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Rupp Update 5 – Rear Fender

Published on March 22, 2008 in Automotive and Rupp. 2 Comments

Rupp parts have become rather expensive lately, seems we are one of many Rupp restoration projects. Of the many parts we needed for this restoration is a 1971+ Rupp rear fender. We found a good front fender off eBay but the rear fenders are just too expensive for our budget so we make our own.

rupp fender

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Chrysler Magnum vs. LA Starters

Published on February 29, 2008 in Automotive and mopar. 0 Comments

Magnum starters are interchangeable with LA starters. Magnum’s up to 1998, after that they use a different electrical connection but otherwise the start is the same as the earlier Magnum starter.

mopar la magnum starters

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How to Change Wordpress Default Thumbnail Size

Published on February 24, 2008 in Website and WordPress. 1 Comment

Ripped off from HERE.

Simply put:
Open image.php from /wp-admin/includes/  NOT WP-INCLUDES!

And change the number in this line, in my case, it’s now 500. (Temporarily)

$max_side = apply_filters(’wp_thumbnail_max_side_length’,
500, $attachment_id, $file);

I’ve used this up to version 2.3.3.

There should be an option to adjust the size and quality of the thumbnail in the same area as where you upload the image.  I’m going to research this since the quality is too low and I’m sure others have had the same idea.

EVA Girls Motorcycle Model Kit’s

Published on February 24, 2008 in Anime Figures and Anime/Manga. 0 Comments

Over at www.hobbyfanatics.com is a thread by an amazing scale model builder featuring the Evangelion girls on race bikes in sexy race attire.

I found this some months ago and have read it twice, these sort of threads, known as Work In Progress (WIP) threads always interest me even though I don’t take part in the hobby.  Seeing how much work and time goes into these and the creativity the builder has inspires me to do the same, if not building models then something along the lines of complexity and creativity.

Rei Asuka bike

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KOTOKO + Dancing Schoolgirls = WIN

Published on February 22, 2008 in Internet and Music. 0 Comments

Don’t forget to put “&fmt=18″ at the end of the URL (for higher res) if you follow this to YouTube.  KOTOKO’s HAYATE no Gotoku!

btw: I increased the size (dimensions) of this video by modifying the second set of object sizes in the URL given by YouTube. 87% ratio, I chose 460X403.

Rupp Update 4

Published on February 18, 2008 in Rupp. 0 Comments

Engine Painted and front wheel painted.

 We used a wire wheel and sandpaper to strip most of the paint off the engine then used Dupli-Color Engine primer, paint, and clear coat. We cut CD print sticky paper to make a ring to cover a small amount of white paint we sprayed on the engine before the black, after taking the sticky paper off, we have a white ring similar to what came on the engine from Rupp. This picture is before taking the paper off.

 We also made an intake manifold from some metal tubing and the mounting brackets the previous owner used.  We slid the adapters into a pipe we bent with a coating of JB weld as a sealer/cement.  Then we used body fill to help make it look like one piece instead of three, and painted it on the engine.

  rupp engine

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Seras Victoria Figure Photo Shoot

Published on January 13, 2008 in Anime Figures, Anime/Manga and Photography. 1 Comment

Inspired by Danny Choo’s figure photo shoots, I decided to try it myself and of course, I did so with my favorite figure. I also plan on another photo shoot with the ComicCon version of this figure in the future.
Seras Victoria

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Blockbuster vs. Netflix

Published on January 1, 2008 in Articles and Internet. 0 Comments

This is a comparison of Blockbuster and Netflix online/mail DVD rental service with Japanese Anime as the focus.

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New Vector Banner

Published on December 28, 2007 in Website. 0 Comments

I also created a new banner that fits the new 950X200px size. This one is based off an image from ‘The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’ and was inspired by Heart464’s ‘First & Second’ A Neon Genesis Evangelion wallpaper.

It’s all Vector art, I used Illustrator CS3 to create it.

This is only the first published version (5th test version), I going to try textures to give it more character and will modify the left side with some more unique vector shapes (no Live Trace art).

banner

Installed New K2 template for Wordpress!

Published on December 27, 2007 in Internet and Website. 0 Comments

I’m currently using Release Candidate 3, the newest K2 release.

This template has almost everything that I had to edit from the default Wordpress theme (Kubrick) and then some!

With K2, I’m able to upload a banner image via GUI instead of modify code and disable functions.

K2 also has tabs! I’ve been researching adding tabs for my site for months, even built a template with the basis for tabs! These tabs are perfect for what I need and after a little modification (rounding the corners), I’ll be set.

This is how you use Tabs with Wordpress!

I’ve noticed a bug where RSS entries bleed to the content if the entry title does not have any spaces and such-as-this-type-of-entry or is a file name without spaces. K2 does not cut title off after X amount width or characters.

Also, I did not like the gap at the top of the banner, it was part of the page which made it which. It should be gray with a border or not exist in the first place, obviously I chose the latter.

To eliminate the gap, modify your style sheet like so:

#page {
…
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0px 0 10px;
position: relative;
…
}

 UPDATE:

K2, for some reason, ‘disables’ borders on images by overriding any border you put on an image with code in the style.css file.  Search for ‘img’ in the file and modify as needed:

/*img {
border: 0;
}*/