You ask the community...
[21:11] < CrazyOctopus> anyone here?
[21:11] < CrazyOctopus> rather alive?\
[21:12] < maxbots_> No, think the world ended a few minutes ago, nothing left but zombies
[21:12] < CrazyOctopus> fantast, because zombie printers are at least stable to the current build
[21:12] < maxbots_> lol
[21:13] < CrazyOctopus> I have a very basic question that google can't answer for me.
[21:13] < maxbots_> no problem, shoot... just don't aim for the head
[21:13] < CrazyOctopus> i am about to invest in a prusa mendel, and want to make sure that I am getting to best that I can from the kit
[21:14] < maxbots_> Zombies can answer questions, but not if you shoot us in the head
[21:14] < CrazyOctopus> it is fine, form what i have heard i have terrible aim
[21:14] < maxbots_> good. ;-)
So as of tomorrow after work I am getting a MakerGear Prusa Mendel with a 3mm extruder and an additional hot-end kit.
--Don't worry I haven'y forgotten about the car. I am waiting on word for my clutch actuation, and if i hear nothing from that then I am going with the McLeod hydro throwout bearing and just finishing it all off.
-'till next time.
11.07.2011
10.11.2011
best write up ever
woah crazy month, but serious this is the best craigslist add ever
--Ripping it now before he takes it down--
Skyline! 1990 GTSt - $5000 (Maple Ridge)
Date: 2011-10-07, 11:36AM PDT
Reply to: sale-bqyhj-2619410616@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
This isn't your normal skyline. This motherfcker is the skyline God would drive if he wasn't busy doing God sh*t like making tsunamis and crap. Its set up to go fast, and go fast sideways. Who doesn't like to get sideway?! Terrorists, thats who. Are you a terrorist? No? Then you need this car.
Handling? This car handles like a junior executive CEO. Go around corners like the devil himself is chasing you, and not give a fck.
Whats that? You like drifting? Well I've got some great god d@mn news for you. This car was a drift project of mine, and the last owner was planning on making it a drift machine too. Interior is for pussies so we got rid of it. Manly as fck. It literally oozes testosterone. So much so that its puddling up in the back.
Seats? this cocks*cker has got two. One for you, and one for the hot @ss broad thats gunna be all upons your dick after you buy this car. You're a girl? Sh*t works both ways. One seat for you, and one seat for that hot @ss dude you've been trying to hook up with for weeks. Deal with it,sh*ts getting serious.
Stereos and AC are for hippies. Fortunately this car has neither. Oh look at me, I like listen to Simon and Garfunkel and think about puppies. F*ck that. The only noises you're gunna be hearing is the ultra manly engine noises coming from this sweet turbocharged, intercooled, 24 valve inline 6. Sh*ts getting real, real f*cking fast.
This car has got a bright orange ebrake handle (b*tches love orange) with a drift button for those super ultra megahellatastic bar room brawler ebrake lockers. F*ck. Yes.
Now, I'll be honest. The wheels are a little lackluster, although everyones gunna be so focused on your super gangster drifting that nobody is going to give a f*ck about your sh*tty stock 16s. Don't worry, I've got you fcking covered. Its like we're in Vietnam and you just got ambushed by Charlie. Don't worry, friend, I've got your fcking back and I blow charlie to kingdom fcking come. For an extra $450 I can throw in some added p*ssy magnets for wheels, just don't come crawling back to me complaining that you're getting TOO much vajayjay. Bright fcking green 18s. Greens not your thing? Super legit silver 18s. Done like dinner.
This car has got 1.5 metric f*ck tons of awesome parts. Bride, Greddy, Brembo, the list doesn't f*cking END. It just keeps going and going, like the energizer bunny on speed.
You like going fast? Ever tried to outrun 24 police cars and 3 helicopters? You need this car. It will go so fcking fast that you may very well go back in time. It happened to me once. Just once, but it was fcking rad. Its like someone took a rocket and opened its mouth and poured steroids down its throat and and threatened to kill its family if it wasn't the fastest motherfcker you've ever driven.
