Joe Cecil

Hiatus until 11/03

I'll be on vacation until 11/03. That's too many days to write posts ahead for, unlike Fluidity Forum's mere weekend. So, I won't be posting again until 11/03.

"Art is a support for life"

There's a passage from Stephen King's On Writing about how art is a support for life. This rhymed with some other things I've been thinking about, and I couldn't find it online. On pages 100 to 101 of my recent-edition print copy:

Places to find the OBD-II scanner port

I just finished looking for the OBD-II scan port (or Data Link Connector?) on a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer and a 2011 Chrysler 300. The OBD-II scan ports were not in obvious places on the dash like in the videos I watched, and the Chrysler's user manual did not

Watch later

I have 2,350 videos on my Watch Later list on YouTube. That is way too many videos. Four hours ago I had even more. There is no way I will ever watch even half of these videos later. Some are old and easy to trim off—writing tips about

The process of looking for a used car

[I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.] Looking for a car is annoying. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Figure out what I need in a car. 2. Look for years, makes, models that should work at a price I may be

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