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Skis for Me and the Kids
Now that we are on our third season of skiing, its pretty clear that I and the boys love it, so maybe its time to get off the rentals. Something tells me that the spring clearances will be great this year because of the recession and poor skiing out here. So, here’s to some more…
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Where are the Cycling Blogs?
Pack Fill – A Cycling Blog. Amazingly, this is the only google search hit for someone writing about bicycling and cycling with a blog. How sad. Actually, I’m the first hit. OTOH, this guy is a category 2 road racer, so I have to show a lot of respect
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Ericsson T68 Unlock
Connie has an Ericsson t68 and is going overseas. She will need to use a local carriers SIM card, but her phone is locked. Here is what I found out about unlocking: WirelessAdvisor.com Forums – Do you provide, or need, unlocking services? Read this. Be aware that T-Mobile and Cingular will provide you with your…
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Calling from home: VOIP vs. 1010 vs. Calling Cards
As part of looking all this calling stuff overseas, I hit a bunch of VOIP sites. A pretty interesting review. I actually tried some of them from Ignition and they were amazingly good and cheap too. These are sorted in Google page rank order and the analysis shows they are great for the US, but…
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Senegal Roaming
Connie is headed out to Senegal. Here’s the mobile operator. I need to get her the right SIM card for her tri-mode phone. Wow, is this complicated. Fortunately John did some research on Spanish SIM cards and such, but Senegal is a little bit farther afield. Here is what I recommend Sentel GSM – Services.…
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Google and DMOZ Directories
Submitting a Site to The Open Directory Project. Every want to get into Google’s directory system. Right now, my buddies aren’t in it. Turns out that Google uses the Open Directory structure, so all you have to do is click on Add URL in the right spot in DMOZ and hopefully you’ll get linked in.…
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Wireless Rockets
Geekfishing Blog: Rocket Update. Check out Adrian’s modification to our group Christmas present. It used to be a model rocket that could take a few still photos at a few hundred feet. A hundred hours later, it now has a webcam in it with 802.11 that can take real time photos all the way up.…
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Microsoft and the community
Pushme-pullyou. Great thoughts by Joe on what to do about the “community at large.” It is nice to know there are folks inside the ‘Soft who are wondering about what to do about the external world. my initial reaction is this: I know that to a great degree, Microsoft employees are incredibly enthusiastic about the…
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Microsoft is jealous (and scared of) of Slash Dot and Scripting News…
The Scobleizer Weblog. Great comments from someone in the blogging community about how Microsoft deals with the influential masses. I can see both sides of the story having been on the outside for three years now. The debate is fasicinating.
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Windows XP ClearType tuning
Serdar points out that there is a great Cleartype tuning wizard available from Microsoft that makes things look even better on an LCD. A great tool I think.