I get it. You're busy, I'm busy, lets not waste time. If you're interested send me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP. You send me a message, I send you one right back. Thats how this works.
==
ACTUAL POSTING FOUND HERE
-Fucking brilliant
--Ripping it now before he takes it down--
Skyline! 1990 GTSt - $5000 (Maple Ridge)
Date: 2011-10-07, 11:36AM PDT
Reply to: sale-bqyhj-2619410616@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
This isn't your normal skyline. This motherfcker is the skyline God would drive if he wasn't busy doing God sh*t like making tsunamis and crap. Its set up to go fast, and go fast sideways. Who doesn't like to get sideway?! Terrorists, thats who. Are you a terrorist? No? Then you need this car.
Handling? This car handles like a junior executive CEO. Go around corners like the devil himself is chasing you, and not give a fck.
Whats that? You like drifting? Well I've got some great god d@mn news for you. This car was a drift project of mine, and the last owner was planning on making it a drift machine too. Interior is for pussies so we got rid of it. Manly as fck. It literally oozes testosterone. So much so that its puddling up in the back.
Seats? this cocks*cker has got two. One for you, and one for the hot @ss broad thats gunna be all upons your dick after you buy this car. You're a girl? Sh*t works both ways. One seat for you, and one seat for that hot @ss dude you've been trying to hook up with for weeks. Deal with it,sh*ts getting serious.
Stereos and AC are for hippies. Fortunately this car has neither. Oh look at me, I like listen to Simon and Garfunkel and think about puppies. F*ck that. The only noises you're gunna be hearing is the ultra manly engine noises coming from this sweet turbocharged, intercooled, 24 valve inline 6. Sh*ts getting real, real f*cking fast.
This car has got a bright orange ebrake handle (b*tches love orange) with a drift button for those super ultra megahellatastic bar room brawler ebrake lockers. F*ck. Yes.
Now, I'll be honest. The wheels are a little lackluster, although everyones gunna be so focused on your super gangster drifting that nobody is going to give a f*ck about your sh*tty stock 16s. Don't worry, I've got you fcking covered. Its like we're in Vietnam and you just got ambushed by Charlie. Don't worry, friend, I've got your fcking back and I blow charlie to kingdom fcking come. For an extra $450 I can throw in some added p*ssy magnets for wheels, just don't come crawling back to me complaining that you're getting TOO much vajayjay. Bright fcking green 18s. Greens not your thing? Super legit silver 18s. Done like dinner.
This car has got 1.5 metric f*ck tons of awesome parts. Bride, Greddy, Brembo, the list doesn't f*cking END. It just keeps going and going, like the energizer bunny on speed.
You like going fast? Ever tried to outrun 24 police cars and 3 helicopters? You need this car. It will go so fcking fast that you may very well go back in time. It happened to me once. Just once, but it was fcking rad. Its like someone took a rocket and opened its mouth and poured steroids down its throat and and threatened to kill its family if it wasn't the fastest motherfcker you've ever driven.
I get it. You're busy, I'm busy, lets not waste time. If you're interested send me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP. You send me a message, I send you one right back. Thats how this works.
==
ACTUAL POSTING FOUND HERE
-Fucking brilliant
9.11.2011
SF trip and such
Woah, had no idea that it would take me this long to actually post something about the San Fran trip but things have been hectic and well... the drinks have been plenty.
Arrived in SF and checked into The Hotel Kabuki and was pleasantly surprised to have a view like this
-baller, and it was awesome-
After a quick nap I called up Logan to ask him where the best spot would be to kill some time while we wait for him to get off work. He suggested that the first place that we go to is The Grove for sammitches. It was delicious.
-I was talking when the shot was taken, gotta be polite!-
We meandered up and down Fillmore street stopping in at random shops, and climbing hills
-little steps!-
Dropped by an optics place in the marina (I hate myself for not remembering the name of the place and cant find it, BECAUSE THE GUY WAS AWESOME. I tried looking for a place called optiks but if you know of the eyeglass place next to a bar with an orange awning let me know) where we got some sunglasses adjusted and had an awesome conversation about vintage silhouettes and sunglass design
Shortly after Logan called around and said that he would be back in the city in a couple hours where we met at his house. His room, and roommate were fucking awesome so we all decided to get some Thai at 2001 Thai Stick where we promptly drank Sake and beer and finished off the meal with some awesome rice and whatnot.
