After blogging here on a mish-mash of topics for a number of years, I'm shuttering this blog and moving on to a new domain, focused on web development and technical management. I hope you'll join me at Obi-Wan Kimberly!

Kimberly Blessing Hi, my name is Kimberly Blessing. I'm a computer scientist, Web developer, standards evangelist, feminist, and geek. This is where I write about life, the Web, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind.

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Cars Blog Archive

What to name my new car?

Posted April 13, 2008 at 1:33 AM in Cars | Comments (2)

Here she is… what shall I call her?

My newest car: a 2008 Volkswagen Eos

More information about the car and my decision making progress on my car blog. More photos at Flickr.

Jet-powered New Beetle

Posted May 5, 2006 at 7:37 AM in Cars, Geekout | Comments Off

I don’t know why people think swapping engines in my was crazy. Clearly there are crazier people out there, doing even more bizarre things with their VWs… for example, Ron Patrick has added a jet engine to his 2000 New Beetle. Now that’s what I call afterburn! (Yeah, I’m just a little jealous.)

VW stereo PC adapter

Posted October 9, 2005 at 8:41 PM in Cars, Geekout | Comments (1)

I can’t wait to get my hands on this In Dash Car PC Adapter! I’ve listened to music off of my laptop before in my Corrado and Passat, and I ever since my cassette player died in my Cabrio, I’ve been using an iPod with an FM transmitter. Neither sounded all that great, nor were they at all easy to manipulate while driving. Being able to control playback software from the normal head unit controls will be awesome!