Not long ago we bought a new (to us) vehicle to replace an aged commuter. We decided on a lower mileage 2003 Honda Pilot. Not long after I was coming back to work and once I put the car in park noticed that the idle was surging. It would rise and then lower over and over. I was less then thrilled, but I turned to my trusty friend the internet to a site I had recently joined – Piloteers.org. I went about searching for what might be the problem, and wouldn’t you know it there was a post from some time ago talking about it.

I made a quick request of exactly how to do it and got a good response, enough so that I performed the maintenance and got it all squared away. The steps are easy, and I think even for a mechanical novice. You’ll need a few tools and spray, but I think most people will have the tools already, the Throttle Body cleaner they may need to go get.

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I’m the middle of building a new company website, something that will bring them into the 21st century. With that thought in mind, I  need to develop a back end for employees to log in and update their own information. This is of course centered around their log in credentials.

So in the their “dashboard” they can update their password. But if they are like me, sometimes they type faster then they realize and might have hit different keys by mistake, so I thought I would give them the ability to show their password in readable characters if they wanted to. This allows them to check over what they have typed and verify they have what they want. I think it’s easier then using a double password field that just takes more time to fill in – but that’s just me.

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