subbessubbes - LiveJournal.com(Untitled)- May 27, 2008 We spent $25 on ice cream today.http://subbes.livejournal.com/1508937.html (Untitled)- May 23, 2008 Oh, hay, there's an election going on, and predictably, it's devolved into a mess of mud-slinging, accusations of lack of experience, attempts to silence candidates (and supporters) and in some cases, outright name-calling. Hoorj.Multiple individuals on my f-list are on the LJAB poll. I read their platforms, reviewed their qualifications, and voted based on that. And I ended up voting for jameth in first place. He has experience, he has a willingness to serve, and he has a platform I...http://subbes.livejournal.com/1508645.html (Untitled)- May 22, 2008 The roomba still fails both the tach and motor function tests (motor function indicates an overload). I'm suspecting binding, perhaps on the other side of the wheel. That'll be annoying to get at. I'm not trying tonight.Yay first world problems.http://subbes.livejournal.com/1508073.html Lefty loosey, righty tighty- May 22, 2008 I spent the evening voiding the already-expired warranty on one of the Roombas. I was hoping to find the cause of its hopping dance, slow wheel and failed tachometer self-test, but neither of the wheel belts were slipping or broken. So, unless the small amount of Cabot hair that I fished out of the motor housing was to blame (one can always hope, but I'm a sceptic), I may have to start looking for electrical or controller issues. That's assuming it still works after this. I haven't...http://subbes.livejournal.com/1507632.html (Untitled)- May 2, 2008 I spent an hour and a half combing through the back archives of Bobbins looking for the strip this new icon came from. Turns out that had I gone backwards from my starting point, rather than forwards, I would have found it in five minutes. "The central lesson I learned from exotic animal trainers is that I should reward behavior I like and ignore behavior I don't. After all, you don't get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging."http://subbes.livejournal.com/1504722.html |