Evan Hoffman's Blog

  • Tesla Ownership, day 9

    I’ve had the 2024 Tesla Model Y Long Range a little over a week now.  Overall I’m very happy with it.  My main gripe so far is the lack of Apple CarPlay.  While the built in infotainment system is sufficient, it’s simply not as good as CarPlay.  One of the… more ›

  • Selling my car in 2024

    The last time I sold my car was in 2013.  I had an old 1999 minivan with 130k miles and there was no way it would be accepted in a trade.  I posted it on Craigslist asking $1,000 and ended up selling it for $900 and thinking I was still… more ›

  • I’m just trying to buy wiper blades

    So I have a 2020 Mercedes GLE350 and I want to replace the wiper blades. My whole life I’ve just gone to AutoZone or Advance or Walmart or whatever and just gotten some Bosch or Rain-X blades or whatever but I’ve never owned a fancy car like this. Apparently Mercedes… more ›

  • Matrix Revolutions Review

    The first ⅓ to ½ of the movie was extremely weak.  The dialogue in particular was very cringe around how Tom was a nerd too scared to talk to Tiffany.  In the original Matrix, Thomas Anderson was like a dark web hacker doing illegal shit, and now Thomas Anderson is… more ›

  • Get your COVID Vaccine do-whatever-you-want maskless t-shirt!

    Last week the CDC came out with their new guidance that vaccinated people basically never have to wear a mask. To celebrate I made this t-shirt with their infographic, on CustomInk. Custom T-shirts – Design Your Own T-Shirts Online – Free Shipping! (customink.com) I ordered one and it arrived yesterday.… more ›

  • Not much to say?

    I forgot I had this site. Life continues, not much interesting to report. Been working from home since March 10, 2020, about 4 months ago. Glad to have the office, but need air conditioning down here. more ›

  • 2010 Hyundai Sonata review – 10 years later

    It’s been nearly ten years since I bought my 2010 Hyundai Sonata.  It was a big milestone for me because it was the first new car I ever bought, and I got a pretty great deal on it. It’s been a pretty good car, but it’s starting to show its… more ›

  • One Year Later

    Today marks one year since I had the Achilles’ tendon repair surgery.  Life has mostly returned to normal and I can do everything I was doing before the injury.  I do get stiffness in the tendon area, but I actually get that on both legs even though it was only… more ›

  • Home NAS with ZFS – failed disk!

    It’s been over two years since I built my home NAS box.  A couple days ago I logged in and noticed some file operation was taking a while, so I did a “zpool status” and was shocked to see one of the disks had failed at some point.  I really… more ›

  • 180 days post-op

    It’s now 180 days since my Achilles’ tendon repair surgery. Life is sort of back to normal, though my leg is still not back to 100%. I can’t do a single-leg raise on my bad leg, and running isn’t something I want to try, but most of the pain is… more ›