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  • Shanghai

    Ok, so if you want the ultimate in a good experience while traveling to Shanghai, my buddy Gary filled me in: Pudong Shangri-la. This hotel is right on the new side of town, the Pudong (literally East River) side, great views, and a incredible rooms. Beside the rooms, it has a health club and a…

  • OMG Hitachi 7K500

    Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K500 hard drive – The Tech Report – Page 1. My newegg order got bounced but I’m sure glad. I had ordered a 300MB Maxtor, but now with the 500GB coming out, you really have to wonder. It is incredibly fast and alarge. A pair of these is a terabyte. Little would I…

  • MilesAway

    United Airlines – MilesAway! Redeem your miles for these exciting destinations.. Smart idea on United’s part, they now have a dedicated page that will tell you where there are current Award travel seats, so you don’t have to figure out. For instance, in the Pacific, New York to Tokyo

  • Speakeasy

    Speakeasy – Speed Test. Speakeasy is a great ISP that is dedicated to power users and small business. Reminds me a lot of the early Dell model where the point was to get 2nd users of PCs to get the right computer. Dell has of course come far from there to be the Wal*Mart of…

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  • Cervelo

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  • Sumicom S600 follow-ons

    I built a “Sumicom S600”:http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h419.htm a while back and Grace uses it now. It has worked pretty well. The main issues have been that it is still quite noisy even with the tunable fan I installed and it runs very hot even with a relatively low power Pentium 4 2.53 processor. The latest incarnation is…

  • Arrggh Brother

    Brother International – Service Center Locator to support your Brother Product. I knew when I bought this printer that I might have issue. It was between an HP networked laser printer and a Brother DL5170DN, the Brother was just so much cheaper. Well, shame on me, this is the second Brother to die. There are…

  • New Balance KJ 717

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  • Cervelo P3 Carbon

    !>http://www.cervelo.com/images/2005/2005-P3Carbon-click.gif! P3 Carbon. Bicycling magazine gave the Cervelo Time Trial/Triathlon bikes a top rating. Incredibly light, there are a bunch of models from the P2K, P2 SL to the PC, P3 SL and the top of the line P3 Carbon. Super light and fast. Also, the R2.5 is traditional road bike that is incredibly light.…