Since Obama’s election, it’s been very quiet here at Techimoto. In truth, we’ve had nothing much to rant about! Bush has evidently found himself some other hobby than trying to run a country, most likely trying to figure out how the Dewey Decimal System will work in his presidential library and hitting neighborhood yard sales on weekends to pick up a few volumes for the shelves. Cheney still rears his ugly head now and then, uttering some bitter ferocious nonsense regarding how the new guard is ruining everything, but in general, he’s also fading away from our collective 8 year nightmare.

Of course all is not perfect. Republicans still engage in some media spectacles, usually accompanied by shooting themselves a nice collective hole in their foot. The economy stinks for sure. Obama may not have THE answer, but so far, it’s the only one that makes much sense. So forge ahead we must (besides, if Obama’s economic strategy doesn’t work, computers and “blogs” will be a thing of the past; in 10 years we’ll all be busy outrunning howling gangs with painted faces and Mohawk haircuts, intent on robbing us of our precious gallon or two of petro.)

So, where do we go from here? Well, we’ll likely continue to write occasional rants, as we said, the world and our country are far from perfect. And, we’ll continue our “ecological” bent, but with even more with a focus on how it’s applied to modes of transportation (boats, cars, trains and planes). In fact, for the foreseeable future, we will be writing a number of articles on how you, the budget conscious and/or out-of-work average person, can save money by doing-it-yourself when it comes to “pimping out” (now, in these economic hard times, translated as “making into basic transportation”) your boat, car, train or plane.

Author Max Wilson will be doing a series of articles accompanied by useful “how to” pictures and videos about reviving a once DOA Jeep Cherokee. Also soon to come for those of you that can be described as “nautical escapists”, articles from Captain Jimmy about transforming his 1984 41 foot ketch into something that can actually be used as an “escape pod” (that is, escaping in style, without danger to life and limb). Since The Captain is basically professed escapist himself, it will also include some techniques and projects that might contain just a hint of survivalism (example: “Jerry Cans that can Catch Rain Water”).

So, when all is said and done, “moto” means “motion”, so “motion” it is!