Granted, that second one seems more like a mis-tagged group than a scam. However, the fact that a drinking group is associated with a hiking group is, well, funny.

The second time the fuse blew, it was in the driveway. I was able to do a bit of research online to see if there were similar reports. There were many. It seems that this is all related to the voluntary recall related to the speed control deactivation switch shorting out and starting fires. I took my truck to the Ford dealer when received the letter about the recall several years ago. Their solution was to disconnect the switch until parts were available to address the problem. I never went back, and my cruise control has been disabled since.

I believe that at one of the service visits to Jiffy Lube, someone must have seen that the switch was unplugged, and helpfully reconnected it. It seems like a reasonable thing to do, so I don’t blame them. However, the end result was that the condition leading to engine files was restored. I pulled the connector off the switch to see brake fluid accumulated around the conductors. That seems like the most likely reason for the short causing the fuse to blow.

While I was under the hood doing a visual inspection, I noticed that the wires leading to the air temperature sensor had been crushed, leaving bare wire exposed. Fantastic. I’ll have to repair that at some point. Here are some pictures showing the part locations:

When I interviewed for a job recently, my mom constructed an offering to Jobu. She arranged some of my favorite items, along with my personalized cloth napkin and a whole chicken. Obviously, it worked. How else could I have been selected for the position?

They do make one (ST2200T) with an igniter, but it’s less convenient and more expensive. Awesome.

for U in adam baker charlie delta; do
  DB="${U}_wordpress"
  echo "Database: $DB"
  sudo -H mysql -D $DB -e "
    SELECT u.user_login, u.user_registered, um.meta_value
    FROM wp_users u INNER JOIN wp_usermeta um ON (u.id = um.user_id)
    WHERE um.meta_key = 'wp_capabilities'
    ORDER BY u.user_registered DESC"
  echo ""
done


The output will show the most recently created user accounts for each WordPress installation. Apparently the current worm creates an administrator account called “Administrator (2)” that is used to login and make changes to the site. I don’t know if that string appears in the nickname field, or what, so I didn’t query for it explicitly.

Coincidentally, there was an article on Pharyngula today showing the depths to which Ben Stein has sunk. It must be quite murky down there.