Colony Woods 5K Loop

There are a few hills, but they’re spaced out nicely.  Starting at the intersection of Colony Woods Drive and Fountain Ridge Road and starting by heading south, here is a chart that shows the changes in elevation along this loop.

Colony Woods 5K Loop Elevation Graph

Some details: I’ve added to route to WalkJogRun.net as well. The elevation graph is a cleaned-up version of what was made available by HeyWhatsThat.com. The map image itself is a derivative work based on an image from OpenStreetMap.org and is licensed CC-BY-SA. The image was adapted using Inkscape.

First the scale, compared to a penny:

Detail Test Scale

This is the key in case you want to try to print these yourself in different materials. Click for a larger view.

Detail Test Key

And finally the front and back. Click for larger views.

Detail Test Side 1

Detail Test Side 2

I was scratching my head over a “access denied by server while mounting” error until I realized that VirtualBox was getting in the way. Here are the steps I took to get it up and running properly:

1. In the VirtualBox menu of the virtual machine , select Devices > Network Adapters… and choose Bridge Adapter instead of the default NAT. This takes your virtual machine out of the private network it has with the host computer and makes it a first-class citizen on the network your host computer is on, with its own IP address.
2. Check the guest machine’s IP address by opening Applications > Accessories > Terminal and typing “ipconfig”. It will probably start with “192.168″, but you’ll need all four parts if you want to limit access to just that machine.
3. Log into Synology DiskStation Manager as admin, and click Management.
   1. Under Information, click Status and note the network IP address of your DiskStation. It will probably start with “192.168″, but you’ll need all four parts of the IP address.
   2. Under File Sharing, click NFS, and make sure it’s enabled.
   3. Under Privileges, click Shared Folder. Select the folder one you want to mount using NFS, and click NFS Privileges at the top of the list to add a new privilege. Use the IP address of the guess machine to lock access down to that specific machine, or use wildcards to allow access accross your local network (e.g. “192.168.*.*”).
   4. Before you close the NFS Privileges window, note the “Mount path” at the bottom of the list. It will probably look something like “/volume1/MyShare”
4. To automatically mount the NFS share when you start up, go back to the Terminal window on the guest machine.
   1. Create a directory to use as a mount location. For example if you want to use “MyDSData” in your home folder, type “sudo mkdir /home/YourUserName/MyDSData”. Enter your password when prompted.
   2. Type “sudo gedit /etc/fstab” in the same Terminal window, and edit then add the line below  line to the end of the file. (It’s all one line.) Instead of “[DS IP Address]” use the IP address of your Synology DS, instead of “[Mount path]” type the mount pah, and instead of [Mount location] type the directory you made above. Don’t leave out the colon or the spaces.

      [DS IP Address]:[Mount path] [Mount location] nfs rw,hard,intr,nolock,nfsvers=3 0 0

      For example: “192.168.1.42:/volume1/MyShare /home/alex/MyDDData nfs rw,hard,intr,nolock,nfsvers=3 0 0″

The answer came in a recent Synology forum post by a user named efex. There are just a couple of points I’ll make, then just follow his instructions. These both come up in Step 9 of efex’s tutorial:

• For the LaserJet P1006 specifically, the “$PRODUCT” value is “3f0/3e17/100″.
• To save the file back to the share, you may need to clear read-only o archive file attributes. In Windows, right-click on the file name located on the share, choose Properties, and then and uncheck those file attributes.

See the whole tutorial, along with links for other product codes, visit this forum post.

If you happen to know anything at all about this blade, please comment! I’ve had it since I was a kid and I’d love to learn more about it.

Holes range in size from 1mm to 3mm in 0.1mm steps, and from 3mm to 10mm in both 0.1mm steps and 0.25mm steps.

Shapeways Printable Metric Hole Test Pattern

The holes organized in “rows” and placed as efficiently as possible in order to limit material use. This results in a unique and beautiful shape. There are also small bumps on the edges to indicate the odd (x.25 and x.75) measurements. It is 3mm thick so that it can be printed with a variety of materials, including stainless steel.

Shapeways Printable Metric Hole Test Pattern

It was a bit of a challenge figuring out the ideal hole placements…