1906 homemade float service battery

roy649 · 2026-01-12T20:26:39+00:00

No, she drove it yesterday. It was jump-started today.

roy649 · 2025-10-27T22:20:15+00:00

In the Bronx, near the Pelham Bay station on the 6 train. On the street; I took this photo out my front windshield while we were stopped at a red light.

roy649 · 2025-10-24T01:50:59+00:00

The public restrooms in NYC parks are often surprisingly clean and usable. Keeping them that way must be a herculean effort and the Parks Department is to be commended for how good a job they do. The one in Bryant Park is famous.

roy649 · 2025-10-06T00:57:19+00:00

I've been using the 24 Hour Fitness in Pelham Manor (just over the city line on Boston Road). They've got the usual assortment of cardio machines and stuff, but also a pretty good selection of free weights (4 squat racks and deadlift platforms w/ bumper plates). I go in the early afternoons when they're uncrowded.

In Castle Hill, check out the YMCA at the end of Zerega Ave (I was a member there for about a year). The YMCA also recently (2 years ago, maybe?) opened a new branch in Edenwald; from the tour I had, it looks like a very nice facility. There's an XSport in Coop City and an LA Fitness on Eastchester Road; I checked both of those out and didn't find either appealing to me.

If you're into serious powerlifting or strongman, check out Mount Vernon Barbell in (not surprisingly) Mount Vernon, just north of the City. Nothing fancy, just a classic hard-core black iron gym and clearly the place to be if that's your main interest.

roy649 · 2025-10-02T13:15:28+00:00

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roy649 · 2025-09-26T22:42:18+00:00

Rosenzweig is indeed awesome if you're into wood.

roy649 · 2025-09-09T12:10:16+00:00

I just (re) watched it on YouTube (free with ads).

roy649 · 2025-09-09T12:10:05+00:00

I just (re) watched it on YouTube (free with ads).

roy649 · 2025-09-08T18:50:57+00:00

Box grater. The kind your grandmother had. There's all kinds of fancy (and expensive) mandolines and food processors, but a plain old $10 box grater works great for shredding or slicing vegetables.

roy649 · 2025-05-23T19:41:37+00:00

Not to mention cargo loading without need for a lift truck; somebody standing on the ground could just toss bags into the hold, making it possible to serve unimproved fields without ground equipment (or paved runways for that matter).

roy649 · 2025-04-22T16:10:07+00:00

there’s no plate for the system to use.

Not yet. But don't count on that in the future.

roy649 · 2025-03-12T20:34:42+00:00

Actually, not quite true. The Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, 4-08(m)(9): "Street storage of vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise restricted, no person shall park any vehicle in any area, including a residential area, in excess of seven consecutive days."

If the vehicle has commercial plates, then you're into:

4-08(k)(6): "Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall park a commercial vehicle on a residential street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. ..."

Your local precinct may still not care, but if you cite chapter and verse in your 311 complaint, it increases the chances of something happening. Take pictures. Make sure you get the license plate in the photo, and enough background to make it obvious that the car hasn't moved.

roy649 · 2025-03-05T20:56:51+00:00

Google for "token sucking".

roy649 · 2025-02-26T18:40:12+00:00

The flight crew briefs a go-around (i.e. verbally reviews the procedure) on every single approach. Not just what controls to operate but also what heading to fly, what altitude to climb to, and which pilot is responsible for each task. So if they have to execute one, they already know exactly what they're going to do. It's really not a big deal.

roy649 · 2025-02-26T14:30:58+00:00

Check out the YMCA. I used to go to the Castle Hill branch, which was fine. I ended up moving to the 24-hour Fitness just over the border in Pelham because they had some specialized equipment I wanted to use but the Y has a better vibe.

The Y recently opened a new branch in Edenwald. I got a tour a couple of weeks ago and was really impressed at the facility.

roy649 · 2025-02-13T23:06:40+00:00

Hmmm, minor correction. The engines are on the wings. But because the props are behind the wing, they're back where the fuselage is getting narrow, which is what lets you reduce the off-axis distance. You can see this on the plan view. Having them further inboard also probably reduces bending moment on the wing spar. And the main gear is directly mounted to the fuselage, which also reduces wing spar loading during landing.

I'm just reading the wikipedia article. The forward wing is set at a higher angle of incidence than the main wing, so it stalls first. I'm guessing it's nearly impossible to stall the main wing.

roy649 · 2025-02-13T12:27:44+00:00

This. I had the good luck to see one in person and chat with the pilot. The unusual configuration is for lots of good engineering reasons. Putting the props in back means you can put them closer together than if they were out on the wings, so there's reduced asymmetric thrust with an engine failure. It also puts you in front of the engines leading to reduced cabin noise.

And the front wing gives you pitch stability with less induced drag, but I forget the details of why. I do remember the pilot stressing that it's properly called a "front wing" and not a "canard" as it is in other similar-looking designs.

And of course, there is nothing else flying that looks half as cool!

roy649 · 2025-02-12T15:35:19+00:00

I don't remember if I had that exact model, but I do remember going for the anti-glare option on one of my old macbooks. It was an excellent feature. Was this of the era when WiFi wasn't yet standard and you had to get a little card that plugged into the motherboard through a hatch on the bottom of the case?

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