Then Logan and I skipped with massive speed to the next block to bring the remaining food back to his place
-Via Elize
==we skipped so fast they couldn't catch our speed==
With the food dropped off we strolled to
where I already had a good buzz going, and promptly had more drinks, and even better drink drinks were large and strong. Logan showed us a dice game called three man, which in my opinion trumps red/black/high/low/same 10 fold. Needless to say that buzzed turned into a well placed awesome buzz
Next stop was to karaoke at a bar inside of the closed Japantown mall, I was stoked.
I have not sung karaoke since I was... 21ish(?) so singing a duet with Logan to Aladdin's "A Whole New World" was awesome!
Elize got in on the action as well with a multi-song set
We got the crowd up and yelling and left a few songs later.
Next morning we all met at a restaurant in downtown and made our way back to the Marina where Logan and I parted ways with the kids and walked to the Presidio where Logan showed me the statue of greatness, in the land of nerddom
we walked around talked Star Wars and design, then walked to a bar called The Final Final, had a few brews and then got a call forcing us to head back to the statue and nab a photo of us in front of the statue... this is 5pmish right when Lucas Studios get off work...
we ran away.
Met the rest of the gang at a neat restaurant (Liverpool Lil's)where the waitress had to super confirm that we were indeed a party of 5 at least a hundred times. Totally worth it as the drinks were cold ad the food was good, and the waitress turned out to be hilarious.
The next day we did the more touristy stuff and drove across the bridge.
and went to the museum to get japanese tea and meander around before I drove back home
It ended quite horribly, but such is life cant have too much good without having the bad. I got back on the road for the 8 hour stint back home, and after an hour or so I pulled off and bought myself a coffee and gas. I look down at the speedo and was pleasantly surprised to find my car just hitting
BOOM!
I got home around midnight and promptly crashed hard as I had to wake up 6 hours from then. Once I arrive I find out that my favorite coworker is leaving the company, and that the software that I am helping develop needs a massive rush of new design drawings... ugh. Thankfully it was a short week and I made my way to San Diego on Friday to have some sushi and drinks; needless to say good end to a stressful week.
Finally I arrive to this week were I held some interviews to fill the soon to be vacated position, and most of the applicants were laughable at best. One would think that with this economy there would be a rush of either overqualified people or people with fantastic resumes; nope. Surprisingly the best applicant was with a guy that had the least exp of them all, but I have a couple more ahead of me this week so we shall see.
As I am sure some of you had heard we had a California snow day with the power going out; it was awesome. Really, I swear. Granted i have dealt with power outages in the past but dealing with them as an adult leads to soo much more fun as alchy and extreme darkness/quiet is involved. Wade and I built a bonfire out of the dead tree in our backyard
-WWOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!-
-Skulled-
And then I got a call from Ian saying that he is cooking up some smoked Tri-tip, had my favorite cigars on hand, and a some whiskey and beer to wash it all down. Nearly needless to say, I hadn't had that much fun in a long time, and was a much needed mini-vacation after the last couple weeks. Unfortunately I had to go back to work on Friday after power returned around 11:45pm that night.
Thankfully it was a short work day and was able to get home after I finished up some errands. That night Erin made her way over to the house where Wade had the awesome idea of making some breakfast burritos with chrizzo, a plethora of peppers, refried black beans, and some eggs. It was fucking delicious and really want to start making breakfast for dinner more often. The next morn Erin and I went to coffee where my sis dropped by and killed a few hours. Ian dropped by and after a quick talk suggested that we should watch watch Fear[s] of the Dark that eve. We parted ways and met back up at the house to watch the flick after I made dinner; whole wheat gnocchi with garlic sauce with a spinach salad. While I am not a fan of horror movies the animation was astounding, and the individual plot lines were good (not great as a whole movie, but the segments were rad).
