Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Replace Head Unit in an MX-5 NC2 (2011) - 1. Parts Required

Car + MX-5 + Atoto Head Unit

The MX-5 is a great car, but the radio Mazda put in isn't very impressive. So I decided to replace mine.

Here are some notes for those trying to do the same thing... I will add some images that identify some of the things that weren't entirely clear in the videos. Let's start with getting the right parts.

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Planning Your Holidays / Vacations... and Avoiding the Crowds in Europe

Travel

Overpriced hotels and tourists everywhere. Vacations can be so stressful, especially during the summer months. 

You may simply have no choice with kids and such, but what if you have the option to reschedule your summer holiday?

So... When? That would depend on...

a. Where you want to go

b. What you want to do there

c. All the other idiots having going to the same place at the same time

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Resync Video Subtitles

Datatalk + Subtitles

I bought the original set of Farscape DVDs, only to find out they have no Dutch subtitles. Bummer.

Online I found several Dutch subtitles as .srt files, but the timing was wrong. Here's how to fix subtitle synchronization issues...

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Kurviger Isn't Just for Motorbikes!

GPX + Travel

I've tried both the MyRoute-app and Tom Tom Go, and they both had their own idiosyncrasies. Time for Kurviger.

This is an app which is intended to - on-the-fly - creation of 'curvy' roads for motorbikes. I'm (trying to) use it as a navigation tool for leisure scenic routes in a convertible. And it works surprisingly well when trying to do exactly that.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

GPSBabel

GPX + Travel + GPSBabel

I made an earlier reference to GPSBabel. It's a tool to 'fool around' with some .GPX files.

There is a full manual in PDF available here. or an online version here (lots of ads, unfortunately).