“The Concurrent Schemer” (CSCM) is an implementation of the Scheme programming language built on top of the Erlang Virtual Machine.
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The Concurrent Schemer
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
CB750F: Day 26: Some Shiny Stuff
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tonight was great, a very “in the flow” kind of night.
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The Processing Programming Language
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
I had thought that it was only for Arduino coding, but it turns out to have much broader and interesting goals:
Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing quickly developed into a tool for creating finished professional work as well.
CB750F: Day 25: Rolling Along
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
At class, it is really sitting in good company. Usually I buy dinner and eat there, by myself, though it is not lonely.
The new chain and sprockets came in so I started by removing the rear wheel. It was so simple, but I couldn’t imagine it until I had seen it: loosen the right and left alignment, there are notches that show the “setting” on each side, that is important to restore. The rear axle has a bolt with a cotter pin that I removed. Then I removed the brake link, and the caliper itself, then turned up the alignment adjusters and pushed the wheel forward and removed the chain and pulled the wheel out. The large zip ties were really helpful to hang out the brake link and caliper.
Before starting I didn’t know to find the master link in the chain and remove it first, I will do that next time instead.
The front sprocket encasement is full of centimeters of filth, that will take a while to clean it out. A non-abrasive plastic “drill bit” would nice to pull that stuff out, of course it would have to be disposable.
Tonight I did use an impact wrench for the first time, brilliant. The small one got the front sprocket bolt out and the big one got the rear sprocket bolts off, the latter were on there super-tight and the impact wrench just took them right off.
Speaking of cleaning, the front sprocket had an empty cocoon on it, and I cleaned up the rear wheel as best I could without compromising the lubrication with cleaner. Before wrenching on the bolts I tried to clean them up first to keep the tools clean.
Pat said that the rear wheel plastic pads internal to the wheel look fine, so I won’t replace them.
Today did go pretty well especially after I found out that class will continue next semester, so it is not a race to finish the bike. That said, it would be fine to make some progress, also. The headlight awaits, brake pads maybe, continued cleanup, and maybe upgraded suspension.
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Spring Reading
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Set up the upstairs bookshelf with Spring reading; it looks great.
Mímir is an experimental rule engine written in Clojure
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
It looks nice; details here.
OldChromeRemover
Sunday, March 31, 2013
OldChromeRemover removes old copies of Chrome that are doing nothing but wasting disk space on your Windows machine.
Spring is Near
Sunday, March 31, 2013
56F today, just waiting for a good rainstorm to wash away all of the salt.
The Conc is doing well, trickle charged and float-bowls kept full all winter.
Kaffee Maschine Moto Guzzi Cafes
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Check out a bunch of beautiful Moto Guzzi cafes at Kaffee Maschine. I will be monitoring craigslist and ebay dilligently to find a late model myself.
Antique Gas Engine BBS, Smokstak
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Smokstak is an:
Antique engine forums related to collecting, restoring and showing hit and miss engines, vintage Diesel, steam engines, antique tractors, old generators, pumps, industrial antiques and collectibles. There are thousands of old engine photos and thousands of discussions about all types of engines and old iron topics. This is a world wide community with members of all ages from Australia, Europe, North America and other points across the globe.