James Revillini

life

02 Apr 2012

A Hike with Marc

It was a bit chilly and certainly mushy in parts on account of the bizarre snowfall the day before, but…

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php

02 Apr 2012

Parse an uploaded CSV file in 2 lines in PHP/CakePHP

Nasty but gets it done: [crayon-5c4378ec380bc907936501/] or, if you want to be even more crazy, in 1 (note, config options are inline but I left the assignments so they are…

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life

19 Mar 2012

First Ride of 2012

[vimeo] We rode, we drank, we all like cannolis with-fucking-out chocolate chips - we are the Bulgarian Racing Team.

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life

16 Aug 2010

JATO 3.3 at Mulch Mountains

I found the best place to run the JATO - amidst mountain of mulch, right near the DMV in Winsted!…

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life

15 Aug 2010

JATO 3.3 Ready to Rock

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of picking up a like-new Traxxas JATO 3.3. My JATO had somehow gotten rusted over…

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life

08 Aug 2010

Head-butt a tree

Go ahead and give it a shot.  You will not win.  Not even if you take a running start up…

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life

07 Aug 2010

Terratrike Cruiser brake line improvement

Today, I found a kink in my left brake line which was probably the result of the brake line getting…

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life

07 Aug 2010

DIY Luggage Rack for Terratrike Cruiser Recumbent Tricycle

You've been tearing your hair out because you have an old license plate and you just don't know what to…

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software

25 Jul 2010

iTunes 9.2 hangs when syncing voice memos

If you just need a workaround so you can access other, non-voice-memo features through iTunes, such as backup, music sync,…

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life

06 Jul 2010

Ride 1 on the Trike

I just finished my first real ride on the trike: 11.6 miles, my normal commute to work, and it was wonderful!  I kind of thought I was going to feel…

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life

03 Jul 2010

TerraTrike Cruiser has Arrived!

It was a good thing I called yesterday to see when my highly anticipated trike would be delivered, because apparently…

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life

01 Jul 2010

Trike is so close I can taste it

[cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Grand+Rapids,+MI&daddr=toledo,+oh+to:Rochester,+NY+to:hartford,ct&hl=en&geocode=FaCRjwIdCs_k-ikVKFC7YFQYiDHQqNMby6qTpQ%3BFcK9ewIddAwF-yl5Th78LYc7iDFFwzpFn8g8fA%3B%3B&mra=ls&sll=40.279526,-81.430664&sspn=11.828614,23.005371&ie=UTF8&ll=42.244785,-79.123535&spn=11.480271,23.005371&z=6 width=350 height=425 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no] THIS IS TORTURRRRRRRRRE!  I WANT THAT TRIKE SO BAD.  AAAAAAG!  THEY PASSED…

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