My Custom T Shirt

Customize a T-shirt using acrylic paints. OK to try this at home because the paint drips can be cleaned up with isopropyl alcohol. It's only paint and the worst thing that can happen it that a T-shirt becomes ruined. In the words of Tommy Chong, "Don't worry about a little extra paint because that gives it some character." Besides, Sumdangdik is sunburned already so it is time to come indoors after working on his tan today.

This T-shirt was nice, but it needed something extra. Sumdangdik decided to add yellow ringers and orange arrows. Painting a T-shirt requires the use of masking tape. Lots and lots of masking tape. He supported the fabric by hand while dabbing the paint. You can do it too, if you use your drawing skills.

Sleeve pattern from wootsauce or this design detail it was in these a few months ago.
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My Early Morning

"Walking Up To You" © 2011 Michael A. Klaus

I wanted my own place as there were things I had to get,
Never thought the path I took would lead me to regret,
I chose myself to walk away, my own life to pursue,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you,

I wanted someone better loveless fantasy pursue,
Though I'd though of everything I hadn't got a clue,
I choose of my own armament although my aim is true,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you.

A system of entitlement my gender should be blessed,
Didn't want to pull my weigh and now I pull it best,
It was my only privilege, to me the pay was due,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you.
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My business was unfinished in each day an open door,
Waiting for the world to end in rapture sepulcher,
I went my only way because I knew that we were through,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you.

My anger was a blessing although now it's just a slur,
Swept away to dizzy heights inside a social whir,
I made up my own bed and even there I was untrue,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you.

I gave my human rights away and now I want them back,
Suddenly the light of day has turned a glossy black,
I used to sing a happy song and now my song is blue,
I didn't know I would be walking up to you.

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My Hash Bang

Wait Until JAVAscript © 2011 Michael A. Klaus
Sung to the tune of Wait Until Tomorrow, Jimi Hendrix EMI Music Publishing

Well I’m waiting, you teasing,
Inside your golden web site,
Got my comment posted up upon your wall,
Tonight’s the night we planned to Facebook together,
Come on Internet there’s no time to stall,
But now you’re showing me,
I think you better try again tomorrow,
Long time,
I think you better try again tomorrow,
Seems to be taking awhile,
I think you better try again tomorrow,

Got to make sure it’s right,
Error message comes to light,
Oh what a drag,

Oh Apache how can you hang me out this way,
On the smartphone you said that I could post something today,
Now I’m standing here like some dial-up Interblogging fool,
Seeing error messages from the mixed-up mind of you,
And you keep printing me that ah,
I think you better try again tomorrow,
What are you writing about,
I think you better try again tomorrow,
Ah, I can’t wait that long,
I think you better try again tomorrow,

DSL makes a slight,
Error message comes to light,
See if I can send to this Net a little byte,

Oh Internet Bitch you must be insane,
So unsure of your health,
Sending from your Java weathervane,
Do I see you spin around and randomly pointing,
Something is for free,
Hash Bang,
Oh what a hang,
Your Spam Bot just shot poor me,
And I hear you say it’s the fad today,
We don’t have to wait until tomorrow,
We can implement hash bang today,
Hey,
We won’t ever use Java tomorrow,
Javascript isn’t right,
So forever goodnight,

We don’t have to wait until tomorrow,
You all have to wait, they all have to wait
Javascript makes you wait until tomorrow,
It’s a drag on my part,
Hash bang makes you wait until tomorrow,
Don’t have to wait, don’t have to wait…

My Ampere Clamps

Spark gaps can't handle the amps, Clamps!
Spark gaps can't handle the amps.

     Motor electric is real,
     Energy going to steal,
     Arcing and sparking, ozone and marking,
     Brushes and segments anneal.

Spark gaps can't handle the amps, Clamps!
Spark gaps can't handle the amps.

     Though it is time to slow down.
     Motor keeps spinning around,
     In it’s own way, it keeps making hay,
     Electrical noise doth abound.

Spark gaps can't handle the amps, Clamps!
Spark gaps can't handle the amps.

     A nuisance that must be abate,
     Rather than brushes ablate,
     Clamp it with diode instead of a gap,
     The motor can then generate,

    Power, because…

Spark gaps can't handle the amps, Clamps!
Spark gaps can't handle the amps.

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My Biplane Propeller

Recently listened to a lecture on regenerative electric flight. Electric motor and propeller airplanes are actually flying these days in 2011. Electric motor glider can take off using electric motor and propeller, and fly into an area of lift there to circle and gain altitude in the regular way as a glider flies. During glide to landing, the propeller could function as a windmill and the motor could function as a generator, recharging the batteries during descent.
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My Favorite Magazine

Some of you have been uable to solve the previous two brain teasers.  Perhaps this one will be a little bit easier. 

Slightly mangled spoilers appear after the cut!

My Yarn Indicator

The F__d Explorer SUV ventilation system has two states, hot and cold. There must be a way to see which state it has, since it is old and cantankerous. Now that yours truly has replaced the heater control valve (which leaked), the radiator (which leaked), the SUV has provided lots of heat through the winter of 2010-2011. In fact the heat is all that was available because the heater control valve had been disconnected from vacuum. No vacuum brings heat mode as far as the heater control valve is concerned. The heater control valve had been disconnected by yours truly after replacing such item.

MAY 2015 UPDATE http://sumdangdik.blogspot.com/2015/05/my-yarn-indicator-ii.html

The heater control valve turns on when vacuum is on, to "recirculate mode" which means no heat. Since the weather is becoming hot nowadays, yours truly wants to have air conditioning. Which means connecting vacuum, then this brings no heat on those cold mornings. After re-connecting the heater control valve to the existing SUV control system, and also after removing the glovebox, here is seen another vacuum operated device on the same vacuum circuit.

This vacuum motor shaft moves up and down using commands from the heater control panel. The heater control valve uses the same vacuum signal. If we could see the state of this vacuum motor, then we would know the state of the heater control valve. When the heater control panel in the cooling mode position, it is necessary to jiggle the handle in the MAX A/C position, less than one millimeter right or left until the vacuum motor moves down. There is a pneumatic hiss.

Then again, sometimes the heater is necessary. Move the handle to the PANEL position. Again, it is necessary to jiggle the handle in the PANEL position, less than one mm right or left until the vacuum motor moves up. There is a pneumatic hiss. An important point is, how will we know if the vacuum system is in heat mode or cool mode, after replacing the glovebox we can't see the vacuum motor.

The answer is yarn. We will use a piece of attractive yarn as an indicator. First use a dab of our favorite rubber cement on the actuator strut as shown above.

Next, make a loop of yarn and then tie the yarn onto the strut, in such a way that the yarn is also surrounding the rubber cement. Trim away the excess. Then add an appropriate lightweight sash weight. Consult with your favorite sea floppet for good advice.

The position of this sash weight will indicate the cooling system state, lower is cooler.