This interview was recorded in 2014 and runs one hour and twenty minutes. If you are not a fan of Gibson’s novels you can skip this. If you are a fan but haven’t read The Peripheral, you should not watch this interview. The interview is notable in that Mr. Gleick doesn’t interrupt Mr. Gibson once. He lets him fully answer each question before asking the next one.
Author Archives: Steve Mays
Non-fiction in 2017
- Chaos: Making A New Science (James Gleick)
- Technocracy In America: Rise of the Info-State (Parag Khanna)
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (James Gleick)
- The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (Fritjof Capra)
- From Bacteria to Bach: The Evolutions of Minds (Daniel Dennett)
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
- Isaac Newton (James Gleick)
- Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (Robin Wright)
- WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us (Tim O’Reilly)
- Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream (Paul Ingrassia)
- Breaking the Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon (Daniel Dennett)
Land Rover Santana 88 (off road)
Gonna be 2018 before I get to try stuff like this. Making do with YouTube video. The video above confirms my decision to move the spare from the bonnet to the tub.Too distracting.
Christmas 2017
2017: Year of the Truck
The Land Rover Adventure that started on May 1st will spill over into 2018. A few elements of the restoration were not up to Mr. Wolf’s high standards.
“One injector was not sealed correctly, and I think all four were missing the “nozzle washer”. I’ve ordered all new seals, and in the meantime I had a friend drive the injectors over to Diamond Diesel for testing because I was too impatient for shipping. Yep, all four were bad. I’m having them do a fancy rebuild and calibration rather than rolling the dice on some cheap remanufactured units. I am hoping (and hopeful!) that this will resolve the smoking issue.”
The injectors are and the new seals are installed but it turns out they use “an O-ring that is some goofy size” that had to be ordered. In the meantime, Mr. and Mrs. Wolf are headed down to Baja for a couple of weeks of camping so work on the truck resumes in 2017.
It’s been a journey. Almost bought a truck from the Cool & Vintage guys (Portugal); seriously considered Arkonik (UK); and wound up in the capable, Master Mechanic hands of Grayson Wolf.
I’ve been thinking about what I’d tell someone considering purchasing a vintage Land Rover (frame off restoration). They’re expensive, of course, but you can’t be in a hurry. And if you know almost nothing about older vehicles, you need a guide. Someone to keep you from making a very expensive mistake.
If all goes well I expect to meet Mr. Wolf next month and get my hands on the truck. Mr. Wolf is shooting for nothing less than perfection and I think he’ll achieve that.