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  • Honda Fit Hybrid

    Hybrid Cars – Honda Fit Hybrid. More details on this rumored car. The high points: * Will probably be about $3K more than the $16K list. * Target is 60 mpg (!!!) * Will use a 90 hp engine with Honda inline electric motor (20 hp) * They will probalby allow the electric motor only…

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  • Honda Fit

    Consumer Guide, Edmunds review Honda Fit – Autoblog. The Honda Fit just got the top rating from Car and Driver this month. It is a subcompact that is the size of the original Civic (if you remember that car, we had a 79 Civic called the rollerskate). It is the best selling car in Japan.…

  • Putt Putt in Seattle

    “Putt Putt Golf”:http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/Athletics/golfcrse.htm#green. There are two municipal places. Interbay has putt putt, but Green Lake has pitch and putt.

  • King County Library System NetLibrary

    King County Library System. It’s impossible to figure out how to do this, but King County has a bunch of relationships. On the main page are links to Overdrive, to get to Netlibrary, you have to find this magic page, type in your library number and these audio books re available to you.

  • SD Card Guide

    The new Panasonic DVD-D300 needs an SD card for still photos. It is only 3Mp resolution, but OK for snap shots. So what to get. Well, the main issue is read/write speed. The benchmark is 20MBps or 133x as the standard interface was once 133 times less thatn 20MBps. A 1GB card has probably the…

  • DVD Media Reviews

    There are lots of reviews on the web on DVD writers, but very little on the media itself. The right kind of media can make a big difference. I’ve used the Verbatim Data Life Plus line for CDs for a long time with great results, but with the plethora of DVDs out, what’s the right…

  • Costco Auto and Discounts

    Costco Costco Auto Buying Program. Well I always knew that Costco had a program for buying cars. I didn’t realize how online it is. Now you can contact dealers online. Also if you are an executive member and you go to a participating dealer, you get 15% off of service, parts and accessories. That alone…

  • Mini DVD Consumables

    If you buy a DVD camcorder, then you are going to need lots of: * Verbatim Mini DVD-R 1.4GB 4X DigitalMov (Verbatim-95089) – PriceGrabber.com. This is a 5 pack and Verbatim has been reliable for me in the past. They are about $13, so about $3.50 each from buy.com * “Sony 3 Pack DVD-RW”:http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=1597832/sort_type=bottomline. These…

  • Mini DVD Media

    Mini DVD (DVD-R) Mini DVD (DVD-RW) Camcorder Video Media – PriceGrabber.com. If we are going to get a mini DVD Camcorder, you need special 8cm media to put in there. Here is Pricegrabbers list. The choices are essentially * DVD-R which is write once and stores 20 minutes worth of video. They are about $5…