Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
I liked this column.
From choosing the make and model, to tipping the driver, and how to make a proper exit – the entire reason for hiring the vehicle.
Read in online at Autonet.ca.
Regardless of vehicle choice, it all comes down to your exit from the car – the one moment for which you went to all this trouble.
That’s a hard no to hiring one of these:
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I’ve got an idea to make a gas-powered car achieve hybrid fuel consumption numbers….
I really believe a car like this would sell well. I am not alone in wanting a feature-free car.
Read in online at Autonet.ca.
… remove all the stuff… couple this light-weigh car with a modern fuel efficient engine and ta-da – the result is a gas-powered vehicle that boasts fuel efficiency on par with a hybrid powertrain.
My last line was cut – I said this was the perfect vehicle for Mazda to make, because it is.
Interesting eh… how the Civic has almost doubled in weight since its debut, and a 2013 Lincoln Navigator weighs much more than than a giant 1970s Cadillac.
Where this column was published from.
I’m in the States here. I’m getting pretty good at keeping it all together and meeting deadlines while travelling, which is good.
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I always blur out licence plates, often faces, you’ve never seen a kid here; I err on the side of caution.
You may not notice the information you’re giving away in a photo. Often it’s something in the background that sinks you.
I use an offline editor (like Photoshop) to edit before uploading.
If I’m using an online editor, like Picasa, I assume the file I’m altering is also available in its original form on some server, somewhere. Whether or not I post that photo, doesn’t matter, it still exists.
When editing, take the time to smudge and obscure, using many strokes of the mouse.
And absolutely do not use the swirl effect; all you have to do is reverse it, and look:
(photo via Wikipedia)
Interpol used this exact technique to locate and arrest a child molester , “Mr Swirl”, back in 2007.
I remember being in a room full of people when that came across the TV, and I said, “oh he used the Photoshop swirl to hide his face, reverse it”. Then the news story continued, and people looked at me like I was a wizard (easy crowd, totally milked it).
