Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

OK, so an old friend asked me about dumb household stuff, here’s a quick guide Ladders (Subscription required). Consumer Reports says ladders are dangerous. Be careful buying one. Standards are low. Cosco 2061 ($80), Werner fia06 mk16 ($90), Daivdson 486-06 ($90), Husky 01-46002-00. The step ladders were fine, but many…

If you are unlucky enough to end up with a 1990s era in ceiling system, then you probably have a funky nob on the side of your doors with obscure buttons that say quaint things like FM, Tape and CD. None of which anyone uses anymore. So whats the easy…

iPhone Dev Team to unlock iPhone 3G for New Years which is great news for all. You do need baseband version 2.11.07, so that means you can’t take all of Apples updates. That means things that can work with PwnageTool which is right now firmware 2.0.1 or earlier. Sad, I…

Hmm. This means you should hold since there is evidence that Next iMacs and Mac Minis to use NVIDIA Chipsets that means the iMac and even the Mac mini could be good gaming platforms. So if you are building a home theater, you can use the Mac mini as a…

There are some songs that I can’t listen to without seeing a specific place. This one is under a sink in China. It’s a long story, but I’ll never forget it. Quietdrive has a great version. BTW, I love Wikipedia for their amazingly complete band descriptions. Minnesota rocks. This is…

Stores where you can still buy things even on this snowy day: Best Buy. Sunday 10-8, Monday 10-9Cost Co. Sunday 10-6, M-F 11-8:30

How cool. No gigantic windstorm, but we did 3-5 inches of snow and that makes things look beautiful. In the mountains there were 70mph winds. As Seattle Times reports heavy snow blankets area; I-90 closed But at 12:15 a.m., the worst Seattle weather conditions had passed, meteorologists said. “We’ll see…

Hey, these Playstation’s are pretty cool. They need lots of accessories though. Seem to be two flavors 40GB and 80GB. Then there are accessories: * Playsttion 3. Comes in two version 20, 40, 60, 80 and 160GB version. 80GB $400 MSRP with Dualshock. “Best Buy”:http://video-games.pricegrabber.com/ps3-console-accessories/m/92575005/zip_code=98101/st=sort/sort_type=bottomline/qlty=n. Best Buy looks like the…