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  • Setting up Home Audio

    If you are unlucky enough to end up with a 1990s era in ceiling system, then you probably have a funky nob on the side of your doors with obscure buttons that say quaint things like FM, Tape and CD. None of which anyone uses anymore. So whats the easy way to upgrade this so…

  • iPhone 3G unlock nearly here

    iPhone Dev Team to unlock iPhone 3G for New Years which is great news for all. You do need baseband version 2.11.07, so that means you can’t take all of Apples updates. That means things that can work with PwnageTool which is right now firmware 2.0.1 or earlier. Sad, I upgraded so am toast, but…

  • Mac Mini and iMac to get nVidia

    Hmm. This means you should hold since there is evidence that Next iMacs and Mac Minis to use NVIDIA Chipsets that means the iMac and even the Mac mini could be good gaming platforms. So if you are building a home theater, you can use the Mac mini as a gaming system.

  • Snowing big flakes

    It’s funny how certain small things can really touch your memory. The weather forecastera were wrong. Didn’t heat up instead, stuck at 0C and huge flakes started to fall. Sun set and the glow of the sodium street lights here leaves a beautiful glow. Reminds of me of long ago when I took a dear…

  • Quietdrive Time after Time

    There are some songs that I can’t listen to without seeing a specific place. This one is under a sink in China. It’s a long story, but I’ll never forget it. Quietdrive has a great version. BTW, I love Wikipedia for their amazingly complete band descriptions. Minnesota rocks. This is apparently their big hit. And…

  • Snowing and shopping on Sunday

    Stores where you can still buy things even on this snowy day: Best Buy. Sunday 10-8, Monday 10-9Cost Co. Sunday 10-6, M-F 11-8:30

  • Seattle gets 3-5 inches

    How cool. No gigantic windstorm, but we did 3-5 inches of snow and that makes things look beautiful. In the mountains there were 70mph winds. As Seattle Times reports heavy snow blankets area; I-90 closed But at 12:15 a.m., the worst Seattle weather conditions had passed, meteorologists said. “We’ll see another inch, maybe 2,” National…

  • Playstation 3

    Hey, these Playstation’s are pretty cool. They need lots of accessories though. Seem to be two flavors 40GB and 80GB. Then there are accessories: * Playsttion 3. Comes in two version 20, 40, 60, 80 and 160GB version. 80GB $400 MSRP with Dualshock. “Best Buy”:http://video-games.pricegrabber.com/ps3-console-accessories/m/92575005/zip_code=98101/st=sort/sort_type=bottomline/qlty=n. Best Buy looks like the place. * Wireless Controller. Dualshock…

  • Snowing in Seattle amd Elastigirl

    Another 20cm headed Seattle’s way. How incredibly beautiful. More shots on the way. Was feeling sad but as my good friend John reminded me there is really one way to handle true sadness. Feel it and then do something about it. He reminded me of The Incredibles, Helen (aka Elastigirl, discovers here world is falling…

  • Noble Court rocks

    When you are in 10cm of snow there is nothing like dian Xin at Noble Court. And we got skis at Ski Mart too. Nice pictures Grace!