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Cute test
Xrite has an interesting little test to see how good your color discrimination is.
I was sort of surprised to get a zero (perfect result). I've never really though of my color vision in any deep manner. "They're colors. Yup, I can see all of them." -
Things that make me feel better as a human being
I was talking tonight to someone I haven't talked to in a long time. I walked her home late at night after a point83 ride about a year ago. She was seriously lagged out sinced she'd been up 32 hours straight even before the ride. After the ride I had walked her up Jackson (a big fugging hill) and made sure she got home okay ( Read more... ) -
I can laugh because I am not yet dead
I find myself singing "Always look at the bright side of life" from Life of Brian a lot lately. And you know what? It really does help. -
Excellent freudian slip in the New York Times
NYT: Senator Ted Stevens Indicted in Corruption Case
A federal grand jury has indicted longtime Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, on charges of failing to disclose receiving gifts of services and construction work as part of a wide-ranging corruption inquiry involving public officials and corporations in his home state. The indictment ( Read more... ) -
OSCON: Low power, major effect on real people
I'm wandering around the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) this week. One of the neater things I've seen is Inveneo. Basically really low power (wattage) boxes that can run off of 12 VDC ( Read more... ) -
Owww and other thoughts
Perhaps you've just freshly pierced your lobe a few time the day previously, and you're vigorously exercising. Thus making sweat trickle down and creating 'itchy' sensations in your ear. Don't grasp your lobe and absentmindedly yank on it ( Read more... ) -
The cranks... they go round and round
In other news, when I put my Sunny Day bike together, I was in a bit of a rush. So I didn't overhaul the bottom bracket or headset. Well, yesterday I noticed my cranks were really wobbling and desperately needed adjustment.
So this morning I decided to overhaul it.
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Another vain attempt not to buy things off Etsy
I need to get a clock movement with a longer shaft before I can mount the face backing, but this is the basic idea for the clock I've been thinking about making for a long time. Basically a discarded 48 tooth chainring and a used up 12-32 cassette, cleaned and fastened into an arc.
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A bike for Sunny days
Well, my commuter bike frame getting broken inspired me to get my Sunny day bike fixed up last week. I've been stockpiling parts for it for a while, so it was relatively quick to build up.
( Pretty pictures after the cut )
