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bccode 100000d1
Now that we are playing more games, I’ve seen Windows XP just die without any traps at all while running Unreal Tournament 2004 on a Pentium M 735 (1.8Ghz) and also Sim City 4 on an Athlon 2800+. It utters something stranges about BCCode 100000d1. Here’s how to figure out what is going on. It…
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Bike Fitting
I get asked all the time about bike X or I want to buy get into it. First of all, if you are going to be getting a serious bicycle at all, like skiing, the most important thing is the fit. I used to recommend John Gallagher at “MaterialPost”:http://materialpost.com to do fittings, but now he…
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Boot Fitting
Sturtevant’s Sports Skiing Snowboarding Winter Sports . I just love Sturtevants. What a ski store should really be. Boy those guys just love skiing and with this horrible northwest winter, the 50% off sale is just incredible. But the thing that is most remarkable is the boot fitting. I’ve used two folks. “Jim Mates”:http://www.laterskater.com/Resources/links.htm#SkateFit at…
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Tandems
Upon further research, here are the choices for “fast” tandems that would be fun to ride. These aren’t the workhorse, ride across America, but great for a fast century or the STP. Precision Tandems seems to have the best site that pulls it all together along with pricing. Some options: “Burley Rivazza Race”:http://www.burley.com/products/tandems/default.aspx?p=Rivazza&i=4. This is…
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Stop torturing the Nav system
We love the 2005 Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition that’s in our MDX, but Dad just loves driving around with the voice recognition on while taking a totally different route. Calvin’s reaction to all of this, “Hey DAD, please stop *torturing* the navigation system.” Never thought I’d get to torture a computer ;_)
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Brain Melting Math Problems
Another great Calvinism when he saw the latest brain stretcher I gave Alex. A simple what is 2^32-1. Calvin just looks at me and shouts, “What a brain-melting math problem?” Enough said.
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Co-Motion Robusta
It’s bike season again and the kids are tall enough to ride a tandem with me. For total drool factor, here’s a $7,000 (!!!) tandem that everyone can lust after…it id Dura Ace, but more important just 29 pounds for a tandem. That’s amazing. Co-Motion’s “Robusta” Tandem. If you’re looking at Co-Motion aluminum tandems, you’re…
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Wierdo Parts
In evitably with any “homebrew” project like this Pentium 4 system in a shoebox, you need some strange parts. For the Mocha 620, here are some: * LOGIC Supply Slimline CD to IDE adapter. This slimline CD to desktop IDE adapter is used for converting a laptop CD-ROM or DVD drive with a 50-pin connector…
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NEC 6500A connecotr
NEC ND-6500A 8x4x8x DVD+R/RW 8x4x8x DVD-R/RW 24x16x24x CD-R/RW DL Dual-Layer Slim IDE Optical Burner Drive for Laptops and Notebooks (Black, OEM) The NEC ND-6500A DVD Burner is compatible with most Notebooks and Laptops. The first thing you will want to ensure is whether your current drive’s front bezel has a straight rectangular shape to it…
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Travia C-156
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