Recent content by zefflyn

Gun control can't fix crazy. Someone went and compiled a huge list of incidents of violence where prescription anti-depressants were in use and indexed them at http://www.ssristories.com/. Of particular note are the sections "School Shootings / Incidents," "Murder-Suicides," "Murders / Murder...

The years have not been kind, but oh boy is it good to see it again! If only I could come up with some scheme to have someone buy it with a cashier's check for $700 too much and have him send me the bike PLUS the overage (but he can keep a little for his trouble) and ship it to me... I'd have...

While cleaning up my desk today, I found the spare key to a motorcycle I sold some 6 years ago. What should I do with it? It's a KTM key, which come in pairs with the little plastic bridge between them, not just a spare stamped-metal key. Still has the dealership's business card attached with...

Why is the corkscrew such a necessary attachment on Leathermans, Swiss Army Knives, and other multi-tools? Do people in the field find themselves needing to remove corks all that frequently? Or is the multi-tool a must-have kitchen accessory?

Apparently, although mankind has had no effect on the climate, the global warming is entirely man-made. Have you heard much about the "ClimateGate" scandal that broke around November 20th? A hacker broke into Britain’s Climate Research Unit over a week ago and made public 61mb of emails and...

It sucks being Mexican.

I need some ideas for implementing this uber-restrictive mailserver at my company. Some background: CEO doesn't want to buy Exchange. We have basically 3 user groups: lusers, their team leads, and the technology group + executive staff. The goal is: Execs don't want lusers to e-mail each...

:drool My new dreambike :drool http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/07/touratech-bmw-f800scrambler-ta.html

Brief synopsys: Have a new server in the building, on which we've installed a VPN service. Now I'm trying to re-configure the router to forward port 1723, and allow IP Protocol 47 to allow the VPN traffic to go through. I added the NAT with the GUI, but couldn't find where to add the...

a Dinosaur Comic for you

8eGvmB8Phk8 I'm kinda groovin' to it myself, but her pitch goes a bit doggish in in frequency at some points.

Howdy all, Anyone have tips or code snippets, or even the proper search terms, for how to code up in rails creating a dependent record, with the id of the parent? For instance, two models: Parents, Children. When looking at a Parent, I want to have a link to create a new Child, that is...

Hello there, I have a four more of these than I need, and I'm passing the savings on to you. Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive, as seen on NewEgg for $289 + shipping. Only $200. I got them in a sealed shipping box, so the individual...

1997 TL1000s with 80,000 miles. Engine blew, and I haven't been able to find a replacement. I'm moving in a couple weeks, so it has to go. Take the entire bike for $300 obo, or Pick your parts, $20 for any part!!! I don't have pictures of the Power Commander II, or the rear Ohlins shock, but...

Let's say you bought some cheap-ass wheels for a back-up vehicle, for less than $1000. How much in annual maintenance would you put into it to keep it going? Let's say the vehicle isn't in overall bad condition, all the electrics work, sunroof, power seats, interior is good, no leaks, minimal...