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Daniel My Brother
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Continue reading â: Daniel My BrotherI’ve always loved this song by Elton John and thought it was just about two brothers leaving, but saw being a “Cold Case”:http://www.tv.com/cold-case/show/16989/summary.html mainly because of its great “Soundtrack”:http://www.tv.com/cold-case/the-war-at-home/episode/835342/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;1 I found out that the song has a missing set of lyrics. Apparently, it was really about a fictional Vietnam vet…
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Perfect Day in Shanghai
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Continue reading â: Perfect Day in ShanghaiI had the great fortune of hanging out with my buddy Steve for a day in Shanghai. He had never been to China so the challenge was how to show him something so complicated to explain in a day. I’ll call this my
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Canon Lenses
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Continue reading â: Canon LensesOK, now that the Canon sales are here, I have to decide what lenses I need to complement the EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM lense I have. I have to say that this lense is very nice, but that there are many times I wish for that additional stop to…
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Westin, St. Regis and Four Seasons
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Continue reading â: Westin, St. Regis and Four SeasonsThanks to Duane for the reviews, here are three fine hotels. The ones we like on the Pudong side are the Shangri-la and the Grand Hyatt, but what about Puxi (??? Westin at Bund Center is the best location. It is within walking distance of the Bund, the bars and…
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Smithstuff at Fotki
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Continue reading â: Smithstuff at FotkiAdrian and I are moving all our photos over to “Fotki”:http://public.foki.com/smithstuff to see it all. He’s got his new woodworking project there!
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Gmail Java App
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Continue reading â: Gmail Java AppJim pointed out that Google now has a downloadable app for reading Gmail., Get it at “http://gmail.com/app”:http://gmail.com/app from your Java enabled phone. They even have a Blackberry version!
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iFixit disassembles a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo
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Continue reading â: iFixit disassembles a MacBook Pro Core 2 DuoMacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Disassembly: Installing First Look – MacBook Parts MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Installing First Look . A pretty interesting inside look at the MacBook
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Continue reading â: Acme Bowl
Wow, we had not heard about this place, until we happened to be a Jalisco’s (a great Mexican restaurant on Capital Hill), the waiter said he’s just been to Acme to bowl and it was terrific. We took our kids birthday party in tow and headed down there. Wow, it…
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Canon Rebates
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Continue reading â: Canon RebatesWell, the fall 2006 “Canon rebates”:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PromotionsAct are finally here as expected. They are valid 10-15-2006 through 01-13-2007 so just in time for those of us going on Christmas vacation. Significantly, they aren’t discounting the new Digital Rebel XTi, but some of the tasty hardware I’ve been eyeing include. Also the…
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Sony SZ and Apple MacBook Pro
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Continue reading â: Sony SZ and Apple MacBook ProBoth Sony and Apple have updated their lines with some amazingly cool laptops. I’m really drooling over them because they both have the ultra fast core duo. Here are the recommendations: !http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1140/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/step2_beautyshot_mbp17_060424.jpg!:http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-5009/WebObjects/EducationIndividual.woa/6104004/wo/vitxjoEZiTEo3jHhzH0233YKcbD/17.?p=0 the big news though is that Apple just updated their Macbook Pro line to have the Intel Core…