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Mac Mini customization
They are so cheap to experiment with that everyone is hacking away at the Mac Mini: * HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center – Engadget – www.engadget.com. A good source for how to actually get it all connected. Points out that one problem is that storage isn’t much, but if you are…
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Mini ITX
These systems are the closest that you can get with a PC form factor to an iPod mini. Some resources include: mini-itx.com – news. A great site showing both mini-ITX and the upcoming nano-ITX from VIA. “Hush Technologies”:http://www.hushtechnologies.com/start.html. I bookmarked before, but these guys make nice looking mini-ITX. “Logic Supply”:http://www.logicsupply.com/default.php. A do-it-yourself resource for making…
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wayback amchine
Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Pretty amazing site, it has snap shots of tongfamily.com dating back to 1998. I started the thing in 1996 and I wish I had been smart enough to keep snapshots like this. Pretty fun to look at.
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Sun Peaks Restaurant Reviews
There don’t seem to be many of these reviews, so here is what I and the kids thought. From our biased opinion focused on good food, fast service and nice people mainly. Here are our top picks in rough order of restaurants: “Mantles”:http://www4.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotelinfo.html?categoryId=2&hotelId=38. This is in the Delta Sun Peaks. They have got the friendliest…
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Sun Peaks There and Back Again
Sun Peaks Resort – Winter 2004/05. Just got back from there and before I forget, here’s a data dump on having a great time there…. h3. Seattle to Sun Peaks It is about 330 miles and we’ve never gotten there in less than seven hours including a break for lunch and the usual kid stuff.…
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Security hole in MovableType
Movable Type – News – Movable Type 3.15 released Version 3.15 fixes a vulnerability in the mail sending packages for all Movable Type versions in which the user has enabled comment notifications. This vulnerability allows a malicious user to send email through the application to any number of arbitrary users. Enough said. I enabled comment…
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Mac Mini as HTPC
a little ludwig goes a long way: mac mini as htpc. Ludwig loves his for HTPC use. I kind of agree it is the right form factor etc. Only small point is that he does say, and for once the mac is the price leader — compare with windows-based systems that people are “building:http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BuildingYourOwnWindowsMediaCenterEdition2005HomeTheaterPCSystem.aspx That’s…
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Back to Skiing
Had a great time skiing, back at it after a year with a torn ACL. It is amazing how you knee won’t hurt if everything else aches :-). In any case, I had new boot, bindings and skis, but only got to use them a few times before blowing out my knee last year. Here’s…
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Sony VGN-T140PL
VAIO T140 Notebook (Sony-VGNT140PL) – PriceGrabber.com. John “Zagula”:http://zagula.com was using my laptop and loving it. Here John is a link with the lowest prices. Newegg has them for $1845 delivered.
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Getting towed
Nothing like getting towed. Actually, it hasn’t happened to me since I was 18 years old in Chicago, but that’s another Rock’n’Roll High School story. If it happens to you, here are some things to know: * “Finding your car”:http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/parking/parkingtow.htm. It is actually not very clear where car disappears if you get towed. There are…