Budgeting Spreadsheets
Permalink | May 28, 2006 by John in Uncategorized
Updated! Again!
- Pear Budget This one rules.
Of Zen of ComputingThis one sucks.
So I sanitized my personal budgeting spreadsheet and uploaded it. It’s more sophisticated than the “ofzenandcomputing” spreadsheet above but less sophisticated than the Pear Budget spreadsheet (which I’m now trying out).
It’s in a zip file (7kb) because Tom’s server doesn’t like certain file extensions, including .xls (Excel).
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My RSS feed
Permalink | May 25, 2006 by John in Uncategorized
I finally figured it out. The reason nothing was showing up on my RSS feed is because I wasn’t using titles for my blog posts. Lame.
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Dave Ramsey for Non-Believers
Permalink | May 24, 2006 by John in Uncategorized
Number 5 in a
Series
| When Dave says… | Substitute… | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | “Sit down with your pastor and talk about your marriage (or kids or whatever)” | Get professional counseling. |
This one is pretty much a no-brainer. If you’re in a church, go talk to your pastor. If you’re not in a church, either find god and go to the pastor, or get actual professional help. Simple.
Where it gets complicated is the pastor’s training and personal motives. How often does a pastor recommend a course of action to someone based on the religious answer when perhaps that’s not the best answer for that person. They would probably argue that the religion-based answer is the only answer, but that would be myopic, wouldn’t it?
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Motorcycle Maintenance
Permalink | by John in Uncategorized
Note to self: the odometer on my motorcycle rolled over 26,000 miles on the way home from work, May 23, 2006.
Well, due to various commitments I won’t be going on a road trip this Memorial Day Weekend. Instead, I’ll stick around for the car show on Saturday and then tear apart my bike for maintenance on Sunday. Here’s what’s on tap for the scooter:
- Oil and filter change
- New spark plugs
- New jets and needles for the carbs as well as drilled out carb sliders to 7/64″
- New tires (I already have the new Avon Venom skins and will drop them off with the wheels at Jeff’s on Tuesday and remount the wheels on the bike one evening that week or the following weekend), which will naturally involve readjusting the belt tension when I remount the wheels
- Speedbleeders for the brake calipers (install and re-bleed brakes)
- 1″ Spacers for the handlebar risers to bring the bars a little closer
- Clean and re-oil the K&N air filters
- Install new carb brace from Bellacorse
- Solder pigtail wires on new micro-toggle switch for driving lights and install in dash
- Reinstall my bike watch on the steering head bolt
- Check the valve clearances and re-shim if necessary (this is the big bad boogieman - never done it before)
- Install new idle mixture screws in carbs (I don’t know about this one - some people have been having problems with them -I might wait)
- Install stainless steel allenhead screw kit in carbs
- Replace tiny stock inline fuel filter with aftermarket glass inline-filter
- Balance carbs
- Install replacement sidestand
- Install new louder horn
With the exception of the valve adjustment, it should all be very fun. I love wrenching on my bike. After this all I need to do to get ready for my July bike trips is to get the right saddlebag re-painted (I finished sanding it last Saturday) and put the new locks into the EasyBrackets. I’ll probably try and figure out a supplemental system to insure that neither of them come off again.
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Ultimate gearhead bachelor wallhanging: Model Spru…
Permalink | May 22, 2006 by John in Uncategorized
Ultimate gearhead bachelor wallhanging: Model Sprue Wall-Hanging Action. As some of the commenters indicate, it might be cool to mock something like this up with old car parts.
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