Don’t panic


Don’t panic
Originally uploaded by bluesterror.

Ever since buying my Accord a couple of years ago, I’ve been an enthusiastic frequent user of the keyless entry, as well as an unenthusiastic occasional user of its far-too-easily-activated panic mode. Whenever I sit on my keys, press on the pocket where my key fob resides, or hold it just so (usually when I’m carrying in groceries at 11pm on my quiet residential street), my car’s horn starts blaring, lights flash, and I have to run to my car hitting the unlock button until it shuts up. Yesterday, I triggered it twice, so I finally decided to do something about it. So I did some surgery: I took a box knife to the traces on its PCB and after thirty minutes (made longer because I screwed up and had to fix a mistake) I now have a fully un-functioning panic button on this thing.

I hope I never need it.