Computers Are Fun!
So my friend John sez to me, he sez “I just installed XenServer 7.1.0 on my new server and it’s awesome. You should give it a try. It’s easy t...
Tag: frustration
BMW Wagen – All Things Are Connected…
Alternate Title Filling the Coolant = Total Electrical System Freak-Out It’s cold outside. Really cold. So imagine my annoyance that the heat in my BMW Wa...
More Car Fun This Weekend
The drivers side strut in Der Wagen was leaking oil and the 05 Subie was feeling very bouncy so… This weekend I decided to replace the front struts in Der...
Fixturing and an Oops
I love the DeStaCo quick clamps. They have many varieties. I recently bought some of the push-pull style to make a fixture to mill my .50 BMG inserts. I used so...
Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Part 1.2
In which we step back, pause and up our game. So I’m thinking about the table this morning trying to decide what to do about the fact that it’s not ...
More 528i Wagen Fun!
About two weeks ago I had a ball joint fail in the rear suspension of Der Wagen. I had to have it towed to my local shop for repair. I was driving through the p...
3D Printing – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
I installed the E3D-V6 hot end on my printer and was humming along printing parts. Things were going well. Too well. I fired up a batch of parts and went off to...
Trying to get my nerd on…
My Dell C6100 server arrived today. I worked from home all day so I could be here for the UPS guy but the joke was on me: he didn’t show up until almost 5...
Sidecar Adventures: Some Hack Hackery
On Thursday I drove the sidecar to work. After work I drove it to a friend’s house where we had a BBQ and played some games. About 9:30 in the evening I w...
528i 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...