Building / installing “research” software is always fun. OP was better than most as far as the building goes. There isn’t a way to install it (at least not through the build system) so we’ll leave that part out. For posterity the code I’m using is a tarball they put up on google code back [...]
This is the turning point. The derailers were the last two pieces of this bike that had to be cleaned up / repaired. Mechanically they’re pretty much the most complicated parts of the bike. Modern derailers have a lot of plastic on them but these ones are all steel. This makes them super heavy but [...]
As part of the web security class I’m taking this semester we’re required to put together a project in the last 6-ish weeks of class. The intent is to get us familiar with doing research and formulating a project based on our research. This project is a short one, really I don’t expect to do [...]
Drilling out cotter pins is a pain in the ass. I tried real hard to pound these things out but I ended up doing more harm than good. I tried pounding them out the good old fashioned way but I ended up bended the threaded end one one side and putting a good ding in [...]
It’s been way to long since my last post on this subject. I’ve been rolling around ideas in my head for the elements that will make this Lab good, or bad for that matter. I’m just going to dump them here and refine them as I either as I run across new requirements or I [...]