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Tandem for the kids
Sheldon Brown on Tandems and Kids. Hmmm. Sheldon has a good idea here. Get a tandem and we can all ride together and not worry so much about them getting hit by a car. Will have to look into this. “Trailer Bike”:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/trailrcy.html. An alternative is a Trailer bike that attaches to an existing bike. Not…
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Chains and things
Chain Maintenance. Just replaced my chain. First time I’ve ever worn one out. I should have checked earlier. I had thought the grinding was due to a loose bottom bracket, but in retrospect, it was probably the chain. That’s not mentioned in diagnostic manuals I have. So something for people to watch out for. If…
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Bicycle Tires: 3 months later
Bicycle Tires Trials. Back in November, I wore out my Continental GP3000s. Since then, I’ve tried a bunch of different tires. Here’s the scoop at least for me: * “Sdeals”:http://sdeals.com. They have the absolute best prices on tires I’ve seen. * “Continental GP 3000”:http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/bicycle/themes/tires/race/grand_prix_3000/grand_prix_3000_en.html. These I actually wore out after 2,000 miles. At least the…
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Photography Blog
PhotographyBLOG -:- Home. Had to happen. Here’s a photography oriented blog. Surprised there aren’t more of them.
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Halogen Par30 light bulbs
Halogens PAR30. We have way too many light bulbs in our house and end up paying full retail when we need them. The $10 PAR30’s finally cracked me. So, a quick google search and here are some online places like bulbco.com that has them for $6. Good to know for all the many light bulbs…
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MovableType on Red Hat Linux 8.0
I’m getting a Linux server up for a new project over at Ignition. It remains amazing to me how hard integration is with the Windows world. Here are some notes on getting it running that I hope help others: * “Samba and file shares”:http://justlinux.com/nhf/Filesystems/Connecting_to_SMB_Shares_from_Linux.html. The documentation for Samba is not very clear. Here is one…
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PMA 2003
Nothing like becoming an instant expert. Gary told us about PMA, the big industry trade show. Thanks to the Internet, it’s easy to find out what was announced. Here are some sites to check out: * Digital Photography Review. Has a good list of products. Check the reviews of the Adobe “Album”:http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/adobephotoshopalbum/ and the very…
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Long Distance
Now that Connie’s trip to Senegal went off so well, I thought it was a good time to look at our long distance carrier. We’ve been an AT&T customer forever mainly because I’ve been scared about call quality, but playing with these 1010 services has really changed my mind. Everest for instance has been good…
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Camera Flashes, Filters, Bags and more on Lenses
Now that I’ve figured out what camera and lense to get, there are all those other accessories. Good thing the internet is filled with folks reviewing the stuff. Here’s a quick list: h4. Flashes An additional thing, but I expect to be doing quite a bit of shooting indoor even though I’ll be using ISO…
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Jim Allchin and Google
pseudorandom. Frank points out Jim’s comments in the Seattle Times about Google and Longhorn. PR gaff no doubt, but I’m sure he’s been thinking about the problem for a long time!