a few people are trying this, the industry will wake up and start offering this as an option on some of the current hybrids. One can only hope…

Here is a link to the Prius+ site on Yahoo Groups. The guy mentioned in the above story is a member of this group which has done a lot of work on Prius PHEV conversions. Check it out..

Discovery makes it back to Earth

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The space shuttle Discovery has made it’s way safely back to Earth. Congratulations to the Crew and to NASA for a job well done! Let’s hope they can get the last few problems fixed and get these old birds flying again.

The big picture

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With little new information coming out on the role of Karl Rove in the Valerie Plame/Wilson leak, many reporters seem to be rehashing the same stories. However, a few insightful reporters are doing some critical analysis of information that’s come out over the last 4 years. One such article from the New York Times, presents a very well thought-out analysis of what reporter Frank Rich thinks is going on. I have to admit, I agree with him.