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Ricetek http://www.ricetek.net a blog by yaleman. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en JCal Pro All day problem fix. http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/28/jcal-pro-all-day-problem-fix http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/28/jcal-pro-all-day-problem-fix#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:19:16 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=340 It seems that on the “upcoming events” module of JCal Pro it shows “(All Day)” if you’ve got an all day item. It’s ugly and I was asked how to remove it. Here’s how to do it:

Edit modules/mod_jcalpro_latest.php
Comment out this line:

$returnstring .= ( $EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] ) ? ‘ (’ . $start_time . ( ($EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] == 3 || $no_end_specified) ? ” : ‘ - ‘ . $end_time ) . ‘)’ : ”;

Replace it with:

if( $EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] )
{
if( $start_time != EXTCAL_TEXT_ALL_DAY )
{
$returnstring .= ‘ (’ . $start_time . ( ($EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] == 3 || $no_end_specified) ? ” : ‘ - ‘ . $end_time ) . ‘)’;
}
}

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I love tech support http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/21/i-love-tech-support http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/21/i-love-tech-support#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:44:44 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=337 Here’s my current fun with a certain unnamed hosting provider. Feel free to traceroute this site’s domain name if you want to know which one.

me: “please do this specific thing to twenty domains.”
them: “ok, like this?”
me: “no, do it how I asked!”
them: “oh dear, we need someone smarter… I’ll send the request somewhere else”
[ 24 hours goes past ]
me: “hello?”
them: “sorry, ok, done”
me: “but you didn’t do it, and I had to create a new ticket to ask you to do it again, properly!”
them: “ok, done… I checked two.”
me: “… out of twenty? I’ll do it myself. DO NOT BREAK ANYTHING ELSE”

This may be slightly paraphrased, but it’s taken three days to go backwards on where I was at the start, and realise I should have just done it myself the first time.

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Birthday tankbags ahoy! http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/21/birthday-tankbags-ahoy http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/21/birthday-tankbags-ahoy#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:34:48 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=334 oxford tankbagI’ve been considering storage solutions for on my bike - ventura racks and bags and so forth. As a small, portable solution I’ve been looking at a magnetic tank bag as they’re removable and relatively cheap (not to mention easy to get, since they’re not model-specific) and allow me to use my gps and or see my phone while riding.

I went down to Springwood Suzuki and was reccommended the Oxford brand, and I agreed - purchasing one of these. Well, borysSNORC did anyway :D

It’s got loads of pockets, big magnets to hold it on, can zip into a backback and has a zip-off bum bag on the right there. Pretty good quality, that’s for sure.

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Rjays Edge boots, a week later. http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/16/rjays-edge-boots-a-week-later http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/16/rjays-edge-boots-a-week-later#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:23:44 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=331 Just a quick post - these boots are super-comfy! I’ve had them for just over a week now and have worn them every day, including a full day of riding on the 13th (which I really should post about)
Suffice to say: they’re worn in, they fit nicely, they aren’t great for walking long distances in and they hold in all the right places for a well made boot. I’m going to have to watch the big velcro section to make sure it doesn’t fill up with fuzz - but other than that it’s all looking good :)

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My first two-wheeled lube job http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/12/my-first-two-wheeled-lube-job http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/12/my-first-two-wheeled-lube-job#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:30:01 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=322 Oil and FilterSo, I’m going down the route of trying to make motorcycling the cheapest I can. I’m planning on doing as much repair and maintenance as I can, so that includes things like adjustments of controls, and oil & filter replacements :)

A couple of days ago I adjusted the throttle free-play, something that’d been plaguing me since I got the bike. It had about 1/8th of a turn of play :S

I also plastic-welded the fairings back together, which made me happy in my pants to see the bike not rattling and ripping itself apart…

Old and new filtersToday’s work included a replacement of the oil filter and the oil in the bike. I hope to do it every six to ten thousand K’s with the oil I’m using and the bike that I have. I chose to use Motul 5100 semi-synth as it’s under sixty bucks for four litres and has good reviews on a few sites. The oil filter was easy to get - a Ryco Z411 from SuperCheap Auto for a massive twelve dollars.

