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Well, its time of year, if a run to the Target isn’t satisfying enough, it is amazing Check out toysplash.com which might not have the best prices, but the simplest selection and shipping is free too 🙂 If you have glasses, then aquagoggles.com has presciption lense up to -10 diopters. Plus a sale on pro…

Well, been laboring away for a week on this. It has never been easier with iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD to do this. Remarkable really. Here are some notes: Import the movie with iMovie, it supports lots and lots of formats. Only bummer is that older camcorders need Firewire. You have to either find a Firewire…

Finally decided after two TomTom’s have been stolen (one smash and grab in the front of the house and one from the glove compartment when I left the car accidentally unlocked), I would look to see what else is out there. They are all pretty close now Magellan, TomTom and Garmin. But, Garmin according to…

please call after 10:30 AM the next business day to check on your item. When contacting the lost and found, it would be helpful to know the: Description of article lost color, brand name, fabric Route number of the bus Date and Time item was lost Where you boarded the bus Where you were seated…

This eSATA adapter now seems to work on the Mac. So you need to download the latest drivers from http://www.rosewill.com/products/d_814/productDetail.htm Rosewill RC-605 problems | Tongfamily Website I got this Rosewill eSATA so I could plug fast drives into my MacBook Pro. Well, like lots of third party stuff it doesn’t really work. It is faster…

Find local network devices using ping | Networking | Mac OS X Hints | Macworld The command line ping command on Mac OS X allows you to find all the network devices in your home; just send a normal ping to a special IP address on your network. First figure out your TCP/IP address for…

I’m actually at a computer typing. Which I never do anymore. Too much time reading everything on the the iPhone, but here are some quick reviews of things: Nightlife in Seattle. A buddy asked me about this, it sure ain’t NYC or LA and there are no online reviews, but it looks like the dance…

Arrgh I knew I shouldn’t have put it in, but got a mini-CD with a copy of Photo Rescue (a $29 value!) which I need, so I just stuck it into the MacBook and it is stuck. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=406613 says never do this. But how was I to know? The solution is ridiculous. Turn off your…

I lost a Transcend 16GB 300x card. I’m sooo sad. Not only did it cost $$$, but it was absolutely filled with photos I had not yet downloaded. Sportsphotoguy is one of the few folks who are actually texting these high end cards. These very fast cards do make a difference in performance. And most…

I’m so depressed. I must have left the car unlocked, but got back and the glove compartment was missing my TomTom 720 and Escort 9500i. So sad! But, I can’t prove it was stolen, maybe I’m just absent minded. I need both in this car, so what is the state of the art. Well, quite…