When working with my friend Eddie he would often make some great music recommendations that were posted on my old blog. One of them was Zero 7’s song ‘Destiny’. Its one of my favorites so I’m going to add is back to the site and place it on my 4gb Zune (the one that didn’t get Z2k9′d)

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My truck is now for sale and will be available in Feb ‘09. This vehicle is my daily driver which I’d continue to drive it daily if a family member wasn’t selling the Tahoe I’m getting.

The Facts

• 2001 Chevrolet S10 - Still gets 20/24 MPG (city/highway)
• ~130,000 miles - Mostly highway as I used to travel inter-state a lot
• ZQ8 Suspension - Lowered from the factory/OEM
• Premium Wheels from factory/OEM
• V6 Engine - 4.3L with 2WD automatic transmission
• Extended cab with 3rd door and bed liner
• Single Owner - Adult Owned never in a collision
• Will be available in February ‘09

The Price

• $5350
• Have title in hand
• Overall KBB vehicle condition is ‘good’ to ‘fair’; surface blemishes but mechanically very strong
• Price will go up - As I fix items and improve its condition, will have receipts.

The Good

• Well maintained interior and mechanical
• New electrical in Dec ‘08 - plugs, wires, rotor, cap
• New performance cold air intake and filter in Dec ‘08
• New cooling system in Jan ‘07 - water pump, intake gaskets, radiator, hoses, fluids and flush
• New tires at ~110,000 mile mark - good tread condition
• New battery in March ‘07
• New headlights in Nov ‘08
• Recent alignment and tire balance check - Nov ‘08
• Transmission serviced with a fluid, filter, and gasket change - May ‘09
• Drive shaft serviced with u-joints checked/replaced and new drive shaft mount - May ‘09

The Bad

• Normal wear for a 2001 vehicle - it is ~7.5 years old
• Some minor rust spots on rear bumper - A good detail job would really clean up the truck
• Fuel level sending unit sometimes goes flaky - fuel level gauge will flick to ‘E’ for a moment and then back to its correct reading
• SES light from a blocked emission valve - apparently has no effect on MPG performance though
• Two lights on the radio are out - preset buttons 3 and 6

The Trades

• Would only be interested in an older Ducati or RC51

Today I had to explain Seth’s concept of :

“being number one is underrated”

Lets take a look at the top sports earners

1. Tiger Woods - 127 Million
2. Phil Mickelson - 62 Million
3. LeBron James -  42 Million

I think that in areas where performance is measured on an individual level this holds true. Sure there are several other top atheletes in team sports and maybe that team concept dillutes earnings but you can’t say there isn’t an athlete who isn’t measured indivually and then compared on some level.

That being said, the rewards and benefits of being number one in an environment where measures are taken on an individual level far outweigh the benefits of being in second place.  If we look at the numbers above its almost double!

So it was early on Dec 31st a coworker said:

“Hey, let me see your Zune … oh wow … we get to see it live”

My Zune was broke and I didn’t know it .

My secondary audio player is an older 30GB Zune player. Apparently there is a bug in the firmware that runs particular date functions. On December 31st 2008 which is a leap year, all zune devices were thrown into a continuous loop. Taken from another site the source of the bug may look like the following. Apparently the code does not handle the case of when the number of days in the year equals 366. 

    while (days > 365)

    {

        if (IsLeapYear(year))

    }


Next day the Zune booted just fine and all was well.  Now I don’t feel do bad when debugging problems with some of my code that uses loops. :)