by Ty Davison | Jul 29, 2003 | News & Commentary
Los Altos, California Baby’s first airplane ride is something of a snooze. Works for me. Jonah’s first airline ride went fine. The Southwest flight was under capacity, so we got to bring his car seat on for free (normally we’d have to buy another...
by Ty Davison | Jul 27, 2003 | News & Commentary
Happy birthday, Dad! War driving is what they call driving around with an 802.11b (aka Airport) card looking for open wireless networks. Joe and I got up this morning, drove through Battle Ground, and found dozens. Many if not most of them were unencrypted, meaning...
by Ty Davison | Jul 26, 2003 | News & Commentary
Battle Ground, Washington It’s C-R-A-P-P-Y. My car has a second name. It’s M-A-Z-D-A. Oh, I hate to drive it every day and if you ask me why I’ll say: The crappy Mazda has a way of dying almost every day. Unbelievably, the steering went out on the...
by Ty Davison | Jul 24, 2003 | News & Commentary
We arrive at the base that comes after third. We’re home now, and everything is still standing. As one might imagine, it’s great to be here. The Mazda’s new alternator seems to be working. It got us from The Dalles to Salem without a hitch, so...
by Ty Davison | Jul 22, 2003 | News & Commentary
The Dalles, Oregon Is an alternator really an alternator if it doesn’t alternate? I don’t know squat about cars, but I know this: The Mazda has seen its last long-distance road trip. We might take a drive up to Battle Ground or down to Eugene, but...
