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Warning, Do Not ???
This warning label is under each window on the bus that we are riding on. I can’t for the life of me figure out what I am not supposed to do. Any ideas?
View ArticleWANT: AirJelly
This is so cool. Festo’s AirJelly is powered by some magical jelly fish properties, a lithium-ion battery, an electric motor and a bit of helium. If that’s not floaty enough for you, there’s also a...
View ArticleCopyright and Happy Birthday To You
From BoingBoing comes a research paper into the copyright issues surrounding the song “Happy Birthday To You”. I’ll have to download this paper and read it later, but the abstract sure looks...
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Why is this so funny?
I saw this on BoingBoing Gadgets this morning and thought I was going to die laughing. Everybody I showed it to thought it was hilarious! Thanks BoingBoing!
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Cookie Slayer
I love this photo so much. This is a costume from Dragon*Con 08. But it’s not just the costume that I dig. The whole tone of the photograph is so dark, so gritty. The lighting is wonderful with a dark...
View ArticleStreet Corner Science with Leon Lederman
From BoingBoing: In 1988, Leon Lederman shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work to understand elementary particles called neutrinos. ScienCentral set Lederman up with a desk on a street corner and...
View ArticleBBQ Shootout
We had a little BBQ shootout here at work today. We went to three different places and bought ribs and chicken. Then we gorged ourselves. We bought from the following local places: Big Daddy’s Roosters...
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528i – Polishing the Headlights
About 6 weeks ago we bought a 1999 BMW 528i wagon. I really love this car. But since it’s 15 years old it has some issues. Nothing major and I’m working my way through them. One of the issues is that...
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528i – Replacing the Headlight Adjusters
Since the 528i is a BMW, it’s a little overly complicated. Because it’s German. Why make it simple when you can make it complicated? The headlights on the 528i have a auto-leveling feature. Which means...
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Porter-Cable Profile Sander Repair
I have a Porter-Cable Model 444 profile sander. I’m not sure where I got it, and I’m not sure I’ve ever used it. I think I either bought it used, or got it from my father. In any case, I wanted to use...
View ArticleMarian Call!
Marian Call came to Minneapolis this weekend for two concerts and Liz and I went to both! I shot a handful of photos at both concerts. Here are the photos from the Nicollet Coffee House concert. Here...
View Article528i Parking Light Madness
After the front end of the 528i got smashed in it needed new headlights, so I bought a set of aftermarket lights with Angel Eyes in them. I didn’t want to pay the body shop for the time to wire up the...
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528i Angel Eyes Achieved!
Yesterday afternoon I decided to buckle down and make the angel eyes work. I redid all the wiring, making it cleaner. The internet told me that there would be a red wire with a white stripe in the fuse...
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My Music Streaming Solution
I’ve been collecting mp3s for years. I have about 32,000 files, over 200GB of music. What I haven’t had is a way to play them on my good stereo gear in the living room. Sure, I can load a bunch of them...
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New Rear Hatch for Der Wagen
*blows on mic* Is this thing on? It’s been a long time since I posted something here, lets see if it still works. This weekend was spent swapping a new hatch onto the BMW 528i Wagen. (Warning, very...
View ArticleTwo Books – A Review
I don’t know if I’ve ever written a book review before but I’m currently reading two books that are fascinating me and I want to tell people about them. First off I’m reading Ada Palmer’s Too Like the...
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Miata Mods and Updates – One
The Miata came with a factory radio that had a six disk CD changer built into it. Factory radio. Unfortunately it had two issues: There was no AUX in or Bluetooth. The CD player would only load one CD...
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Miata Mods and Upgrades – First Repair
I was hoping that moving to a newer car would allow me to avoid things breaking for a while, but apparently I was mistaken. A few days ago the passenger side window decided to stop rolling up. The...
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Miata Mods and Upgrades – A Quickie
Yesterday I installed an LED light strip in the trunk of the Miata. The stock light is in the rear wall, down low and doesn’t illuminate the trunk at all if you have anything in it. On the Miata forum...
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Busy Car Work Weekend
This weekend I did a bunch of maintenance on the Subaru and the Miata. I started out with the Subaru. Since we’ve been having some overheating issues when pulling the trailer I figured I’d replace the...
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