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Bluetooth Headsets: Plantronics 640 and Motorola H5
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Continue reading →: Bluetooth Headsets: Plantronics 640 and Motorola H5Well, I seem to have misplaced my Plantronics 640 headset again, so not a bad time to look at the headset market once more. Here’s the recommendations: * “Plantronics 640”:http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=12867242/zip_code=98004/. These have come down a lot in price to $65 at newegg. Nice form factor. It is nine grams and…
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Sonicare Toothbrushes
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Continue reading →: Sonicare Toothbrushes!>http://www.sonicare.com/images/products/Dsum_hero_LORES.jpg! Connie got these Sonicare toothbrushes for Calvin, but I have to say that I really love them. The only confusing thing is the names of the various versions, so here’s a decoder ring and where to buy them: * Elite (a.k.a Best). They have two models, the Elite 9500…
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Sony System Recovery
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Continue reading →: Sony System RecoveryThere are two ways to get your Sony back, first you can create a DVD for yourself. They also ship with an invisible partition with the complete information, but it isn’t very obvious how to do it. “Sony eSupport”:http://www.iq.sony.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=CISCV3,Company={46BFA530-E01F-4F7C-B98B-69C2AA06051B},Case=Obj(395689),TS=Externalv4,T=response_case.tem,VARSET_OBJ=395689,VARSET_TOP=TRUE,question=ref(QC):ord(1),question=ref(QB):ord(1) has this and more generally in the “Sony VGN-TX650P”:http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-faq.pl?mdl=VGNTX650P# support FAQ…
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Unlock EDGE-enable Sony VAIO VGN-TX650P
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Continue reading →: Unlock EDGE-enable Sony VAIO VGN-TX650P!>http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3060000000050175.JPG?0.5964158879566592! “Engadget”:http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/20/how-to-unlock-your-edge-enabled-sony-vaio-vgn-t350/ and “Sony eSupport”:http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-faq.pl?mdl=VGNTX650P#. Well, in the campaign to get things unlocked and ready when I’m off overseas, here are the instructions for how to unlock a Sony VAIO with a builtin EDGE/GPRS modem. You don’t need this in the US since Cingular has a $80/month all-you-can-eat data plan.…
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Personal Weather Stations
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Continue reading →: Personal Weather StationsPretty cool, “Wunderground”:http://www.wunderground.com/stationmaps/gmap.asp?zip=98004&wmo=99999 has personal weather stations on google maps soyou can see the temperature around your area. Check it out. And yes, for Seattle having 80 degree weather at 10:30PM *is* a hot day! By comparison, “Shanghai”:http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/58362.html looks positively nice at 77F and overcast but it is humid and…
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Continue reading →: Ideal Wine Cellar Temperature and Humidity
Bascially, the average home is 20 degrees C, but this is too hot for wine, the ideal is 10-13 C or 50-55 degree Fahrenheit. YOu can have it as high as 15C for emdium term storage but not above 18C. Main thing is to prevent temperatur fluctuation as noted by…