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• 944 Turbo Resource featured on We Love WP!

  I am proud to say that the 944 Turbo Resource has just been featured on We Love WP! We Love WP is a WordPress showcase website (also called a WordPress Gallery), which features blogs and websites powered by the WordPress platform. No doubt the 944 Turbo Resource stands in good company, and there are some […]

  Posted at 4pm on 7/5/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Website Development | Expand to full post

• 944 Turbo S Flickr Photostream

  Although I often attach images to posts, I have decided to use a dedicated Flickr gallery to host general pictures of my 944 Turbo S. Using Flickr should lighten the server load, and it will also allow for better interaction between visitors and myself, in terms of commenting on pictures. I also think that the […]

  Posted at 5pm on 6/28/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: My 944 Turbo S | Expand to full post

• 944 Turbo Resource on Twitter

  In case you didn’t notice, a twitter follow link has been added to the summary area of each page. You can now follow me (and the 944 Turbo Resource) on Twitter, where you can follow quick updates about my 944 Turbo S, about Porsche news in general, and where each new appendix page will be […]

  Posted at 9am on 6/28/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Website Development | Expand to full post

• “Porsche 944 Turbo S” – Car and Driver, 1988

  “Porsche 944 Turbo S:” a bargain at $48, 350. Car and Driver Magazine By Tony Assenza You’ll never go broke gouging the rich, somebody once said. In good times and bad, the rich always manage to have enough liquid assets to buy the toys that make this vale of tears just a little easier to […]

  Posted at 12am on 6/28/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Article Archive | Expand to full post

• “Porsche 944 Turbo S” – Automobile Magazine, 1988

  “Porsche 944 Turbo S:” the fastest four-cylinder street Porsche in history: Move over, 911. Automobile Magazine By Georg Kacher Photography by Bernd Ebener Wags and doubters who decry the four-cylinder 944 as something less than a true Porsche can no longer look to any sort of performance shortcomings to support their claim. The Stuttgart-based manufacturer […]

  Posted at 9pm on 6/24/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Article Archive | Expand to full post

• Multi-language support

  Guten Tag! After having observed a number of visits originating from translated content (mostly via Google Translate), the 944 Turbo Resource is now proud to offer multi-language support for all site content via the Google Translate WordPress Plugin. Simply scroll down to the bottom of any page and select the appropriate country flag from the […]

  Posted at 10pm on 6/21/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Website Development | Expand to full post

• WordPress upgrade to 2.8

  After postponing the inevitable upgrade to WordPress 2.8 for some time, I finally felt brave enough to complete the upgrade process. Having taken all the necessary precautions (database backups and alike), I decided it was time to pull the trigger. Before I actually updated this server, I tested the update process on a temporary server […]

  Posted at 7am on 6/20/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Website Development | Expand to full post

• 944 Turbo S at the Euro Show 2009

  Last weekend I brought the Turbo to the 2009 Euro Show, hosted by the BMW Club of Saskatchewan. It was nice to get the car out to the first real event of the season – I have yet to bring it to any of the track days because I’m still in search of new wheels […]

  Posted at 11pm on 6/11/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: My 944 Turbo S | Expand to full post

• "Before we start production on a car, it's already finished" – North American 944 Turbo Advertisement

  The following 1986 print advertisement helped to articulate the relationship between the successful 924 GTP Le Mans (referred to as 944 GTP) and the 944 Turbo, which shared many components with the Le Mans racer. The article also helps to illustrates the fact that the GTP (and the production 944 series based off of it) […]

  Posted at 1pm on 4/27/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Advertisements Archive | Expand to full post

• "What it takes to turbocharge a Porshce, including the turbocharger" – North American 944 Turbo Advertisement

  The following 1986 print advertisement helped outline the differences between the Porsche 944 Turbo and its normally aspirated counterparts, making note of all the changes that the company deemed necessary for the car to be badged as a Porsche. The print advertisement shows a cross-section style photograph of some of the new components of the […]

  Posted at 1pm on 4/27/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Advertisements Archive | Expand to full post