The job wasn’t hard to do - I’m getting good at taking the lower fairings off :) Once I worked out how to take the oil cooler off without having to replace the seals on the hoses, I dropped the oil and got the filter off. I was worried if the filter would fit, as I’d read only found a vague reference to a non-standard one on a forum posting. Uh, it did, huzzah. If you want a cheap and good ZZR600 oil filter, get a Z411. I’m thinking I might try to find a highflow one later, and will take a look at things when I can. Until then, the filter designed for a much larger motor should be fine ;)

The rest of the job was pretty easy, topping up the oil and making sure I didn’t get it all over the place. 3.6lt of oil later, and the job was done :)

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I bought boots! http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/08/i-bought-boots http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/08/i-bought-boots#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:12:46 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=319 edge-blackBeing 6′9″ tall with size fifteen-ish shoes makes it interesting to buy shoes at the best of times. It’s basically “what have you got? I’ll take it!” for dress shoes and joggers it’s “what do you have that’s not a basketball shoe? I’ll take it!”

Searching for motorcycle gear’s been a challenge, because it’s specialised and they don’t sell that much. I’ve found three pairs of boots that fit, and only two that fit comfortably without plans to take them to a bootmaker. Both of them are made by RJays and the ones I bought todays are their “Edge” model in a UK size 48.

I got ‘em from Springwood Suzuki for the sum of $229 or so. Don’t ask me to be specific because I’m too lazy to go find the receipt. It’s a good price, since the Sidi’s that didn’t fit me (too skinny, those girly Italian feet) were at least twice the price. But they had more shiny bits and toe vents and things. Eww. Give me boots that protect me from going smoosh, and don’t fall apart. Thanks.

I also found some leather pants that fit me, but that’s a post for tomorrow or something.

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My Nebo Cherry Got Popped http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/03/my-nebo-cherry-got-popped http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/03/my-nebo-cherry-got-popped#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:37:43 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=313 2008-08-02 Nebo Bikes

So, my bike’s in the shop and I have a morning off from work. A friend offers me a ride of his spare bike, and the opportunity to be led through the twisties heading up to the Maiala Rainforest Teahouse at Mount Nebo/Glorious. Who could say no? Not me!

I’ll admit it, I was shitting myself. On someone else’s much lighter and more responsive bike, tooling through the hills and trying to not look like a complete grandma - which I failed at, but am cool with that) :)

It was a great couple of hours of riding with a break for coffee and a toasted bacon and egg sammich. I got to see how my practice held up against some real roads instead of the lots-of-straights-and-suburbia I’d been riding around. Not to mention I finally met snail/rasp/David, which only took about a year or two.


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Wordpress security tip http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/01/wordpress-security-tip http://www.ricetek.net/2008/08/01/wordpress-security-tip#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:53:52 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=311 You can prevent people from looking inside your directories by creating a file in there called “.htaccess” and adding the following line:

Options -Indexes

This is a good way of doing this, since it then tells the web browser “You’re not allowed in here” rather than having to create blank files to hide your directories :)

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My baby’s in the hospital :( http://www.ricetek.net/2008/07/30/my-babys-in-the-hospital http://www.ricetek.net/2008/07/30/my-babys-in-the-hospital#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:13:51 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=306 Well, my motorbike’s in for repairs. The girl that hit it at work decided that insurance (or telling her dad) wasn’t the way to go and has agreed to pay in cash. I dropped it off to Silver Star yesterday, the first time I’ve let anyone else touch it… can’t wait to get it back sans rattles :)

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Missing categories problem with Wordpress 2.6 http://www.ricetek.net/2008/07/29/missing-categories-problem-with-wordpress-26 http://www.ricetek.net/2008/07/29/missing-categories-problem-with-wordpress-26#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:00:45 +0000 James Hodgkinson http://www.ricetek.net/?p=302 So, loads of people are having issues with this as per a search or two on the Wordpress forums, and I found myself in the same boat. Check it out - I found a fix :)

I inserted the wp_categories table from my backups and then ran the sql query I found here:

update wp_term_taxonomy, wp_categories set description = cat_name where term_id = cat_ID;
update wp_terms, wp_categories set name = cat_name, slug = category_nicename where term_id = cat_ID;

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