Upgrading an Old 1-14" Cannondale to a Modern 1-1/8" Fork
My (beloved) mountain bike is an old 1993 Cannondale M700, which I've customized fairly heavily over the years. I know people say the new (enormous, heavy) mountain bikes are more capable, but I'm not...
View ArticleHow to Assemble a Stem on a Threadless Headset
(This is a followup to Upgrading an Old 1-1/4" Cannondale to a Modern 1-1/8" Fork.) After installing a new headset and fork on my mountain bike, I slid the stem onto the new steerer tube, cinched it...
View ArticleCommand-Line Metronome
I mentioned before that I'm taking beginner guitar lessons. Justin recommends using a metronome for some of the practicing, and that makes sense: I notice that sometimes when I practice I try to go...
View ArticleGmail with an App Password
In 2022 I wrote about Sending Mail via Gmail using OAuth2. But it turned out that Google expires OAuth2 tokens on a weekly basis. So if you use that method, once a week you'll have to bring up a...
View ArticleMaking OsmAnd Overlays with QGIS (2024 Edition)
Several years ago I wrote about Making a Land Ownership Overlay with QGIS and Making Overlay Maps for OsmAnd. I've been using that land use overlay for years. But recently I needed to make several...
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Saw the Eclipse ... Sort Of
I'm sorry, but I have no eclipse photos to share. I messed that up. But I did get to see totality. For the April 8, 2024 eclipse, Dave and I committed early to Texas. Seemed like that was where the...
View ArticleUsing Sox Play to Help Learn Guitar
I mentioned last month that I'm learning guitar. It's been going well and I'm having fun. But I've gotten to the point where I sometimes get chords confused: a song is listed as using E major and I...
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Tactical is the New Black
My new binocular came! And something curious came with them: a "tactical pen". It seems to be quite a nice gel pen, with an aluminum body and a locking retractor. But the "tactical" part is less...
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