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Help! I'm a news junkie!
I curse “Google News”:news.google.com a thousand times. It updates itself every 5 minutes or so with the top stories from around the world. This is going to become a pro- vs. anti-debate for me, its just about getting all the facts about what is happening. I’ll look for things that you wouldn’t ordinarily see. For…
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Thomas Friedman
Chicken ? la Iraq. Thomas Friedman is so brilliant and depressing at the same time. I’ve become a total news junkie. Will be interesting to see what happens. This reminds me of the joke about the man who gets lost and asks a cop for directions, and the first thing the cop says is, “Well,…
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Scanners
An update from early February, now includes a review of 35mm film scanners. Just in from PMA 2003 is an announcement for a flat bed scanner, the Canon 9900F that has the resolution of a film scanner (2800 dpi) and anti-dust software. Could be a good compromise between a film and a flat bed. Will…
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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…