Woke up this morning and finished acquiring the latest Formula 1 race, Monza. While I have yet to see the race as I am waiting to watch it at Jeg's going away party (moving to London to study race car engineering, bitch) qualifying looked great and Hamilton is sitting in a cool second.
Speaking of which I need to pick up some last minute stuff for the party so I am just going to post this without editing it, deal with it.
==on the car note I have decided that I am going the expensive and fast route and am picking up a McLeod Hydraulic throwout bearing this week and am putting a massive halt on all other life projects until the car is done, I MUST HAVE IT DONE BEFORE MARTIN RETURNS!!!==
-'till next time
Arrived in SF and checked into The Hotel Kabuki and was pleasantly surprised to have a view like this
-baller, and it was awesome-
After a quick nap I called up Logan to ask him where the best spot would be to kill some time while we wait for him to get off work. He suggested that the first place that we go to is The Grove for sammitches. It was delicious.
-I was talking when the shot was taken, gotta be polite!-
We meandered up and down Fillmore street stopping in at random shops, and climbing hills
-little steps!-
Dropped by an optics place in the marina (I hate myself for not remembering the name of the place and cant find it, BECAUSE THE GUY WAS AWESOME. I tried looking for a place called optiks but if you know of the eyeglass place next to a bar with an orange awning let me know) where we got some sunglasses adjusted and had an awesome conversation about vintage silhouettes and sunglass design
Shortly after Logan called around and said that he would be back in the city in a couple hours where we met at his house. His room, and roommate were fucking awesome so we all decided to get some Thai at 2001 Thai Stick where we promptly drank Sake and beer and finished off the meal with some awesome rice and whatnot.
Then Logan and I skipped with massive speed to the next block to bring the remaining food back to his place
-Via Elize
==we skipped so fast they couldn't catch our speed==
With the food dropped off we strolled to
where I already had a good buzz going, and promptly had more drinks, and even better drink drinks were large and strong. Logan showed us a dice game called three man, which in my opinion trumps red/black/high/low/same 10 fold. Needless to say that buzzed turned into a well placed awesome buzz
Next stop was to karaoke at a bar inside of the closed Japantown mall, I was stoked.
I have not sung karaoke since I was... 21ish(?) so singing a duet with Logan to Aladdin's "A Whole New World" was awesome!
Elize got in on the action as well with a multi-song set
We got the crowd up and yelling and left a few songs later.
Next morning we all met at a restaurant in downtown and made our way back to the Marina where Logan and I parted ways with the kids and walked to the Presidio where Logan showed me the statue of greatness, in the land of nerddom
we walked around talked Star Wars and design, then walked to a bar called The Final Final, had a few brews and then got a call forcing us to head back to the statue and nab a photo of us in front of the statue... this is 5pmish right when Lucas Studios get off work...
we ran away.
Met the rest of the gang at a neat restaurant (Liverpool Lil's)where the waitress had to super confirm that we were indeed a party of 5 at least a hundred times. Totally worth it as the drinks were cold ad the food was good, and the waitress turned out to be hilarious.
The next day we did the more touristy stuff and drove across the bridge.
and went to the museum to get japanese tea and meander around before I drove back home
It ended quite horribly, but such is life cant have too much good without having the bad. I got back on the road for the 8 hour stint back home, and after an hour or so I pulled off and bought myself a coffee and gas. I look down at the speedo and was pleasantly surprised to find my car just hitting
BOOM!
I got home around midnight and promptly crashed hard as I had to wake up 6 hours from then. Once I arrive I find out that my favorite coworker is leaving the company, and that the software that I am helping develop needs a massive rush of new design drawings... ugh. Thankfully it was a short week and I made my way to San Diego on Friday to have some sushi and drinks; needless to say good end to a stressful week.
Finally I arrive to this week were I held some interviews to fill the soon to be vacated position, and most of the applicants were laughable at best. One would think that with this economy there would be a rush of either overqualified people or people with fantastic resumes; nope. Surprisingly the best applicant was with a guy that had the least exp of them all, but I have a couple more ahead of me this week so we shall see.
