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Gas Grills
Gas BBQ Grills Product Reviews and Reports by Consumer Search – ConsumerSearch.com. Just found this site ConsumerSearch which aggregates reviews from others. A good idea. Nice thing is that it reviews reviewers and it seems pretty accurate. Here’s the scoop on gas grills with full “reviews”:http://www.consumersearch.com/www/sports_and_leisure/gas_bbq_grills/reviews.html. Weber Genesis Silver B. $450. It’s the one that…
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Dress Shoes and Coupons
Well, I also hate shopping for dress shoes, but fortunately, I always am the same size. Here’s a great way to do it: * “Shoebuy”:http://shoebuy.com. Top rated by BizRate, these guys have a big selection. The prices are just typical list prices you’d find at “Nordstroms”:http://nordstroms.com though there is no shipping charge. * !! Best…
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Buying Sneakers
Sneakerland. If you’re lazy like me, then you hate going shopping. Sneakerland is a great place to buy any athletic shoes. They typically have free shipping and also 10-15% discounts are common once you use them, they’ll send email with coupons in them. Reliable so far for me. Got my running shoes (Asic Gels) and…
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Mariners with the Kids
Seattle Safeco Field Advice. Some great advice about enjoying Safeco Field and the Mariners (even if they are terrible). Good points: * In the outfield, there are three sections – the left and right field lower seats are reserved and are also $24. The left field bleachers are $13 and the center field bleachers are…
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NPR and CSpan Live
NPR Program Stream. Been listening to the Senate hearings on Iraq live. Have to say these audio streaming applications really work much better. NPR has their entire program on the web now. “C-Span”:http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp. I had not realized it, but all three C-Span channels are now available online. Pretty terrific program guide too.
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Firefox Plug-ins on Mac OSX
mozdev.org – plugindoc: OSX. It is confusing how to get the plug-ins working right on OSX. A good writeup here.
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Fishing Gear Guide 2004
It’s been a while since I’ve bought much fishing gear, but with Grace growing up and actual success catching fish, I need two more rods. A good time to update the fishing guide. Resources like “TackleTour”:http://www.tackletour.com/editorschoiceall.shtm. They remain a great guide to fishing gear particularly their editors choice: * “Quantum Energy 20PTi”:http://www.tackletour.com/reviewquantumenergypti.shtm. Kind of expensive,…
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USB Flash Camera
More examples of, if it can be made, it will be made: * Camera added to USB Flash drive | The Register . Has a tiny battery in it so you can take pictures. And in this business there is not one, but two of these from JetFlash and Philips * “MP3 Wristwatch”:http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-6455808816405956&random=1084947588008&format=160x600_as&output=html&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theregister.co.uk%2F2004%2F02%2F03%2Flaks_preps_mp3_wristwatch%2F. Another example…
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Offline Blog Editors
Time once again for a review of blog editing tools. I’ve been looking for the perfect offline tool and “Messyworkbench”:http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/MyMessyWorkbench/archives/2003/12/editing_your_blogs_offline_not_ready_for_primetime.php provided a good overview to which I’ll add: # I’ve been using “Zempt”:http://zempt.com for a while and like it. Unfortunately, its not been maintained for a while and sometimes doesn’t work. Fails to post. The…
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MT to WordPress migration guides
“Make the Switch”:http://wordpress.org/development/archives/2004/05/17/make-the-switch/. Some great posts on how to mechanically switch from Movable Type to WordPress. Some great tips from early adopters. Much is familiar since “Geekfishing.net”:http://geekfishing.net actually startes as a b2/cafelog site. Main question I have is how to convert over to MovableType like links. Main issue is that there is a problem with…