- Toplikar: Pimp my Prius, please
- Embracers of hybrid technology join auto club all of their own
- May 6, 2007
- “I don’t get it. What do you mean, gas and electric? Do you plug it in?” I laughed as I drove my daughter Julie from her dorm in my new Toyota Prius. Julie had lots of questions. Like many of us, she was pretty skeptical of the whole notion of mixing two power sources - an electric motor and a gasoline engine - under one hood.
- Toplikar: On the cutting edge
- Electric mowers are much friendlier to environment
- April 15, 2007
- After the fifth pull on the starting rope, my mower still wouldn’t start. I found the dusty manual in the garage and noticed the old sales slip was still there - the Craftsman mower was 7 years old, almost to the day.
- New device diagnoses your car’s ailments
- Self-service kiosk deciphers warning lights’ meaning
- March 18, 2007
- My wife had parked behind me in the driveway. And when I moved her car, that’s when I noticed it - the ominous glowing red “check engine” light. I went inside to ask her how long it had been on.
- On the spot weather
- Storm Hawk keeps eye on conditions with GPS and radar
- March 4, 2007
- Bonnie was talking about the strange weather she’d just been through in Iowa City.
- Toplikar: Finding your way with GPS
- GPS devices can be your travel partner on or off the road
- February 18, 2007
- The ring shattered the brittle 15-degree air. “Sorry,” I told the other two guys, panting as I dropped back. “Hi Dad.”
- Toplikar: Nitrogen for tires - just hot air?
- February 4, 2007
- “Lauren and I are thinking about driving up to see Bonnie and Kate in Iowa in a couple of weeks,” Julie told me at my kitchen table. “Are you driving?” She nodded. “Probably.”
- Toplikar: Chip off the cold block
- Prof’s powerful technology could make scraper obsolete
- January 21, 2007
- Where is it? I was cold, sleepy and hunting around in Julie’s car to find something to clean the thick ice off her windshield.
- Toplikar: Keep Rover in range
- Devices help track and recover lost pets
- January 7, 2007
- Don’t let the dog out,” I was warned. But somehow, when I stepped outside on the front porch on New Year’s Eve, my daughter Katy’s little black dog scooted out between my legs.
- Time is running out
- Be sure to remember gadgets during last-minute shopping
- December 24, 2006
- ‘What? You’d better not be waiting until Christmas Eve to do your shopping : Buddy. We have too much to do.” “But it’s tradition!” I said, looking over the electronic gadgets in the newspaper inserts.
- Toplikar: Blue battle - Blu-ray, HD DVD fight for video supremacy
- December 10, 2006
- I was reading up on the difference between the next generation of DVD formats when Katy brought in her tiny new dog.
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