As I am sure some of you had heard we had a California snow day with the power going out; it was awesome. Really, I swear. Granted i have dealt with power outages in the past but dealing with them as an adult leads to soo much more fun as alchy and extreme darkness/quiet is involved. Wade and I built a bonfire out of the dead tree in our backyard
-WWOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!-
-Skulled-
And then I got a call from Ian saying that he is cooking up some smoked Tri-tip, had my favorite cigars on hand, and a some whiskey and beer to wash it all down. Nearly needless to say, I hadn't had that much fun in a long time, and was a much needed mini-vacation after the last couple weeks. Unfortunately I had to go back to work on Friday after power returned around 11:45pm that night.
Thankfully it was a short work day and was able to get home after I finished up some errands. That night Erin made her way over to the house where Wade had the awesome idea of making some breakfast burritos with chrizzo, a plethora of peppers, refried black beans, and some eggs. It was fucking delicious and really want to start making breakfast for dinner more often. The next morn Erin and I went to coffee where my sis dropped by and killed a few hours. Ian dropped by and after a quick talk suggested that we should watch watch Fear[s] of the Dark that eve. We parted ways and met back up at the house to watch the flick after I made dinner; whole wheat gnocchi with garlic sauce with a spinach salad. While I am not a fan of horror movies the animation was astounding, and the individual plot lines were good (not great as a whole movie, but the segments were rad).
Woke up this morning and finished acquiring the latest Formula 1 race, Monza. While I have yet to see the race as I am waiting to watch it at Jeg's going away party (moving to London to study race car engineering, bitch) qualifying looked great and Hamilton is sitting in a cool second.
Speaking of which I need to pick up some last minute stuff for the party so I am just going to post this without editing it, deal with it.
==on the car note I have decided that I am going the expensive and fast route and am picking up a McLeod Hydraulic throwout bearing this week and am putting a massive halt on all other life projects until the car is done, I MUST HAVE IT DONE BEFORE MARTIN RETURNS!!!==
-'till next time
8.28.2011
Santa Rosa
I really do wish that I able to come up here more often, but with a legitimate work schedule it is getting harder to do so. This trip up north was a short one, but still really good, and really having a family member to confide everything in is really nice; friends are amazing, partners are fantastic, but family is best. We both talked about what has been going on in our lives, and I actually chuckled a bit every time that I noticed how similar we both actually are. But this post isn't really about that, it is actually something I am doing to pass the time while I wait to start drinking and exploring (but I have already started drinking ssshhh.).
==in advance sorry for not tagging and editing this to the thoroughly, I really don't know when I will be off and wanted to get this on the internets asap... Then again I am probably going to just leave my comp running in the room because it is taking FOREVER to upload these photos.==
so onto the photos!!
-'till next time
==in advance sorry for not tagging and editing this to the thoroughly, I really don't know when I will be off and wanted to get this on the internets asap... Then again I am probably going to just leave my comp running in the room because it is taking FOREVER to upload these photos.==
so onto the photos!!
-'till next time
8.27.2011
Fight Stick
Mornin'
So I know that it has taken me a bit of time to actually post anything, but meh I have been fighting streets and building stuff. This is one of those things.
When I heard that Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike was coming to online download I had to finally break down and fight stick it up, after all pads don't look as nerdy. While I could have just bought one that works and looks like this...
But as you know by now, I am the kind of person that would rather build than just buy. So on to it!
Wade and I started with a bunch of research at http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html and then purchased the buttons and joystick on EVO2k11 weekend. They all came in a few days later, minus the joystick's ribbon cable... BITCHES!! few days after that we went to Home Depot to pick up the few tools that I didn't have, and then be fucking ballers and buy really nice wood.
Shortly thereafter we made some cuts to said fancy wood and come up with this.
Made a few holes and mounted one side
and then Then a puppy came over
Finished up the sides and back and then made the cuts for the buttons.
yeah... kinda big...
Then got it all wired up, only to have it fail because I needed something crazy to get the buttons to work with a ps2-a controller...
Wade saved the day and lent me his ps1 controller and within a short bit I had it all connected and rocking to the max!
