An (almost) Year at AcuteAero
The site’s almost a year old! Time for a little check-in about how we’ve been doing!
The About page has got a new, up to date section reflecting my outlook these days.
I’ve just moved to a new WP-theme, “Grey Matter” in favor of the old customized K2 with custom header and background that I thought vaguely reminiscent of some Louis Vuitton pattern. Or something. Benefits: nice fresh clean design, and THREADED COMMENTS!
For posterity:
And even further back in the wayback machine- my first header ever:
And second:
Ah, just lovely.
We’re coming up on 52 posts in 52 weeks (we’re at 51 in 51 currently)- let’s look at a few of last year’s highlights- posts that I think stand the test of time best:
- My classic review of the rental Grand Marquis, as compared to the gold standard of automobiles. March 2009.
- Generating radial SVG clones- why would you need expensive graphics programs when you can just procedurally generate your art using open source tools? April 2009
- And in the other corner- generating art in a backwards, goofy, totally analog fashion. April 2009
- I proudly used my JB-Welded cell phone for a whole six months before the plastics just started breaking apart around the JB-Weld cast. May 2009
- The first ever drive of the EV Miata. May 2009
- More automotive tomfoolery- installing a Jaguar tach in the dash of the ’68 Dodge, in a soup can no less. May 2009
- The EV coolant bottle struggle- with two flavors of Nalgene water bottle. Good thing REI’s right around the corner. June 2009
- My photo gallery from the Wayland Invitational EV drags up in Portland. August, 2009 (taken in July)
- The Electric Skateboard Trilogy. To be continued…
- My goofball car-roof-mounted solar power system, used primarily to power a subwoofer on my Northwest roadtrip. September 2009
- Banzai Lemon- an insane paint job. September 2009
- I finally edited the first car run video from back in May- October 2009
- My most recent writing, inspired by the University of Delaware and Chrysler- January 2010
And on we go- Stay tuned for some really neat new posts I’ve got planned, on some really wild new projects.
As to traffic- in the last year we’ve seen almost 13,000 pageviews, over 5,000 unique visitors. About 70% of those visitors in the last 3 days. Thanks to Hackaday!
Here’s to another good year!