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Quick and dirty table showing all relevant video standards.
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I have finally come up with a solution that I am happy with for keeping our data organized. This is a home use system, probably overkill for most but I think I built it fairly intelligently and thriftily. I'm a big believer in making sure you don't ever lose the data if you are...
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Why an XJ versus a ZJ? It's taken me a long time to settle on this platform as my family wheeler. While this article is a direct comparison against the ZJ I will now add a couple of extra bits of information now that I've been living with the XJ for almost a half...
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For discussion, perhaps leading to a "manifesto" of sorts. This is just one of my "thinking out loud" exercises, I don't have anything personally in mind with this. How to build a "sustainable" off-road truck where sustainable is defined as "A real, daily driver type vehicle that is as comfortable in the bush as it...
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As part of my playing around with vehicle concepts I dug out an old brochure and some photos of a military truck that the Canadian Military was looking at buying at one point. I spotted this beastie in downtown Ottawa just outside of one of the Army Officer Messes. I guess there was a "shin-dig"...
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While playing "mental gymnastics" with truck building ideas I started sketching a few ideas of what a 4 door Samurai might look like. Here's a side view and a front clip that kind of merges the look of an LJ with an SJ-410.
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I'll try to include Canada/US specific differences because these seem to creep in and confuse a lot of people you will talk with on the web. Some of this might be slightly incorrect (from memory, dates in particular). If anyone knows better feel free to comment below.
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