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Bicyling in Hawaii
Well, I’ve been to Hawaii a bunch but never figured out how to really get a good ride in there. Here are some resources: * “The Bike Shop”:http://www.bikeshophawaii.com/. The big multi store chain. There is one right in Kailua on Oahu. They “rent”:http://www.bikeshophawaii.com/Rentals.htm the Specialized Allez for $110/week and you can also pack and ship…
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Backing up Games
Once you start spending dollars on games, I have to wonder what you do when you realize that your 4-year-old could easily destroy the CD and then you lose the game. Unfortunately, game vendors are so intent on preventing copying that it is actually quite hard to make a backup for yourself. Here are some…
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Intel Changes Naming conventions
Tom’s Hardware Guide Processors: Welcome The Latecomer: Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4 GHz – New Processor Nomenclature To Come. To add more confusion, the clock rates of various Intel chips don’t seem to correlate to performance, so they are going to introduce model numbers. Right now, a mobile Pentium 4 running at a lower clock rate…
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Bin/CUE CD Image
WeetHet – CDRW – How to write a Bin/Cue CD image using Nero Burning Rom. _Hat tip to google for helping me understand the differences between .BIN and .ISO files_ BIN/CUE files (files that have a suffix .BIN and .CUE) are often found on the Internet and commonly created using CDRWIN by Golden Hawk. If…
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First 802.11a/b/g routers ship
Well, the first of the Atheros routers have shipped. Basically, everything but the kitchen sink is now available. Does 802.11a, 11b and 11g, so you get high bandwidth and it works in both the 2.4 and 5GHz ranges. Street of $129, so * “D-Link AirPremier AG DI-784”:http://d-link.com/products/?pid=299. Also supports the Super G mode. * “Zipzoomfly.com’;http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=252009&ps=sw7.…
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What if you don't have a parallel port?
USB parallel adapters, USB computer parallel adapters at TigerDirect.com. Many of new PCs don’t bother with a parallel port. If you an old printer that only has a parallel port (technically a Centronics IEEE-1284 port), then this is the magic cable for you.
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Cool devices: e-dimensional 3d glasses and ir pointer
OK, so if you’re playing a bunch of games, what are the cool peripherals to get now? * “E-D Glasses”:http://www.edimensional.com/products/edglasses.htm. These give you a three dimensional view of your game. Really does work mainly because there are essentially only ATI and nVidia left for gamers, so they can focus the driver work. nVidia includes a…
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Fixing rotting beams
“Wood Care Systems”:http://ewoodcare.com. Got some rotting beams. Even with creosote soaked wood, you get cracks and it exposes untreated wood and then you get rotting. So used for utility poles for instance. Here is how it works: # powder you spray on the wood # a rod that you drill into the wood. when you…
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iTunes plug-in
Introducing WMPtunelog | minimal verbosity. NOw when you are using itunes to play music, your blog can notice. How cool.
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MIDI to a CD
For Brad’s party, we need an instrumental of a Little Help from my friends. A great reminder of how hard it is to do certain things. Like get a MIDI file into a CD. Here’s how and its amazingly hard to do. Requires you pay dollars for a utility for something as trivial as MIDI…