Category: Miscellaneous

Bicycle Derailleur Adjustments
article #1130, updated 2296 days ago

If you bicycle much using the most common shifting systems, you’ll need these. Thus far I am finding the instructions on Liv’s Cycling to be best for the rear, and wikihow or madegood.org for the front. The most important thing yet learned: instructions often get the “H” and the “L” limit screws reversed for whichever bicycle you’re on. Got to check it for each derailleur, by seeing the slight movement per half-turn of each screw. General thoughts:

  1. Mounting position has to be right. This is not very confusing in the various web resources studied.
  2. Each derailleur, front and rear, has an H screw and an L screw. On each, one screw sets the max deflection towards the frame, the other sets the max deflection away from the frame. These are called limit screws.
  3. Cable tension can simulate one of the limit screws. Use the tension caps on the gear control, or (when they are there) the caps on the derailleurs themselves, to relieve tension, to verify that you are seeing reality of limit screws, not the simulation of the cable tension :-) Which screw tension simulates, also varies by make and model and type of derailleur.

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BBQ sauce with no added sugar
article #1116, updated 2344 days ago

This is “Cornell Chicken Barbecue Sauce”, created in 1950 by Robert C. Baker in order to encourage certain kinds of agriculture, especially that of chicken. The sauce remains extremely popular in certain places. And it has no added sugar, unlike every BBQ sauce this writer has ever seen in many supermarkets.

1 cup cooking oil
1 pint cider vinegar
3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 egg

Beat the egg, then add the oil and beat again. Add other ingredients and stir. The recipe can be varied to suit individual tastes. Leftover sauce can be stored in a glass jar in a refrigerator for several weeks.

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General Instructions for Computer
article #1111, updated 2349 days ago

  1. Turn on.
  2. Move mouse and press buttons until done.
  3. Turn off.

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Delete snapshots from at least some NETGEAR ReadyNASes
article #872, updated 3076 days ago

Update your firmware first to the latest, and then try this:

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23407/~/how-do-i-delete-snapshots-using-the-recovery-mode-on-my-readynas-os-6-storage

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