Count Down to Sturgis 2016

We started planning our trip in Feb of 2016, reserving a Hotel (Howard Johnson's) in Rapid City and transportation out there for the Motorcycle 1986 Harley FXR.

But as fate would have it I lucked out and a bought a new 2016 Street glide 103cc an decide my wife and I would ride it out from Boston to Sturgis, South Dakota and back.

As of today the Official count down 

As it is getting closer we are gearing up and getting the bike ready for  the trip. I have just purchased and installed the following:

• 4 point docking hardware 
• Detachable Sissy bar, pad and hardware
• Touring seat from my good friend Tony (paying soon)

Needed still is:

• Luggage rack
• Luggage bag (generic - non harley)
• Maintenace ( July 22 appointment)
• Tank bag for maps, iphone, etc.

The planning of the trip is going well the route has be planned out although places to stay for the night have not been booked, it all depends on different variables along the road as contructions traffic and general fatique from riding.

We expect to do 600-700 per day depending again based on variables such as road conditions, traffic and weather. Hopefully our target will be somewhere in the middle.

We looking forward to this adventure both the mental and physical challenges it will be bringing.

Stay tuned!....

Back to PAMIE

 (Python Automation Module for Internet Explorer)

PAMIE was my first Python project ever and it's still  quite a hack, but for the most part it does it's job automating Internet Explorer. Although there are other tools out there such as Selenium, I have decided to pick up the ball and see what I can add to PAMIE to make it a robust test tool for website automation and webscraping.

The first thing I had to do was to refactor the code a bit for Python 3.x. The next step is to break up the code up to easier manageable pieces. Help speed it up a bit using list comprehensions and other code tricks.

There were a few bugs I fixed in the latest update but the next release will be a little a ways off. I will be checking in code for those that want to get the latest and muck around with it, but I guarantee it will be a bit flaky.

For those interested try here http://pamie.sourceforge.net/

The Corn Stock Chronicles

We will be heading out to Des Moines for vacation soon this should be a fun adventure. Will keep you posted!!

Time to Visit the Harley Gods

It's 9 am and we are heading to the Temple of Harley-Davidson - (pics to come)

Night Time Fun!!

We took a walk around Milwaukee, I have to say this is the cleanest city in the U.S for sure.

Below is a few pictures we took.

Day One Milwaukee

We got a great room a the Hyatt Regency, actually the least expensive downtown.

View from the Room

We Had lunch on the water at Rock Bottom, awesome,place, food and beer!!

This is the view of where we were sitting.

Road Trip 2010 - Rob and Autumn's Cross Country Redneck Adventure!

Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, WI

Planning a road trip to visit the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, WI and the Iowa State Fair a couple days later.

This is a one week trip so we will be moving fairly quickly to see everything.













Iowa State Fair 2010

This will be our first time visiting the fair so we are not sure what to expect but it should be fun!
Looks like it's going to be quite the family adventure!

Thursday Aug- 12 2010 - The Day Before:
It's Thursday and we are already gearing to go.
Getting every thing in order. Hotel in Milwaukee is already paid for so
we know we have a place to crash when we get there.

I will be backing up the car tomorrow while Autumn works
Then at 5pm sharp we are on our way!!

Friday Aug-13-10
Counting down to take-off. Finished changing the oil and filter, Car is 3/4 packed a few last items left. Soon as Autumn gets out of work we will be on our way. I will post pictures of our trip each day soon check back soon!!