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I heard about bump keys recently, and had a little time to play around this morning. I read an article about them, and watched a youtube video, and away I went. It took about 15 minutes to hand-file a key. And then another 20 minutes to try the "pull-back" method, file the key a little more and switch to the "minimal-movement" method, spray a little WD-40 in the lock -- tada! I was kind of surprised that it actually worked.
I tried again, and it took me maybe 10 minutes to open it. You have to bang harder than you might expect. The next time was maybe 2 minutes, and then 30 seconds. I switched to the door handle (I had been working on the deadbolt -- there apparently is some risk of breaking the lock, and I figured if I can only choose one lock to have working, I would rather have the handle lock working) and I opened it in about 10 seconds.
Tonight, due to the Steeler's game, the first snowfall, and regular silly commuters, my trip home took an hour and 15 minutes, resulting in an average speed of 3.5 miles an hour.
The last mile and a half took 45 minutes.
I found this article at Ed Bott's blog, where it shows some screenshots from a spam control client-server piece of software. It looks pretty neat -- if you're into that sort of thing.
I guess I will need to read the book - I have not liked a fair amount of what John Piper has to say (which is unfortunate, since my church loves everything he says). But I happened across Slice of Laodicea and read the following quote today, which is exactly how I have been thinking recently:
I have a couple cds of Keith Green, but hadn't ever actually seen him. I happened across For Such A Time As This and watched this video of Asleep In The Light:
