Stopping the Click

Finally I stopped an annoying clicking sound on my mountain bike. It only happened when I pedaled under load. Here's what I did to stop it (using http://www.jimlangley.net/wrench/keepitquiet.htm):

• Removed the water bottle cage and all other bolts in the frame and greased them up.
• Re-greased the seat post and seat post bolt
• Loosened the front derailleur clamp and greased it up
• Put a dab of chain lube on each part of the frame that the shifter cables run through
• Bought new pedals (Candy 2s :)
• Bought a new bottom bracket (noticed mine had some slight side-to-side play in it)
• Used teflon tape on the threads of the new BB
• Removed each chain ring bolt and applied some loc-tite
• Removed the crank arms and greased them (octa-link... never do this to square taper!)
• Finally, I sprayed silicon lube on the right crank arm where it is in contact with the large chain ring. That did the trick!

Virgin Mobile Customer Service Sucks!

Never, NEVER, call 1-888-322-1122. The people there suck and have no clue. Call 1-855-250-5271. It's some escalation number that the sucky, non-English-speaking people at the first number will never tell you. They will claim they are the only customer service available.

The person I spoke with at the 855 number was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. If you call the 888 number, swear at them, but be kind to the people at the other number.

As a side note... I used Virgin Mobile's only form to send a message (complaining about their customer service). They ask for my name, phone number, and personal pin. I received a "message received" email back from them. The email included BOTH my phone number AND personal pin! That's the information I use to log into their webiste!!! That isn't very secure for many reason.....

By the way, I got the phone number from this blog:

http://www.screenwerk.com/2011/02/20/virginmobiles-bad-customer-service-im-starting-to-rank/

Windows CMD .bashrc equivilant

This is the best thing ever! I could never find a way to automatically source a file no matter where/how I started "cmd" from Windows.

But here it is:

http://mindinthewater.blogspot.com/2010/11/bashrc-for-windows-cmdexe-shell.html

Bottom line:

1. Create some file like: C:\Windows\cmdauto.cmd
2. Add some stuff, like: doskey cp=copy $*
3. Add a String Value "AutoRun" to this key:
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
   
4. Put "C:\Windows\cmdauto.cmd" as the value.

Now, no matter where you start cmd, it will execute "cmdauto.cmd" first.

Dare you to look at this site...

http://www.penisland.net

(probably not what you think)