Snelgrove Gateway burned down in 1970

I grew up in Snelgrove, ON. When I was little the restaurant/gas station/former inn called The Gateway, burned down in a huge inferno. I happened to find this picture and description in a book about the Brampton Fire Department.

Bike Rack Rack - My second meta bike rack project

Last year I upgraded my bike rack to the Thule T2 918XTR, which carries bikes tray style.
It's awesome, and works with bikes where frame geometry or size makes a frame carrier impossible.

The problem is that it is a 90# monstrosity when not mounted on a car, using up a ton of floor
space, and difficult to stand up vertically or hang.

My solution was to weld together a Bike Rack Rack. It is constructed of 6 4' 2x2 steel
sections, and 3 trailer hitch receivers, all welded together in a simple manner.

I got the Thule Rack for 4 bikes, be we only move around 3 bikes at a time, so that gave us
an extra tray, which I can use as a single bike rack on a car by just using a 2x2 insert into
the car hitch. This single tray can be seen on the left side of the image....mounted
higher on the Bike Rack Rack.

I can also move the single tray to a 1 1/2" hitch using a 2" -> 1 1/2" adapter so it
can be used on a car with only a 1 1/2" hitch receiver.

So now, all the bike racks, and 3 bikes can stand neatly and safely in a 5'x 6' space.

2012 OSI Network Fairness Model (Updated)

Back in 2008 I published my 2008 OSI Network Fairness Model. Given the SOPA and PIPA legislation now in consideration this model obviously needs to be updated!

The 2008 Fairness Model added an Enforcement Sub Layer into the existing 7 layer networking model. This sub-layer added new features to ensure that the proper authorities are informed of your activities, that your ISP's competitive objectives being met, that media companies are automatically compensated for content consumption, that litigation is automatically initiated and that anyone with a bad attitude towards this model is automatically subjected the model's filters.

Now with legislation getting behind enforcement on the Tubes we can beef that up. To keep things simple only two new sub-sub-layers are added.

New SOPA and PIPA enforcement sub-sub-layers:

• 3aa: Automated DNS filtering and DNS seizure order generation
• 3ab: Automated filing of criminal charges on both parties

I am quite certain all this is very easy to implement and will work correctly and not damage Internet security at all.

The sub layers now implement both civil and criminal legal apparatus, including internationally scoped actions. Finally the Internet will be safe for everyone.

The OSI Network Fairness Model [2008]
	Data unit	Layer	Function
Host layers	Data	7. Application	Network process to application
		6. Presentation	Data representation and encryption
		5. Session	Interhost communication
	Segment	4. Transport	End-to-end connections and reliability (TCP)
Enforcement sub-layers	Meaning, Gist, Intellectual Content	3a. Clone Redirect	Clone and redirect to any requesting enforcement agency or paying commercial service (police, intelligence services, credit reporting agency, telemarketing companies etc.)
		3aa. DNS	Using implementation of 3a. filter DNS according to SOPA and PIPA requirements and generate automated DNS Seizure orders.
		3ab. Criminal	Using implementation of 3a. trigger automated filing of criminal charges, no fly list entry, driver's license suspension, passport cancellation and tax audit of both parties in the transaction.
		3b. Delay, Drop, Mangle	Delay, Drop or Mangle packets of competing services, especially but not limited to untariffed VOIP, online advertising and vindaloo take away
		3c. Automated Copyright Management	Detect any electronic use and directly debit semi-random users savings account
		3d. Automated Litigation Commencement	File suit with over reaching damage claims based on faulty evidence in wrong jurisdictions against minors, the dead, pets and people who don't know how to use computers.
		3e. Attitude Adjustment	Trigger one or more of the above filters if user's attitude is not favourable
Media layers	Packet/Datagram	3. Network	Path determination and logical addressing (IP)
	Frame	2. Data link	Physical addressing (MAC & LLC)
	Bit	1. Physical	Media, signal and binary transmission

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Thanks to Wikipedia for OSI Model

bike trailer bike rack

I made this a while back. To allow my daughter to go on longer bike rides I got a bike trailer. Of course she would like to ride on the easy parts, so I added a bike rack to the bike trailer to carry her teeny bike. Its made with 1x1 ash, a couple of u-bolts, and a few nuts and bolts.

The bike on the rack is an 8" frame bike with rear suspension. Pretty amusing on a little kid's bike. It was a prototype bike we got at Bay Cycle in Whitby. The bike rack carries a 10" bike nicely too.

Xof1 across Ontario - Day 5

If you would like to see the Xof1 Solar Car, or say hi to Marcelo on the road, you can see the route plan HERE on the Xof1 site.

XOF1 WALK - day 5 from XOF1 on Vimeo.

Pulling Xof1 Across Ontario - Day 4

XOF1 WALK - day 4 from XOF1 on Vimeo.

Xof1 across Ontario - Day 3

Keep going Marcelo.

XOF1 WALK - day 3 from XOF1 on Vimeo.