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Door Closer 101

Gordo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:16 +0000

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.

Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden frontman, commercial airline pilot

Gordo — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:33:25 +0000

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

Massive Barosaurus skeleton discovered at the ROM

Gordo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:07:56 +0000

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.

Required reading

Gordo — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:20:43 +0000

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

Gordo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:51:42 +0000

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.

CNC router + Internet = Profit?

Gordo — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:51:34 +0000

One morning, in a highly caffeinated state, I had a Wouldn’t it be Neat if (WibNi) moment…

Wouldn’t it be Neat if someone took a CNC router and used it to make flat pack furniture?

Then to really get things going, setup these in home centers where people could buy plywood and get it routered on site? Then too really, REALLY, get things going, setup a website to collaborate on router/flat pack designs that anyone can use.

Then a customer could upload the design to the machine, pay for the plywood (and any required hardware) and pay for the time on the router.

Turns out that someone has (kinda) started down this path. Because We Can has used their CNC router to create a coffee table that could be made from just ply wood (although they have a plastic top).

Link: Tree coffee table

Here Without You Acoustic

Gordo — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:13:31 +0000

Jwin is a interweb music star. You have been holding back on us…

Link to all Youtube videos.

Gaming old skool, Super Mario Brothers 3

Gordo — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:13:22 +0000

Cleaning out a box of cds from University, I ran found a whole bunch of Nintendo ROMs. So I copied them over and went looking for a current Nintendo emulator and ended up with Nestopia. For the complete gaming feel, I plugged in my xbox 360 wired controller (which is a usb device) and after some fiddling with Nestopia, I was playing SMB3!

The controller needs some fine tuning but the overall experience was a throw back to the 8 bit world of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Good times.

1516 – Okanagan Spring Brewery

Gordo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:31:00 +0000

In BC last week I tried 1516 lager from the Okanagan Spring Brewery and it was pretty damn good. Now I just need to find it in Ontario.

Dance Dance Revolution machine on Amazon

Gordo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:20:39 +0000

So apparently you can buy a Dance Dance Revolution Machine on Amazon.

For the price of a car. Yikes.

Thanks to Stephen for the link up.