I have yet to secure everything down to the bottom board and clean it all up because the ribbon cable has yet to show up, but when that does I'll be sure to post the photos of the finish product.
Now I am going to start drinking, taking photos, cycle around town, and having fun with my cousin and his kids (they won't be drinking) in Santa Rosa!
-'till next time
So I know that it has taken me a bit of time to actually post anything, but meh I have been fighting streets and building stuff. This is one of those things.
When I heard that Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike was coming to online download I had to finally break down and fight stick it up, after all pads don't look as nerdy. While I could have just bought one that works and looks like this...
But as you know by now, I am the kind of person that would rather build than just buy. So on to it!
Wade and I started with a bunch of research at http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html and then purchased the buttons and joystick on EVO2k11 weekend. They all came in a few days later, minus the joystick's ribbon cable... BITCHES!! few days after that we went to Home Depot to pick up the few tools that I didn't have, and then be fucking ballers and buy really nice wood.
Shortly thereafter we made some cuts to said fancy wood and come up with this.
Made a few holes and mounted one side
and then Then a puppy came over
Finished up the sides and back and then made the cuts for the buttons.
yeah... kinda big...
Then got it all wired up, only to have it fail because I needed something crazy to get the buttons to work with a ps2-a controller...
Wade saved the day and lent me his ps1 controller and within a short bit I had it all connected and rocking to the max!
I have yet to secure everything down to the bottom board and clean it all up because the ribbon cable has yet to show up, but when that does I'll be sure to post the photos of the finish product.
Now I am going to start drinking, taking photos, cycle around town, and having fun with my cousin and his kids (they won't be drinking) in Santa Rosa!
-'till next time
8.08.2011
Stuff happened...
A bit of an update...
Due to my last post of happiness, and actually getting visual progress, I had a new found rush of working on my car again. As such I worked on my car on Saturday with the hope that I would be able to make a transmission mount as well as see how much I had to cut off of my driveshaft to make it fit.
But before any of that could be done we had to get some sim racing in
The next morning I made a quick run to the hardware store and picked up the required metal, bolts, and nuts. After a short bit of hammering, heating, and drilling I created a transmission mount. After final fit was done on the chassis I made a couple more holes into the chassis and bolted it all up.
Now it was time to see how much I was either going to have to cut off or add to the driveshaft to make it work...
So I bolted in the driveshaft...
And BOOM!!! YESSS!!!
Seriously only about 1/16" from being where it was from the factory! Soooooo incredible. Now all that is needed is to find a U-joint that will convert the Datsun size to the Mustang size and I will be golden!
This week will be spend re-researching what I will need to finish the car and hopefully within the month I will be finished; actually I want to be finished by the 26th so that I can enter into open header night and roll around town being fucking loud, but we will see if that is actually possible.
-'till next time
Due to my last post of happiness, and actually getting visual progress, I had a new found rush of working on my car again. As such I worked on my car on Saturday with the hope that I would be able to make a transmission mount as well as see how much I had to cut off of my driveshaft to make it fit.
But before any of that could be done we had to get some sim racing in
The next morning I made a quick run to the hardware store and picked up the required metal, bolts, and nuts. After a short bit of hammering, heating, and drilling I created a transmission mount. After final fit was done on the chassis I made a couple more holes into the chassis and bolted it all up.
Now it was time to see how much I was either going to have to cut off or add to the driveshaft to make it work...
So I bolted in the driveshaft...
And BOOM!!! YESSS!!!
Seriously only about 1/16" from being where it was from the factory! Soooooo incredible. Now all that is needed is to find a U-joint that will convert the Datsun size to the Mustang size and I will be golden!
This week will be spend re-researching what I will need to finish the car and hopefully within the month I will be finished; actually I want to be finished by the 26th so that I can enter into open header night and roll around town being fucking loud, but we will see if that is actually possible.
-'till next time
7.30.2011
Headlights
they work now.
My day was shot from a client asking me to do some last minute design work, but during testing i was able to finish up my chassis wiring. The only thing that i cant figure out is the turn signals, but whatever.. shit works!!
'till next time
[first time posting from flickr, as well as from my phone, so lets see how well this works out
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