exercising the mind..?

This year I embark on a journey.  As my physical training and exercise becomes routine for the upcoming season, I will also be taking online classes.  I will not gain any credits or any academic value.  These are for my own personal and mental growth and knowledge.  On top of it all, the classes are free.

www.coursera.org

The site consists of classes in any type of interest you can imagine- from music to science, business to medicine.  If there is something you want to learn, then there should be something that satisfies your interest. 

One of the coolest things about the site aside from it being free are the participating schools.  You have some of your top IV league institutions or institutions that are leaders in their fields.  John Hopkins, Emory, U Penn, Duke, Brown, Stanford, GA Tech, U of London... to just name a few.

I am currently enrolled in a 7 week class- Personal Finance and am scheduled to start another class towards the end of February- Human Physiology 13 weeks.

My goal is to be enrolled in at least 1 class throughout the whole year.

Thanks Josh for introducing me to this awesome opportunity.

custom fiberglass subwoofer enclosure

 

Just after Christmas, I install a bazooka basstube following the exact instructions from:
Easy bass addition = Bazooka tube | PriusChat

My problem with the basstube is that it doesn't fully capture the the low end well on rock songs and struggled with radio quality. With hip hop, the basstube is quite impressive. The install was very easy as described in the above link.

Therefore, I decided to use the right cubby hole and build a fiberglass enclosure. I was still able to use the wiring harness that I purchased for the bazooka install so I didn't have to re-run any wiring from the dash. It gave me a remote signal and a set of speaker line level for a line-out-converter to use RCAs.

I was able to find trunk liner for a local car audio shop that matches the carpet perfectly.

My subwoofer is an Alpine SWE-10s4 and the amp is a Kenwood KAC-8105d. This is more than enough power for my listening pleasure and catpures the full range of the spectrum with all music genres.

So after about 12 hours, 1 gallon of resin, 1.5 sheets of fiberglass, and some fleece interfacing, I am extremely pleased. I have full access to my trunk and under cargo storage bin.

Special thanks to Chuckie- my brother in law fo helping me with this project.

Pictures: ImageShack Album - 16 images