http://biobug.org Projects, notes, etc by Will O'Brien Fri, 09 May 2008 19:22:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been poking around on the project bike as time allows. It's been surprisingly refreshing to work on the old beast. I used to enjoy working on my cars, but hadn't wanted to commit to any of those projects in a while. It turns out that the bike is worse that ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/05/09/no-pressure-compression-that-is/ Just rolled a new project int my shop today. It's a 1980 Yamaha XS 850. This is one of the few three cylinder bikes of it time, and is actually an interesting find. Three cylinder, air cooled 850cc engine, three hitachi carbs (oddity), overhead cams. 79hp from the factory! It'll ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/04/28/new-project-bike-yamaha-xs-850/ Can you guess what this is for? Once I get it together and finish the project, it'll show up on Hack-A-Day as part of an upcoming how-to. I made it through my first week over at the Uni. I'm pretty happy with what I've seen so far. I think things will ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/04/09/progress-and-the-new-gig/ Today's an interesting one. I'm saying goodbye to the office, co-workers and cubicle I've been at for almost six years. Today I'm a bit of a chair warmer, but it's a relaxing, rainy day. Tomorrow I start my new job over in the Department of IT at the University of ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/31/last-day-at-morenet/ I've had to use windows more lately due to certain project requirements. When I last set up my machine, ubuntu was seeing more use, so I didn't give windows very much disk space. Now it's time to install a few more programs, and I'm down to my last gig on ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/24/gparted-re-arrange-your-drive-like-its-furniture/ I ran across this egg post by Saul on Instructables. (He's one of the founders) The other day I was up early to go off to the pool and help teach SCUBA - and I needed some protein. Yes, it's totally possible and awesomely handy to make steam eggs with ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/22/stupid-espresso-machine-trick-31/ This won't make a big difference in my published work, but in a couple of weeks I'll be starting a new position within the University of Missouri system. I'm pretty stoked about it - it should definitely make for an interesting summer at the very least. http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/20/i-got-a-new-gig/ I added a new recipe to my collection. This is one of the best yet.  Seared Tuna steaks with Ginger-Shiitake Cream Sauce. This stuff came out amazingly tasty! The only un-healthy bit is the cup of cream in the sauce - I'm going to look into a healthier replacement when ... http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/19/new-kick-ass-recipe/ I finally put up some info on my inexpensive plumbing design for supplying water to my espresso machine. Total cost is around $20 with fittings and tubing. http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/17/cheap-espresso-plumbing/ I'm now the proud semi-owner of an Epilog Mini 24 Laser cutter. After some test cuts, I laser etched the trackpad on my laptop. Everything works great - I used two passes at 100% speed, 15% power to get the result. Here's a short pictorial of the process. http://biobug.org/index.php/2008/03/14/laser-etching-fun/