Full Throttle

August 15th, 2006

Some links for building your own flight simulator controls.

Build Your Own Cockpit
172R Sim
Rudder Pedals
DIY USB Joystick

Floor Sealed and Painted

July 29th, 2006

The floor was primed and then coated with two coats of DryLok epoxy paint. The plans for the construction of the room are still in the works. I will be obtaining the proper paperwork and inspections for the basement finishing project. You can never be too careful when it comes to red tape. 🙂

Primed First Coat
Second Coat

Before

July 21st, 2006

This will one day be my train room/workbench area. I moved all the stuff out (we were using it for storage) and am ready to clean and etch the floor. The Dry-Lok epoxy paint I plan to use works best if you etch clean concrete with a weak acid solution and then prime.

In the future doorway looking slightly left In the future doorway looking straight ahead
Looking back towards stairs Looking back towards future doorway

Linux Quiz #004

July 11th, 2006

Logfiles galore! (Submit Answer)

Write a bash script that will compress all files named *.log in the directory “/usr/local/app/logs” that have not been accessed in the last day.

The script should only produce output if:

  • The directory does not exist
  • An error occurs compressing the file

If you need a hint, here is a good article on using find.