Ever since I moved in, my apartment door always slammed shut. Recently I had a neighbor ask me ‘Why I slammed my door?’ I shrugged and explained that it was the door closer, not me.

Well guess what, you can adjust the closer. Shocking, I know.

Most closers have two screws, one adjusting the ‘sweep’ the other the ‘latch’ pressure. The sweep is the stage where the door is wide open and the latch is the last few inches, before hitting the latch.

I had to adjust my latch screw, which was the bottom one in the picture. Some closers are labeled, mine wasn’t, so I guessed.

Turning the screw in slowed the door’s speed, turning the screw out increased the speed.

Now no more slamming doors and upset neighbors.

So I guess every musician has a day job. The lead singer from Iron Maiden? Yeah he’s a commercial pilot for Astraeus airlines. Awesome.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2002/oct/15/theairlineindustry.g2

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2956597/Iron-Maiden-frontman-Bruce-Dickinson-piloted-XL-rescue-planes.html

Yes, thats right, apparently in my previous incarnation I was a Barosaurus living in the late Jurassic period. Raaaowr.

New ROM Curator reveals the rare skeleton of “Gordo”, the largest dinosaur ever to be displayed in Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) held a news conference today to announce the unusual discovery of a massive Barosaurus skeleton in the Museum’s own collections. The skeleton will form the centerpiece of the ROM’s new James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, opening the weekend of December 15 and 16, 2007 on Level 2 of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. When completed and installed, the Barosaurus will be the largest dinosaur on permanent display in Canada.

Link to press release.

Sometimes I get asked if I do any work. People seem to think all I do is surf and send out links, sometimes relevant, usually not. So here are three sites that are required reading material if you have to maximize your surfing:

http://www.digg.com/

http://reddit.com/

http://www.boingboing.net/

Tucker was born on Friday July 13th. He has learned he has teeth that he can bite with, so you kinda have to keep an eye on him. Pictures of Tucker.