Tuesday, August 19, 2008

subnetting and motorcycles

recently my networking classes have shown a greater interest in my ability to subnet, and because i never really learned it except for the stuff that i picked up on my own, it is becoming harder and harder to do the calculations in my head, and i have been resorting more and more to this lovely chart that i found




the thing is, i mean, i love using this chart, i would love to have one printed out poster size, but i really should try to pack the info into my head, it would be a lot quicker and i would not have to drag a chart around with me all the time.


on to the second part of my blog

i am currently in the process of purchasing a motorcycle, i am getting a great deal on it because sadly it needs a bit of work. to start with, the headlight did not work. after $10 and 4 hours of my time i got it working, i ended up just replacing all the wiring and switch for it. i added a 30 amp inline fuse where i came off the battery and a 3 position 2 throw switch. after some clever wiring i was able to get both high and low beams working.

the other thing that needs fixed is the fork seals need replaced. from what i have read it is possible for me to make the repairs myself, however, i dont know that i really want to do this on my own. it involves taking the whole front of the bike off in order to replace them. i still have about a month before i will be able to ride it because i need to finish paying for it and then i need to get a helmet and get insurance on it so i am thinking that i will take it in for repairs in a couple of weeks and just have a pro replace the seals.

2 comments:

brandonamp said...

If you're in a position where you're going to be using it everyday, you'll remember it a lot better than if you tried to memorize and not use it. If you're not using it daily, it's kind of a waste to memorize all that for no reason.
But, that's just my opinion.

Unknown said...

sweet. motorcycles!! motorcycles are cool! lol!