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  • Digital Picture Frames and HD DVRs

    You can tell Cedia must be in full swing. !<http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/9-3-08-vaio_cp1.jpg! Been thinking about getting one for dear old Dad. At http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-brings-wifi-enabled-vaio-cp1-digiframe-to-the-states/ they show the Sony VGF-CP1. It is $300 has has a 7-inch 800×480 widescreen. Support Picasa streaming, has an SD/CF card reader, built-in speakers, internet radio and digital clock. So, it really is the…

  • Back in Black

    Does every song use this AC/DC anthem? See the “live”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXaZmY52gHM video. But what does it mean? Of course there is a site “Lyricinterpretations.com”:http://www.lyricinterpretations.com/lookat.php/bands/ACDC/bc5943285fcf975 that people speculate: AC/DC Song Meanings – Back in Black – Lyric Interpretations.com This song is dedicated to lead singer Bon Scott who died of asphyxiation, after choking on his own vomit…

  • Finding a coach and Removing a coach from a team

    This really shouldn’t be this hard, but to find an existing coach from a team you have to: # Click on the league you want (e.g., 2008 Fall Rec)# On the Quick Clicks in the top left of the screen, look for Find Participant# Click on Coache and type in the last name# You will…

  • Canon Pro9000 printing on an Time Capsule

    Just a reminder on how to print to a Canon Pro9000 via an Airport Extreme or a Time Capsule. This is actually tricky. You have to download the generic Canon IJ Printer (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=182&modelid=12892#DownloadDetailAct) This has pretty tight requirements: * Mac OS X v10.5.3* Latest version of Airport firmware* Pro9000osxcp10120ej7.dmg which is the 10.1.2.0 version driver.

  • Cool iPhone Applications

    There are so many coming, “theiphoneblog.com”:http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/09/01/iphone-app-avalanche-7/#more-4056 does a great review. Of note: * Asphalt 4 Elite Racing with real 3-D and real cars too now $9.99. get it here* Toy Bot Diaries which let’s you control your bot over obstacles. $4. Get it here* IM+ is free and is a chat client for Jabber, MSN,…

  • Soccer Referee

    Thanks to Chris for this information on being a referee in WA is at “www.wasrc.org”:http://www.wasrc.org. It’s not a detailed website, so the basics are: * U-10 is the first year that games have refs, and a ref has to be at least 2 years older than the players, therefore a ref must be at least…

  • Audiobook Cd Backup with Max Mac Fission for splitting and MP3 Trimmer for joining

    If you have a series of audiobook CDs that you want to backup. What is the easiest way to do it. Well, you can use iTunes to back it up. You want to set it to use very small files. I normally go to iTunes/Preferences/Advanced/Importing and set it to MP3, custom with 32Kbps and 24Khz…

  • Soccer registration

    Ok somehow I’m Noe a soccer registrar so here ate notes ok how to do it. Assuming you use Bonzi which is a soccer club manager. It’s a remarkable database with a terrible interface (and it’s Windows only). In Bonzi there are four important concepts to understand otherwise you’ll never figure any of it out:…