This is a interesting application that uses a wireless “dongle” to plug into all modern cars diagnostic port, and it lets you read out all kinds on interesting information (in real time):

Rev Features
Built-in Metrics (No special hardware required)
Lateral and Forward Acceleration: Graph your cornering, braking and acceleration G-forces. (Available in Rev Lite)
GPS Track: Visual track displays your location and acceleration data – see how you are braking and accelerating around corners. (Available in Rev Lite)
OBD Metrics (Requires OBD-II/WLAN interface hardware)
Vehicle Speed
RPM
Fuel Consumption
Engine Coolant Temp
Fuel Pressure
Calculated Engine Load
Throttle Position
Intake Manifold Pressure
Air Intake Temp
Timing Advance
Mass Air Flow
Fuel Level
Barometric Pressure
EVAP System Vapor Pressure
Fuel Trim
[From Rev]
Upgrading this site from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 has proven to be difficult – as the upgrade script encounters a infinite loop. And a bit of digging may have come up with part of the reason for this.
I had to manually skip the schema number 6021 upgrade of the system module – as the update process went into the infinite loop at this stage.
Doing this is a bit dangerous – as I had to kill off the upgrade process after it had run for 12 hours (!) – and then restarted, but I then manually had to increase the base version for the system module with 1 – and then it ran to completion
I now see other problems – so I will have to try to rectify these now.
Mobile Blogging from
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I am still somewhat bemused by the “leaf fall timetable” for the trains that started today.
This is apparently due to the very juicy leaves from local trees falling on the trains conductor rails, slowing the trains down.
I have not seen so many people running for the train in a long time.