The NHL’s website is running a series titled “Summer with Stanley” showing various Bruins players parading around with the Cup. Brings tears to my eyes and chokes me up a little bit. Yep, still not over it.

Another game, another win in the Stanley Cup Final! We had a great time at the game, it was glorious to see Alex Burrows score the game winning goal, again another OT win!

We were at the Stanley Cup Final game 1 tonight, seeing the Vancouver Canucks continue their march towards victory! Its been an amazing run so far, and we’ve been lucky to go to many of the games. Saturday night (for game 2) is looking to be a good night indeed!

Tonight was Game 6 of a very close series between the Canucks and the Predators. It shouldn’t have been a close series given the difference in “star power” between the teams. Unfortunately the Predators have managed to keep it a very close series, and tonight’s game was full of teeth gnashing, nail biting, and seat-edge-sitting. Stressful.

The outcome was positive and now for the first time in seventeen years the Canucks are in the third round. We’re really looking forward to game 1 this weekend!

During the construction of my outdoor robot I found that the original RC truck suspension was too soft, not able to really stand up to the added weight of the new structure. I found new, stiffer springs for the shocks, however these new springs were larger than the originals and would not correctly fit.

I needed to create some retainers that would fit the existing shocks but also securely hold the new springs so they could not slip off. I ended up using some blue nylon plastic rod and turned it on the lathe to make retainer rings. In the picture above, you can see these retainers at each end of the spring.