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It seems that on the “upcoming events” module of JCal Pro it shows “(All Day)” if you’ve got an all day item. It’s ugly and I was asked how to remove it. Here’s how to do it:

Edit modules/mod_jcalpro_latest.php
Comment out this line:

$returnstring .= ( $EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] ) ? ‘ (‘ . $start_time . ( ($EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] == 3 || $no_end_specified) ? ” : ‘ – ‘ . $end_time ) . ‘)’ : ”;

Replace it with:

if( $EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] )
{
if( $start_time != EXTCAL_TEXT_ALL_DAY )
{
$returnstring .= ‘ (‘ . $start_time . ( ($EXTCAL_CONFIG['show_times'] == 3 || $no_end_specified) ? ” : ‘ – ‘ . $end_time ) . ‘)’;
}
}

Here’s my current fun with a certain unnamed hosting provider. Feel free to traceroute this site’s domain name if you want to know which one.

me: “please do this specific thing to twenty domains.”
them: “ok, like this?”
me: “no, do it how I asked!”
them: “oh dear, we need someone smarter… I’ll send the request somewhere else”
[ 24 hours goes past ]
me: “hello?”
them: “sorry, ok, done”
me: “but you didn’t do it, and I had to create a new ticket to ask you to do it again, properly!”
them: “ok, done… I checked two.”
me: “… out of twenty? I’ll do it myself. DO NOT BREAK ANYTHING ELSE”

This may be slightly paraphrased, but it’s taken three days to go backwards on where I was at the start, and realise I should have just done it myself the first time.

I’ve been considering storage solutions for on my bike – ventura racks and bags and so forth. As a small, portable solution I’ve been looking at a magnetic tank bag as they’re removable and relatively cheap (not to mention easy to get, since they’re not model-specific) and allow me to use my gps and or see my phone while riding.

I went down to Springwood Suzuki and was reccommended the Oxford brand, and I agreed – purchasing one of these. Well, borysSNORC did anyway

It’s got loads of pockets, big magnets to hold it on, can zip into a backback and has a zip-off bum bag on the right there. Pretty good quality, that’s for sure.

Just a quick post – these boots are super-comfy! I’ve had them for just over a week now and have worn them every day, including a full day of riding on the 13th (which I really should post about)
Suffice to say: they’re worn in, they fit nicely, they aren’t great for walking long distances in and they hold in all the right places for a well made boot. I’m going to have to watch the big velcro section to make sure it doesn’t fill up with fuzz – but other than that it’s all looking good

So, I’m going down the route of trying to make motorcycling the cheapest I can. I’m planning on doing as much repair and maintenance as I can, so that includes things like adjustments of controls, and oil & filter replacements

A couple of days ago I adjusted the throttle free-play, something that’d been plaguing me since I got the bike. It had about 1/8th of a turn of play :S

I also plastic-welded the fairings back together, which made me happy in my pants to see the bike not rattling and ripping itself apart…

Today’s work included a replacement of the oil filter and the oil in the bike. I hope to do it every six to ten thousand K’s with the oil I’m using and the bike that I have. I chose to use Motul 5100 semi-synth as it’s under sixty bucks for four litres and has good reviews on a few sites. The oil filter was easy to get – a Ryco Z411 from SuperCheap Auto for a massive twelve dollars.

The job wasn’t hard to do – I’m getting good at taking the lower fairings off Once I worked out how to take the oil cooler off without having to replace the seals on the hoses, I dropped the oil and got the filter off. I was worried if the filter would fit, as I’d read only found a vague reference to a non-standard one on a forum posting. Uh, it did, huzzah. If you want a cheap and good ZZR600 oil filter, get a Z411. I’m thinking I might try to find a highflow one later, and will take a look at things when I can. Until then, the filter designed for a much larger motor should be fine

The rest of the job was pretty easy, topping up the oil and making sure I didn’t get it all over the place. 3.6lt of oil later, and the job was done