| Sunday, September 23, 2007 |
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Circus Trees
by ccons @ 13:42:43 - [perma-link]My parents are making one. That's three maples trained as an arch.
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| Saturday, September 22, 2007 |
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Uh Oh
by brian @ 13:20:07 - [perma-link]I hope this clears up. I gotta be at the airport. Now.
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Boom! You're stuck!
by brian @ 16:14:22 - [perma-link]There's a guy up in the bucket, and another down in the truck, TRYING to start it up. And another guy just walked up with a gas can. Lol.
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| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
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No Wild West for Me
by brian @ 19:03:25 - [perma-link]Josh made quick work of the transmission disassembly (more pics soon), all the way down to the front output-shaft bearing of the donor. Te bearing just wouldn't budge.
I called around looking for a replacement. Its a week away at the dealer, and they were the only ones who could even get a part number.
I went home and tried using a slide hammer puller I picked up at Harbor Freight. It kind of almost worked a little, but still didn't get a good grip. So I broke the bearing carrier, then used a 3-arm puller to remove the shell.
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| Monday, September 17, 2007 |
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It's the boom redux
by ccons @ 20:28:43 - [perma-link]Dreamforce stage before INXS
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| Saturday, September 15, 2007 |
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Treasure Island Music Festival
by ccons @ 14:29:05 - [perma-link][I didn't write anything about this picture.]
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Ghostland Observatory
by ccons @ 15:23:31 - [perma-link]Bridge Stage
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Thievery Corporation
by ccons @ 21:10:44 - [perma-link]It feels like cheating without Jen here.
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| Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
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Marlboro Hot Laps: Portland International Raceway
by brian @ 19:14:23 - [perma-link]Marlboro_Hot_laps_PIR_2007.avi
Sweet! Super sweet!
Today I attended a session of Marlboro Hot Laps with Jessica, a
friend from rallycross. Apparently I'm the only one she knows with
nothing else to do today.
We got all this schwag, but its weird schwag; there's no Marlboro
logo ANYWHERE. I might even use the backpack for rallies. But the
fun started after we put on racing suits and helmets.
Up first was a quick 2-lap ride around PIR in a Panoz. It was fast
and smooth the first lap, then faster and a little closer to the edge
on the second. After that we went over to the drift course for a
crazy ride in some Mustangs. It was amazing how they could get the
car sliding one way, then flick it right into a slide the other way,
with the tires squealing the whole time. Each time the G's flopped
my head over like a rag doll, and scooted me side to side in the
seat. It really makes me appreciate the 5-point harness in my rally
car.
I imagine 5 laps was enough for some of the people, but I want more.
Only about two and a half weeks until Wild West!
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| Monday, September 10, 2007 |
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Rallycross photos
by brian @ 00:09:31 - [perma-link]I'm uploading a huge gallery of photos, 226
photos to be exact. 40 or so are from the first half of the morning
session when Josh and I were running. The other 179 are from the 2nd half when I was working in Com 7, and
discovered burst mode on my camera. I'd watch the cars for the first
part of the course, looking for the ones making the most exiting
turns, then when they got around to me, I held the button down as
long as they kept sliding. Towards the end I was saving shots for
that black audi with the red scoop. That car was quite exciting to
watch! 12 of 226 uploaded. I'm sure it will all be there in the morning.
Videos (with sound!) sometime tomorrow. Goodnight.
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