Mark Denovich

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Aiming for a little more performance I installed new cams in my Verde this weekend. I'll spare you the gory details of how this is done, and summarize it takes a lot of pain, agony, and…

ultimate driving machine

To the owner of a new silver BMW 528i, purchased from P&W Auto in Pittsburgh, PA license plate FLJ 5594, would you please stop reading the newspaper, and actually pay attention to the road. PS: You…

not in my house

I saw this morning that Jeremy Zawodny get's some help cleaning his house from the Merry Maids. I personally can't get over the idea of a stranger touching my stuff, possibly snooping…

Top Fuel Dragster Factoids

Some pretty amazing numbers from a recent post on drag racing that came across the AlfaDigest mailing list. My father was a drag racer (Corvettes), and I used to watch it as a kid. It's…

Hot and Steamy

I keep thinking I'd like to build a sauna. I'll probably never get around to it, but if want to know more about them, the two best sites I've found are and I haven't found any…

My Google Number

sub-category: navel gazing I stumbled across a link asking "What's your google number?" Namely, how many hits on google does your name return? Since the surname denovich is so uncommon, I can be…

Happy New Year

It's been a year since I started blogging. I celebrated the anniversary by hosing my server when I started to upgrade to Apache2 but didn't finish this morning. I finally got around to…

First Pleasant Plumbing Experience

For the first time ever, I had a plumbing job that went by the book. The "man's bathroom" toilet was in need of repair. (that's a 7hp, 2-stage, 80gal air compressor in the bathroom too.)…

The Color of Christmas

I love holiday traditions... like playing pool with my family for money. Our family has been doing this for years. I got my start when I was only 10 or 11, and the tradition goes back much farther.…

motor in wheel: solution in search of problem

In the last few days I've seen plenty of hype about a motor in wheel electric/diesel hybrid First off, there is nothing new about a diesel-electric hybrid. Trains have been operating in this…