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Kia Niro Plus (100% electric) Short Term Car Review

June 27th, 2025 · No Comments

This is a short review of our new Kia Niro Plus, the 100% electric version (NOT the Hybrid or the Plug-in Hybrid) including Pros and Cons. Kia is a South Korean company. In 2024, Kia sold over 3 million vehicles globally. Energy consumption of the Niro vs hybrid or conventional cars My car odo is […]

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Famous Songs That Were Almost Abandoned

June 25th, 2025 · No Comments

Some of the most famous rock tracks, were a step away from seating in the drawer forever. I’m not in love 10cc‘s iconic song “I’m not in love”, started as a bossa nova-style song, with a traditional rhythm section, but the band felt something is missing, and the group decided to scrap it. Days later, […]

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Blogs today are a visitor’s nightmare

June 23rd, 2025 · No Comments

It’s pretty amazing to think that the Internet, which is practically a basic daily commodity for most of us, is only about 35 years old. As I’m 55 years old when writing this post, I still remember when blogs had funny backgrounds, a visitor counter at the bottom, and little animations. Blogs were personal online […]

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Taming The Volume Beast: Using Attenuation With The Hot Rod Deluxe (volume fix)

June 23rd, 2025 · No Comments

The Fender Hotrod Deluxe is a fine tube amplifier, but is very loud for home use with a volume potentiometer that is either very low or very high, in the 1-3 range, here is a nice and easy way to tame the beast and lower its volume so you can play at home. The fix […]

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Countries I’ve Visitied

June 22nd, 2025 · No Comments

I love going to new places and new countries. From past experience, I rather rent a car and drive to the country side, for me, that’s when the fun begins. I’m not that hard to satisfy, just give me lots of nature and I’m happy. Here are the countries I’ve visited, in chronical order. Some […]

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