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Why is Time Moving so Quickly in 2015?

Apr 14 2015

No dramatics, it really does feel faster, no? This year is 1/3 over, already.

Like, as IF I took the above photo over 48 hours ago (happy spring from my neighbour and I.)

As IF I haven’t updated here in 5 days?! I haven’t even flown anywhere, how did those 5 days disappear like that? Sorry!

It’s Tuesday, so I’m writing the news, have a review due on Friday so that too, did you know my newspaper was purchased by another newspaper yesterday, and also yesterday was Car Swap day so daylight hours were eaten up doing that.

Along with working on the mobile version of my blog, as per Google’s upcoming algorithm change, which I am not at all happy about. Wait till you see how bad the mobile version looks, will blog the ugliness later.

kk back to the news, TTYL, isn’t it so nice out? Dress-and-cute-shoe weather, finally!

xo Keri

Designing a Strong DRG and Graphic Signature

Apr 9 2015

Know how there’s those kind of cars, you see one from a distance, it’s features can’t be made out but you can just tell – it’s a Whatever.

Design Speak: this vehicle has a strong DownRoad Graphic,
its Graphic Signature is solid.

Speaking with Kevin George – Ford’s Exterior Design Manager – we learn about the DRG, and how when confronted with an advancing object, the mind goes through “3 reads”, and how that fits with vehicle design.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

Everything described above – this “graphic signature” – is happening during the day, but the designers also have to pull this off at night.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

Learned how to Weld

Apr 8 2015

Yesterday I wrote the news (the Cadillac CT6’s new security system), then blew off the afternoon to do this.

I’m making a guy.

Above are his origins.

Below is a new blog header.

Learned to use 3 machines in total.

Sparks, blades and smashing things with a hammer, I’m into it.

Here we go.

My first weld!

So. Excited.

Almost done…

This post makes it so easy to use one of my favourite words:

I am anthropomorphizing the heck out of this guy.

Don’t you just want to hug him? I know.

Tada!

I was going to place him at my front door, to welcome guests, but he may be too cute to put outside.

Cadillac’s CT6’s 1st-of-its-Kind Security System

Apr 8 2015

Found on Cadillac’s all-new flagship luxury sedan – the CT6.

How it works:

It uses the many cameras mounted around the car’s perimeter.

When the security sensors detect either the sound of breaking glass, or the car being moved, the cameras record 360-degrees around the car, then save the footage to the car for later retrieval to a memory card.

Seems obvious how to defeat the system – the thief deletes the footage. However, GM is at the forefront of WiFi in cars, so I expect soon for the video to be uploaded to the cloud, or sent to the owner’s phone.

Read it online at Autonet.