endless automata: Archive

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →

Nick Drake (15) Ólafur Arnalds (14) Apparat Organ Quartet (11) Turing Machine (7) Sonic Youth (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Sep 29th

Sep 28th

Winter Bike Update 3: Adventure in Cable Hangers

First, I’ll begin with the current problem. I happen to be the proud owner of a bike with a 1 1/8” threaded headset manufactured just as the transition from threaded to threadless was occuring. This means that parts for the headset are rather hard to find - which wouldn’t be a problem if I hadn’t upgraded from v-brakes to cantilever brakes. This means I need a cable...

Sep 28th

Sep 23rd

Winter Bike Update 2: Brute Force to the Rescue

The disassembly is complete! The freewheel finally broke free tonight after I went to town on it with a rubber mallet (easily the most useful tool in my chest). So, I have one more load of parts to degrease, and then I have to clean the frame, fork and wheels, and then the real fun can begin. In other news, I managed to squeeze more life of of my broken rear fender thanks to a wood screw, a...

Sep 22nd

Winter Bike Update #1: A Change of Plans

My problems started when I tried to use the cassette spline tool on what I thought was my rear cassette and it didn’t quite fit. That’s odd, I thought. After a bit of reading at Sheldon’s site, I realized what I had was a freewheel. Well, I thought, I guess I’ll need an 8 speed freewheel instead of an 8-speed cassette. Once again, Sheldon reminded me that I don’t...

Sep 20th

The Winter Bike Project Starts

I am beginning my next bike project this week - converting my Trek 800 Sport into a heavy duty winter commuter. By the time I’m done with it, it’s going to be something like my Cross Check with giant 2 inch tires (vs 28mm) and more upright geometry. Last winter I stopped riding around December 15th and didn’t start again until about March 15th. This winter, I plan to keep...

Sep 19th

Due to technical difficulties, Skunklogic is taking this week off - we’ll be back next week with another great comic your friends (or maybe you) don’t get.

Sep 18th

ASCAP Says Apple Should Pay For 30-sec. Song... →

ASCAP - slowly destroying the artists it claims to represent. I need to find a way to bypass all these music business assholes.

Sep 18th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13) →

Sonic Youth (33) Phoebe Carrai (31) Ólafur Arnalds (11) Sufjan Stevens (9) Björk (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Sep 14th