Diy

Hey there! It has been a while, and there have been significant changes in my life since my last update. To summarise, I sold everything, moved to a new country, started a new job, made new friends at the Toronto Public Library while I was looking for my first job in Canada, lived in a basement, moved to a new place with 2 dogs and 1 cat, visited Niagara Falls (basic), enjoyed a lot of hikes in -30°C weather, bought a car, shoveled a combined of 2+ metres of snow during winter 2025, visited my home country for a vacation, took selfies with a camel, turned 30, and I’m all set to move to a new place in Vaughan (no doxxing pls!😢); and begin a new job in the FinTech industry. ...

Motivation I wanted to enable Apple CarPlay/Android Auto on the infotainment of my Ford Ecosport (this works for Figo/Aspire too!), but without swapping out the factory head unit. Reddit says to ditch the car and buy a new one to achieve that goal, and I agree; The question I have is: In this Economy?!?! The car has a nice 9-inch touchscreen so usability won’t be an issue. 😏 The problem? It runs ancient Windows CE 6.0 on ARM (MT33xx processor with 256 MB of RAM). This unit was installed on Ford cars before August 2020 . Post that, it was replaced by an equally bad Android 4.2.2 with still no CarPlay support. Overall, I wanted to check if I could modify a few lines here and there to convert the car into a Decepticon . That didn’t work but I still managed to add CarPlay support and tested it successfully on a 12-hour drive to Goa. 🤩 ...

Prologue I became a permanent resident of Canada on December 22, 2024, after working in India for 6 years, nailing my CELPIP/IELTS with CLB 10, and completing two degrees! If you have been following the news, immigration has become extremely difficult, and those already in the country with a work permit or an education are unable to qualify for PR because there’s a cap in place; the scores are just too high. I got lucky, at the right time, and my occupation is/was in demand. More on my decision to move from Bangalore, India into a deep freezer — in a later blog post. ...