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Atom Based Home NFS

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any new content but that’s not because I haven’t been doing anything worthy of mention. During the few breaks I’ve had from my day job I took the time to replace my QNAP 419p NAS with a custom system to host NFS shares. Here’s just a quick laundry [...]

Posted 05 December 2011 † Philip § Computer ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Thruxton 900 Ceramic Exhaust

It’s a new year. I’m not one for resolutions but something I always aim to do is put up more info on the mods I’ve made to my 2004 Thruxton 900. Last time I posted it was about the chrome T100 engine covers I picked up. In those photos the exhaust was off because it [...]

Posted 01 January 2011 † Philip § Hobby ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

madwifi on lenny router

For the past two months my day job has taken over my life. As always, during the height of my insane work schedule my wireless router started acting up. I guess I needed something to break so I had an excuse to take a much needed break from work. I’d pretty much forgotten I even [...]

Posted 01 November 2010 † Philip § Computer ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

T100 Engine Covers

In my first two years riding my motorcycle I learned a few things the hard way. Long story short I laid my Thruxton down twice, once on each side. They weren’t bad spills but I got a few cool scars out of the deal and so did my bike. A few weeks ago I purchased [...]

Posted 04 September 2010 † Philip § Hobby ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Thruxton Sprockets

The chain on my Thruxton was about 6 years old and looking pretty ratty so I decided it was time for a new one. My buddy recently did some homework on chains and he ended up buying an EK X Ring chain so I followed suit. After hitting my Haynes manual to find out the [...]

Posted 15 August 2010 † Philip § Hobby ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: ,

Chrome Valve Cover

A few weeks ago the seal on my valve cover started leaking a bit of oil. It was very minor at first so I ignored it. Eventually it started leaking out on to my exhaust (headers) so I’d pull up to a light and notice a bit of smoke rising off my front end. That’s [...]

Posted 27 June 2010 † Philip § Hobby ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,