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Some people said that reading long texts on capivaras.dev wasn’t exactly pleasant and I agree. Now it has a new theme that is certainly easier to read and respects your systems’ font but I’m not happy that it lost some of its brutalist touch.
I have to step up my web design game and try to express the idea while keeping it pleasant to consume and use.
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Some of my favorite shots from the latest London trip.
I’ve recently bought a Fuji X100VI and decided to use it as a point-and-shoot most of the times there.
#london #photography #fujifilm #x100vi #travel #travelphotography
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I’m in love with the Vulcan S!
It has been an absolute blast riding this beast around.
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I decided that it was time to buy a more reliable vehicle and it turned out to be a Royal Enfield Meteor 350.
My wife and I drove about 160 kilometers this weekend with the #RoyalRiders convoy. It was the best trip I could ever had as this was my third day of driving a motorcycle!
We are currently really excited for the next trips to come!
#aircooled #tomatinho #vw #royalenfield #RoyalRidersSP #WeirdCarMastodon
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I’ve got all four cylinders working again
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Guess who’s back… and lower?
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I have decided to finally bite the bullet and migrate my blog to a personal #mataroa instance. Excited to edit posts on the fly from any device and play around with the #django codebase!
Some short-term goals of mine:
- Introduce the ability to define slugs on post creation
- Remove the Stripe billing code
- Refactor my posts that contain hugo/org syntax -
Everyone needs a bath… sometimes.
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I really liked how easy it was to set up #matterbridge as a two-way bridge between an IRC channel and a Discord channel.
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I have found the perfect spot for a modern scissor car jack. As usual, velcro helped me reduce noise.
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I think #tomatinho is asking me to redo its electrical system by randomly melting these four fuses. It’s hard to trust the current system given how much “patching” the wiring harness has accumulated over the decades and how easy these cars get on fire.
I might as well take the chance and update this to a more modern system.
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From the past weekend.
#WeirdCarMastodon #classiccars #volkswagen #vwvariant #tomatinho
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Trying to squeeze every milliliter of height possible. Unfortunately, the VW Variant has really small wheel wells and the current setup (185/65 R15 5.5”) won’t cut for the height I want as I can’t fully turn the wheel already… 😢
I’m excited for the set of 175/60 tires to arrive and have #tomatinho be one or two fingers lower!
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The sunroof and suspension kit have finally been installed!
#aircooled #WeirdCarMastodon #vwvariant #classiccars #Volkswagen #tomatinho
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Tomorrow I’m briefly taking #tomatinho out of the shop to install a ragtop sunroof. A quick glance of it a little bit higher than the final height and a few #aircooled cars being worked on there.
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The suspension kit is finally installed!
I’m truly debating myself if I should keep it this low and just shield the bottom or make it slightly higher…
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The new axle beam is in place! It’s an improved version over the original one that will also house the new steering box.
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Left #tomatinho at the shop to install a new suspension kit. Things discovered so far:
- The previous owner cheaped out a lot on the parts
- Some rust spots on the bottom, nothing drastic that would need patching
- It might have gone under a collision, no apparent structural damage -
A small visit to the mechanic today. 😃
#aircooled #WeirdCarMastodon #vwvariant #classiccars #tomatinho
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Today we were headed to Paranapiacaba, also known as the Brazilian Silent Hill. The city has this permanent fog for more than half the year.
Another thing is that my car is now misaligned due to the road being in a bad shape. 😅
#WeirdCarMastodon #aircooled #vwvariant #classiccars #tomatinho
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Mismatched socks on a rainy day 🌧️
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Fridays are for small upgrades 😁
#classiccars #WeirdCarMastodon #aircooled #vwvariant #tomatinho
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@schizanon Wow, this was done in 1968!
Unfortunately, we didn't get the #type3 here. Instead, we had our own variant called... Variant, but it never had an electronic fuel injection system. What people usually do here is to adapt the VW Bus system on it.
Here is a pic of mine on the week I got it.
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@schizanon That’s interesting, you guys go the other way around! Is there any reason why?
I dream over having a #FuelTech on mine, but the price is quite steep as of 2024… It goes for about BRL 10.000 (~USD 2.000) for the whole thing. For comparison, I paid BRL 15.000 for the car. At least your car becomes more reliable, faster and you can reuse the components on a future project just fine.
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@schizanon Oh, good that you can find the parts all over for it. For the Variant you usually adapt the injection system from the Brazilian VW Bus (same engine) or go crazy expensive with a #FuelTech.
The cool part with the latter is that you can “lock” the engine completely and take your ECU with you!