by Shannon Graham | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Solution: A metal board, similar to a whiteboard. Strongly magnetized so that nuts and bolts stick to it. Grease pen to label nuts according to where they came from. Problem: While doing an engine swap on a 1984 Corolla hatchback this weekend, I kept misplacing bolts....
by Shannon Graham | Jun 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Racing cars is a lot of fun. What’s less fun is doing arithmetic by hand for an hour to find out how well people did. Fortunately, we now have the technology to ease this pain. This guy I go out with, Quinn, is into drift racing. When he doesn’t have a car...
by Shannon Graham | Jun 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here’s a couple of things I did wrong when trying to use CakePHP, for your benefit. Several months ago I applied at a company called Radar Hill, which uses Cake as their main framework. Naturally I set about learning how to use it as soon as possible. I...
by Shannon Graham | May 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Take a rusted, rotten shell of an old car. Source Remove all the junk from inside of it. Source Set it under a nice maple tree. Source Bolt in a racing seat. Source Remove the steering column, and replace it with a laptop desk on a swivel. Source...
by Shannon Graham | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
You have to reach down to loosen the strap on clip-style bicycle pedals. Who knew. No one ever mentioned this to me – they either weren’t aware or didn’t know. “Google it” isn’t a helpful answer. It never even occurred to me to ask...
by Shannon Graham | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have to confess. I’m too lazy. I should be working on finding a co-op position for the summer. Last year, my cousin was in the same position, and he didn’t find one. He left it till too late. I sneered at him behind his back. Earlier in the year, last...
