Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

We just had one of our computer’s firefox slammed. Somehow a script has taken over and now when you type a legitimate URL, it gets hijacked by onestepsearch.net. Sigh, even with running antivirus and antispyware, it doesn’t matter. You really need to install adblock and noscript and turn on cookie checking int he new internet.…

Yikes, mail to Comcast was just “rejected”:http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=SecurityMail_Policy18628&cookieattempt=1 because it looks like I’ve been sending spam. It is the IP address that is blocked, so it could either be my servers or from the shared server that I used. You have to send a removal request to “www.comcastsupport.com/rbl”:http://comcastsupport.com/rbl. In the mean time, its time to tighten…

With the new Mac Os X 10.5’s backup plus ever more photos I’ve been scanning, I seem to keep needing more hard drives. So what is the latest from “Storage Review”:http://storagereview.com in terms of getting more. Well, the big news is that all of the big vendors, Hitachi, Seagate, Western Digital and Samsung now have…

Hey this is actually a great idea. There are bumper stickers all over town saying, I’m carbon neutral. Basically you buy packages for things like wind farms to have a zero footprint for all your driving, flying and your home. A great idea from “Terrapass.com”:http://terrapass.com. It is way more efficient in truth to offset a…

!>http://www.steves-digicams.com/images7/aa_nimh_batteries.jpg! We’ve had rechargeable batteries for a long time. I mainly use them to run my bicycle flashers, but with the advent of LED flashers, I don’t use them much. The big use we have is for various kids toys and also walkie talkies where AAs and AAAs are in high demand. After five years…

Almost no one I know travels with these things, but I’ve used my jumper cables and also flashlight. The main thing to do as “About.com”:http://cars.about.com/od/adviceforowners/a/ag_winterkit.htm and “Minneapolis.About.com”: http://minneapolis.about.com/cs/transportation/qt/wintercarkit.htm says is to get: # Emergency hazard triangle. Personally I don’t like flares as things are flammable obviously and they have a shelf life. Easy to get…

Well the market for steering wheels and joysticks for the PC has pretty much collapsed. Most folks are using consoles for games like this. I tried to resurrect an old Microsoft Wheel and Joystick, but they use the old analog input with the DB-15 plug. It costs $25 to get a DB-15 Game Port to…

I got the MDX stuck in the snow. I didn’t think it could really happen with a big burly SUV, but that’s learning. It was a little bit of a strange situation. Snowing heavily and I tried to park in a spot that had 2″ of snow. Got stuck because there was ice under the…

!http://photos-356.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v79/6/97/505253356/n505253356_57356_4479.jpg! Skis have gotten fatter and fatter. Five years ago when I bought my first set, the “mid fat” was a very chunky 78mm at the waist (the narrowest part of the ski under your foot). Now you regularly find people with 90mm and wider that you can use for every day and carving. And…

Someone asked me about radar detectors. I’ve actually never gotten one, but have looked over the years, but haven’t had the patience to use them, plus I don’t go fast too much. That being said, the state of the art has really improved. “007radardetectors.com”:http://www.007radardetectors.com/tests.htm runs an annual test and while expensive at $400-500, the very…