Time to crack out the study books again. Signed up for the JLPT N4 exam at the beginning of July, so need to put my head down for the next few weeks.

Pick a lane Goggle

Birthday’s, even middle-aged ones, are better when the cake looks like a rainbow inside 🌈

First Automotive Engineering Insight newsletter of 2025.

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It'll soon be time to publish the first edition of Automotive Engineering Insight in 2025, but before I do (heads up, it'll be next week), here's the final issue from last year...

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Stepmom and Daughter Blues was a tale of two halves, and personally I wasn’t as taken by the second act. That said it was a bit of fun and ‘kiseki’ was used so often it’s now embedded in my brain…

As a cheeky bonus my better half said if you stick ‘fu’ at the beginning you get unfair ‘fukouhei’.

More of these scintillating posts next week.

I find it incredibly difficult to get words to stick, so I’ve started watching more Japanese TV to try and help. And it has, a bit. I picked up ‘kouhei’ from the drama Unnatural (something I needed the subtitles 95% of the time for) and it’s remembered…

Two things I want to do more of in 2025, cycling and Japanese. A bit difficult to pedal on social media but I can put some Japanese in my timeline (it might help me remember things too). So, the first word is ‘ikigai’ or your reason/purpose for living, but it’s also about doing what makes you happy.

Had a week’s trial of Duolingo Max. Being able to interact, even with AI, is a great feature and should help a lot of people. I wonder how many people will pay the subscription though.

Thought I'd take a look at semiconductors for the latest Automotive Engineering Insight Newsletter. Fill your boots with AMD, NXP, Nvidia, Arm and Rapidus...

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Such a good programme. Shame there are only two series, but it works beautifully.

Sunshine. Bloody missed it. Made the most of the brightness with a mammoth dog walk.

I had wondered if having a home charger installed could affect house prices, and I guess as EV numbers increase (but before they become the norm) they could.

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Audi in 2015. Seems like a lifetime ago.

Ripping up everything that came before is a bold move by JLR for its Jaguar brand. Brave? Stupid? Time will tell, but there will no doubt be a lot of debate until the next vehicle rolls off the production line. I'm interested in how the engineers and designers use this apparent new found freedom...

I need to pull together November's Automotive Engineering Insight newsletter this week, but in the meantime there's already a lot to digest from other issues.

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Finally making the shift away from X. Going to start my Bluesky experience with something pretty.