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More bike accessory hacks
2023-08-10
Ok, this is proof-of-concept level, so not sure how much of it is worth pursuing yet, but here you go: https://imgur.com/a/3fN3hqL My motivation: Bottle for longer, hotter rides around town when I mostly know where I’m going Bag for very long rides when I need more calories - I don’t normally want it there interfering with my knee range-of-motion. Phone for any other time, partly with the idea of being able to snap it off quickly for a photo Bottle: the off-the-shelf bottle mount works pretty well. My top tube slants down to the seat, so the bottle is inverted, and I thought I wouldn’t trust a normal bottle cage there. But to be truly micro-optimized, it needs a “self-sealing” valve like on all my other bottles, and this Peaty brand bottle doesn’t have it - but Fidlock bottles do. …
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Upgrading my bike accessories
2021-03-02
I’ve always been fond of physical modular systems, but lately I’ve become a little obsessed with customizing my stuff with modular attachments. My bike has seen the most of this, both in terms of the number of projects, and the amount of effort put into them. …
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Using Hugo and org-mode for a blog
2017-09-30
I just set up this blog with Hugo. This is the story of why and how. …
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A DIY appliance shutoff system (md)
2017-09-02
I need a way to shut off an appliance if it’s dumping water too fast for the drain, because reasons. I have a [[http://www.getfloodstop.com/][Floodstop]] for another appliance, it works well but it’s pricey, and works with the water line instead of power, which is what I need. Tight space constraints prevent me from using something like [[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00988NOV2][this]]. Guess that means I have to make it myself… Ideas disable water or power? DIY float switch, integrated into standpipe plumbing fixture to attach to standpipe Version 1 Ultimately, the simplest, cheapest thing won: Attach a tee fixture to the standpipe, as a makeshift overflow fitting. This was harder than it sounds, because …