Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Kind’ve clever eh: a real-sounding URL, “Support for Apple”, and a toll-free number, how nice for someone else to foot the bill.
Pop-up window appears > you call the number > whomever answers is skilled with words > you’re tricked (social engineered) into doing something stupid, like providing a password or downloading a malicious file.
Never call. This will never happen.
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See also: You’ll never win a contest via text
It will last from January 21 to February 11 2015
The planet Mercury, which usually circles our Earth, appears to be moving backwards for the next 3 weeks.
Had it explained to me like this once, found it helpful: think of Mercury like a ship travelling a course for 5 months, so to keep it moving it will sometimes need to restock and refuel, and that’s what the 3-week-long retrograde is: a gas stop.
Things feel awry and your brain feels fried. Electronics get messed up, backup your data! Communication breaks down and becomes messy, arguments happen easily. Don’t sign any documents or make big deals, and leave extra time for travel.
Re-examine aspects of your life, because helpful new perspectives can pop up. Listen to your gut because intuition is high, and coincidences can be massive.
If you think this planet stuff doesn’t affect you, nope.
Blog tag = The Planets
Maybe you’ve fallen for a car only to discover the automaker doesn’t sell them in Canada. Why?
Read it online at Autonet.
Consumers would see only a few major changes Nissan made to the car, but behind the scenes over 1,500 parts had to be modified to accommodate our Canadian needs.
Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index
This is Ford’s main Virtual Reality lab, in the world.
Before even a prototype vehicle is built, it’s presented and analyzed to find fit-and-finish errors, quality control issues, aerodynamics, ergonomics, visibility and design flaws. Just about anything the customer will experience is replicated here.
For example – the fuse door on the new Mustang would have hit the dash when opened, so that was altered before the car went into production.
Soon as the helmet went on, my instinct was to reach out and try to touch the car.
I know *typed with rolling eyes*
Why oh why didn’t I take a photo throughout the goggles?
The red cameras are the the ones that track your movements.
I was locked out of my car at the airport a few weeks ago, and had to call for help.
A gentleman showed up with these primitive tools, and as I watched I realized how ironic that all the electronic this and automatic that can be defeated using a wire and rubber wedge.
1 – jam the wedge between the door’s window jam and frame, creating a gap
2 – slide the wire through the gap
3 – use the J-hook on the end of the wire to unlock the door
Sorry for the grainy photos, it was like:
Guy – woah wait, are you filming this?
Me – no no, they’re just photos, it’s okay.
