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Holland America Gifts
Cruise Gifts – Holland America Line Inc.. These guys at Holland America are smart. They even let you buy gifts for passenger son board.
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NTFS Resizing
NTFS Resize Frequently Asked Questions. I installed my dad’s computer incorrectly. Got the system drive too big and then threw Windows on the wrong partitiion. To fix, I need to resize partitions. There’s now a freeware program that does this. You boot from a CD version of Linux and then run NTFSProgs. Wish me luck!
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Flight Simulators
I’m getting back to flight simulators after a long hiatus. Here’s a list of things to try: * FlightGear Flight Simulator. This is an open source project with realistic flight models and an open way to get everything. It doesn’t have the latest graphics, but is supposed to be very accurate. * “Falcon 4.0: Allied…
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Turtle Beach Riviera
Turtle Beach – Riviera 5.1 Sound Card. This is a $30 card that has a digital S/PDIF output perfect for plugging into a home theater. Ironically, the new Creative X-Fi won’t work but the older “Audigy2 ZS”:http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=4915 does because it has an SPDIF output in the rear. It lists for $100 and is probably a…
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G.Skill DDR650
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Creative Labs X-Fi
Tom’s Hardware Guide Peripherals & Consumer Electronics: Creative X-Fi: A New World of Sound – Introduction Now that I’ve got Zoom Player working, things are pretty good with my home theater PC. Just two problems remain. First is getting digital audio out. The onboard audio gives me five channels out, but they are five separate…
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Paris for Kids
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Zoomplayer Rules!
Home Theater PC News – Your Source for Everything HTPC Related. I’ve been struggling to get my home theater PC really working correctly. Both Windows Media Player and BSPlayer have trouble working correctly. When I go full screen, they always go to the PC Monitor rather than to the big HDTV display. Also, ATI Catalyst…
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Flatseat.com
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Great Airlines
4 Star Airlines in the Skytrax Airline Star Ranking Programme. While I knew a bunch of these airlines, there are definitely some surprises. The usual suspects are the 5-star airlines. The ones that no business traveler (I know) which are: * Cathay Pacific Airways * Malaysia Airlines * Qatar Airways * Singapore Airlines Then there…