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Bike lights and bike fitting
My buddy Bert was asking about bike accessories and the best bike light in dark Arc Li-Ion. The light is just incredibly bright and with a lithium ion battery, it is less than a pound. Its about $450 at “Colorado Cyclist”:http://www.coloradocyclist.com/common/products/productdisplay2_v2.cfm?PRRFNBR=30403&CGRFNBR=665&CRPCGNBR=665&CI=1,226,665&TextMode=0 If you are going on epics they have “Arc Li-Ion Ultra”:http://www.bikelights.com/Products/arc_liion_ultra.htm with a truly…
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Fold a Shirt in 3 seconds
Joho the Blog: How to fold a shirt. Hat tip to John on this one. But a great It is an amazing video. Very useful for the geek traveller. I love the Japanese commentary. Basically, you lay it flat and then somehow flip it so it fold perfectly.
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Printfix
PrintFIX profiling review and observations. if you dont use stock paper with a pinter you need a calibration program. Printfix is a scanner with calibrated images so that no matter what paper you use, you’ll get what you paid for. Right now Colorvision charges $400 SRP for Printfix plus the Spyder2PRO.
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Colorvision Spyder2Pro
“Spyder2PRO”:http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=341 Getting back into scanning 35mm and doing photo editing. The biggest frustration is this color matching problem. The ColorVision Spyder2 is finally out. Its the latest generation of color calibrators that will make sure it really is what you see is what you get with your monitor. Pricey at $300 list, you can get…
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Great PDA
Karen, Kathy and the Chinese School gang were asking their usual questions about cool gadget. Here are the latest recommendations for gadgets to buy: * “Sony T-140PL”:http://techonweb.com. This is $1850 from Techonweb. Its a great model. I’ll post more later as it does have some drawbacks but it pretty near perfect. Three pounds, DVD-CD/RW drive,…
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Riding with Dad
Tandems and Kids. “Steve”:http://scbhooper.com rode with his son when he was eleven. Almost time for Alex to ride 200 miles with Dad. Here’s a great piece on how to do it on a tandem. Here are some good models: * “Co-motion”:http://www.co-motion.com/tandemenu.html. They have a racing aluminum one that looks wonderful called the Roadster * “Precision…
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Synchronizing Files
Beyond Compare – The file compare and directory compare utility from Scooter Software. I don’t understand why file synchronization has to be so complicated. This Beyond Compare thing is nerdy, but it sure is straightforward. Most depressing thing is that the iPod doesn’t expose the files, so you have to use iTunes to synchronize. That…
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Freeware for Nokia 6620
All About Symbian Forums – Good Freeware Applications NOT Warez/Cracks. Here are some good applications including: * Fxplorer. A new file manager.
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With this new Nokia 6620, the move obvious question is what firmware to load: * All About Symbian Forums – To all MP3 player inquirers: The 6600 is not an MP3 player!. Also describes how to load “symbian oggplay”:http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net and also “dbpoweramp”:http://www.dbpoweramp.com to convert MP3 or WMA to OGG Its reportedly a good format down…
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Hot phone on CDMA
!{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://cellphones.about.com/library/graphics/samsung_a700.jpg!:http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=334 Many folks think this is the ultimate phone. The geek specs basically say that it support every major codec particularly HE AAC (3GPP compliant). ARM9 CPU 178×220 Pixel 16-Bit Color Main Display MIDP 1.0.3 3GPP, 3GPP2, H.263 & MP4 Support (Streaming Video Codecs) QCELP, AAC & AMR Audio Codec Support Video…