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  • XP setup problems: F8 is your friend

    CHSAFE: Getting into Windows Safe Mode. _George my buddy has had lots of problem getting his for XP computers working with a whole host of problems._ Some problems have includes having the right drivers. Why doesn’t Windows know about this. He’s also got a strange CD-ROM problem. Intermittent recognition that I don’t understand. What happens…

  • Firefox: Review after 2 weeks

    I’ve been using Firefox for two weeks now. Some really great features. Here are the highlights. The net is that it is as nice as Opera in many respects, but has a better customization model and better compatibility with sites. Here are the high lights: * Tabbed browsing. A small feature, but I really like…

  • Amazing Wheels

    HeadAngle – And I thought my wheels were expensive…. _I’m getting well enough to actually get on the bike again, so on to reading about more cool gear._ Reynolds has carbon wheels at $1,500. Campagnologo Hyperon Ultras are $3,000 at 1,345g per pair. Interesting to see that the Topolino wheels are a relative bargain (if…

  • DRM is a Folding Chair

    Furdlog :: DRM Is A Folding Chair. One of those great analogies that seems strange but makes sense when you think about it. Sort of like saying IT doesn’t matter or Marketing is not Mystery Meat(tm).

  • Congressional Medal of Honor

    Types of Medal of Honors: Congressional Medal of Honor Society. OK, this probably wins some obscurity award, but in playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault, I ended up on the CMOH Society page and there is a description of all the variants of this award. I’ve heard it also described as Coffin wtih Medal Handles…

  • Google: A good buy?

    Is Google a Fat Pitch?. _Hat tip to “Peter Atkins”:http://permianpartners.com_ for pointing this piece out to me. Great point about Netflix (although I still wish I’d bought the stock, when it went out 3 years ago, it was a 10, dropped to $2, now is at $30, wow!). On Google, great points about how to…

  • ATI R420 equals nVidia NV40

    AnandTech: ATI Radeon X800 Pro and XT Platinum Edition: R420 Arrives. Incredible as it may seem. The new nVidia NV40 chip (6800 boards) shipped a couple of weeks ago. ATI has responded with their R420 chipset that will ship on Radeon X800 XT boards. Amazing as it may seem both vendors have essentially doubled performance.…

  • Dave and Marianne Getting Married

    Weddingchannel.com. Amazing how cyber weddings have become. Wedding Channel is a great example of a .com that actually makes sense. Bet they are making lots of money. I expect there are lots of site like this or “Classmates”:http://classmates.com or “Reunions”:http://reunions.com that make sense is the expense structure is low enough.

  • Tears of the Sun: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

    Netflix: Tears of the Sun. I must be getting sentimental in my old age. This was a hard movie to watch. The acting certain isn’t anything to write home about, but the story is incredibly compelling (at least to me). Its a dramatization of what happens in Africa, with ethnic cleansing in the most graphic…

  • Touchscreens are out in California

    Freedom to Tinker: California Decertifies Touch-Screen Voting. _Hat tip to Ed Felton_ Touchscreens particularly by Diebold are in trouble over there for security reasons