Month: August 2011
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New Rims (spokes and hubs, too)
I wanted something more appropriate and mid-90s-ish than the minimally-spoked and semi-aero Shimano RS20 wheels that were on the purple mid-90s Trek. I was unable to find Mavic rainbow-anodized rims with rainbow-Ti spokes and splatted-painted hubs, so I did the next best thing, double the number of spokes. Actually, the more I think about it, the next…
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Cyclocross Race: PACC No. 5, 2011
The fifth Port Adelaide Cycling Club (PACC) cyclocross race was yesterday, Saturday 13 August 2011. This time I raced in the B-grade, and had a good race. I led the race for the first half of the first lap (yes, that would be a grand total of about four minutes), and finished seven of nineteen. PACC has…
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Mac Mini Upgrades
I’ve made several changes to the Mac Minis in the last week or so. First, Mac Mini number one, the ‘early-2009’ 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, was upgraded to OS 10.7 Lion and along with that it got some new hard drives. The primary 500GB Wesetrn Digital drive was upgraded to a 500GB Seagate Momentus…