Category: DIY
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Pedal cleats
These cleats have been with me for over a year. They got worn smooth from walking on them. The previous pair I left in for two years and I had to drill one of them out. Advice for cleats: use some white lith grease on the bolts when you apply them. Use a long handled…
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Standing Desk Pictures
Home workstation Old office standing desk: The new job’s standing workstation
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begun learning about solar power
i have begun learning about solar power. Solar power is electricity converted from light by solar cells. I want to power a small computer using a solar panel. I need to figure out: how much power the computer needs how big my batteries need to be how to charge the batteries using the solar panels if…
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Upcoming: New Standing Workstation
I’ve posted about how my previous endeavors to work at a standing workspace, at work, and at home. It has not gone sour on me yet. Presently at Candelatech I’ve been sitting on an exercise ball with three landscape monitors. It’s a lot of screen realestate! I love not needing to maximize and minimize windows…
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Finally, a Pneumatic Bike Trailer Hitch!
I LOVE the pneumatic quick release as a mechanism for an axle level trailer hitch…and so does my wife. The dumb-ass vice-hitch that came with the kidarooz trailer was repeatedly failing. So I took inspiration from my BikeRev.com EcoShopper and crafted my own hitch. A pneumatic couple cost me about nine bucks and the 6″…
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DIY Helmet Visor
The dinky visor that came with my inexpensive Bell helmet is a joke. It does not help with the low-angle sun in the fall. It will not help with a downpour of rain. So, like a good mechanic, I cut apart a gallon water jug, and tacked the two side panels I cut out under…
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