zog blog mk II

from XKCD:

and kind of related…. Zany Fatwah’s part one:

A controversy is brewing in Saudi Arabia over a new fatwa issued that advocates, er, adult breastfeeding.

The bike is still going fine.
The packrack cracked and needs repair, a nut came loose on it and I didn’t notice causing uneven weight distribution.
Battery a bit more faded, but still more than enough grunt to go to work and back and can hit the rated speed without pedalling.

For more than a week, Ria Ramkissoon watched passively as her one-year-old son wasted away, denied food and water because the older woman she lived with said it was God’s will.

no greater joy than showings gods love with a rubber hose

I can’t really say any more than this site already says in detail.

And I’m making a point of linking to the .COM.AU version of the domain. AUDAs snivelling pathetic bahaviour has been duly noted.

Sometimes you have to state the bleeding obvious.

When did all these jackbooted extremists creep into the Laboral party?

related:

http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/australia-worst-censorship-2009/

I have nicknamed them cheapowave as they are using some ideas from the “econowave” project as documented at AudioKarma, but using less expensive compression drivers. Given the total parts so far is about AUD $680 not actually that cheap, but the results are good.

Will document these in more detail in an article on MINIRIG

UPDATE: first draft of more detailed article now posted on Minirig

Here are some snapshots:

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Mom expected God to provide food, daughter testifies in this New Jersey News article.

Over three months in 2006, as her five children grew more emaciated and listless by the day, Estelle Walker made no move to find a job, no effort to scrounge up a meal, her kids told a jury yesterday.

At one point, the daughter said, she and her siblings went 11 days without food. When police were at last summoned to the Sussex County cabin by neighbors, investigators found the children so malnourished they had difficulty talking.

Well its now well over a year of riding the greenewheels bike and still going well.

I did have to get the bottom bracket fixed, it had started getting very loose, though this is evidently quite normal “consumable” in any bike getting a lot of use. The bike shop didn’t have a replacement part as the greenewheels parts are wider due to the electric stuff (not quite standard size), but they have managed to repair what is there so it is fine. Next time I’ll sort out sourcing the part, there are enough ebike shops that it should be available somewhere.

Took the bike to Dandenong Bicycle Superstore who did a good job, and sorted a lot of bike maintenance/ tuning type issues that I’ve had a fiddle at but never got quite right, like the spoke tensioning and stuff like that. And my rear brakes, which needed attention. The general service on the bike from these guys well worth it.

Also I suspect the range on a full charge is down to about 33KM from the 44KM range it had when new, this is the expected wear on the battery, but I’m guessing I still have another year of use from the battery before it needs replacement. This matches the stated expected battery life so all OK there, especially as I can still get to work and back on a charge with some range left over.

“The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of undiagnosed diabetes as the family prayed for her to get better has testified that she believes sickness is caused by sin and can be cured by God.”

From The Age:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/dead-girls-mother-sickness-caused-by-sin-20090729-e0et.html

Well just a status update.. the lack of posting about the bike is actually a reflection of it’s reliability… still commuting on it near every day, still enjoying it.