Arcoarena

Having been kicked into action I thought I’d bring up something I’ve recently started supporting.

“The Open Rights Group is a grassroots technology organisation which exists to protect civil liberties wherever they are threatened by the poor implementation and regulation of digital technology. We call these rights our “digital rights”.”

So, I was intending to post progress with the Spitfire and various tweaks.

I haven’t because I haven’t done any. I did bugger about with the choke and the carbs because it was having some problems from cold but I decided the problem was the knob inbetween the chock knob and the seat.

My other car, the ‘reliable’ daily runner however has had a worse few months. The morning it was due to go into the garage to have the engine management codes read (the engine warning light was on) it wouldn’t start. So with some sense of irony I jump started it using the Spitfire.

So, I hear you cry, what is the problem with workshop manuals. Well, they assume that you have good access to the car and a decent place to work. I have the road outside my house, this makes finding some of the drain plugs a bit of a pain, the sump plug should be easy but I couldn’t find the coolant drain plug when it came to drain the engine (I actually did get round to replacing the rubber hoses).

The manual rather helpfully has a picture of a drain plug but that’s it, it’s a plug in a block of metal, where you find said plug is left as an exercise for the reader.

Interestingly Typealyzer thinks I’m a:

“ESFP - The Performers

The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.

The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead - they are always in risk of exhausting themselves. “

Interesting (possibly stretching the word) because previous Myers Brigg profiling told me I was a ….well can’t actually remember but it told me I was something else. Another online test told me I was a ISTJ.

The methods of assesment differ, maybe the difference between ‘what I think I am/how I think I behave’ and ‘how I actually think/behave’ would tell more about me than either result.