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Entries from August 2009

Chevy Volt 230 mpg claim is misleading

August 13th, 2009 · 9 Comments

On August 11, 2009 GM made media headlines by claiming that using EPA methodology its Chevy Volt hybrid vehicle was capable of getting a city driving fuel economy rating of 230 miles to the gallon. That’s 98 km/l or 1.02 l/100 km to those of us on the rest of the planet who use the [...]

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Tags: cars

Setting file dates from EXIF data for JPEG files

August 12th, 2009 · No Comments

I just came back from a fabulous 6 day trip to Utah, Arizona and Nevada with my family, retracing a tour there back in 1992 inspired by reading Edward Abbey’s “The Monkey Wrench Gang” which is set in the Four Corners area of the Southwestern USA. The Grand Canyon (North and South rim), Monument Valley, [...]

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Tags: electronics · software