Steven
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Damn noisy machines - 22:09
One of the controlling nodes for the large Beowulf cluster here (the machine
bunyip.anu.edu.au) just started making a racket (the power supply fan failing)
as it is across the other side of the TSG area here I can hear it. I should
wait for Bob before doing anything like shutting it down and replacing bits,
so I think maybe it is time to go home, not everything I was trying to get
done is finished, but hey it is after 10pm.
On a side note, I got the Jodi Martin album Twenty One Stairs today (as kind of recommended by BCG and the order placement mentioned here), I had to put a cheque in the mail and send off for it, and as it appears the retailer linked from the Jodi Martin website is out of stock of her studio album "Water and Wood", I am trying the postal request and delivery method for that album also. Once I have listened to Twenty One Stairs some more I will probably talk about it more in the correct category (this post is yet more evidence of why I want multiple category post capability in blosxom).
Oh and yeah I notice Hugh mentioned buying and using some white lightning lube on his recumbent. I agree the wax based lubes are good as you have a nice not messy drive train, however the thing I notice is they do not last very long before reapplication is necessary. I use dry lubes on my mtb usually, and have to relube once every 40 to 100 KM most of the time (so often more than once a day, and in endurance races usually once per lap or every two laps), on the road bike I tend to use wet lube (tri-flow being the standard) as it lasts a lot longer between reapplication, and the lack of dust to gunk it up means the drive train can stay cleaner. Of course for Hugh, YMMV.
