Linky!

[featherynscale]

Presented for your edification, today's Google How-To was "How To Appreciate Death Metal". I love these. The last few have covered a range of topics from "How to Make Bottle Cap Earrings" to "How to Stop a Car With No Brakes" to "How to Calculate Center of Gravity". I've been taking them as an omen about skills I might need in the day ahead (which did make the one about how to stop a car with no brakes a little alarming, but hey).

Also, Earth Calendar, a compilation of holidays sorted by date, country, religion, and so on. Brilliantly helpful. In 2007, I know when Easter will be. This marks the first year every in my life that I have known ahead of time when Easter was. Ever.

Comments

[duriyah.livejournal.com]

I read the "How to stop a car with no brakes" How-to with interest, as this happened to me 10 years ago. I was driving at 60 mph on the highway. I pumped the brakes but I had a leak in the master cylinder so that didn't work. I was going too fast to downshift. Number 5 is where I went wrong:

"Use the emergency brake. The emergency brake, or "parking brake," can usually stop a vehicle, although it will take longer than usual to come to a stop. Apply the brake (depending on your vehicle this is done either by pulling up on the handle or pushing down on the pedal) slowly and steadily. If you pull up the brake quickly, you may lose control of your vehicle.

I spun 180 degrees, and the semi behind me slammed into me. I was mainly unhurt as the major impact site was on the passenger side. I was lucky I was wearing my seatbelt.