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Continue reading →: Bike Buys
So after talking with “Brad”:http://www.thesilverbergs.com, here is what I’m going to get to update my bike and get ready for the 2005 STP: * Lickbike.com | FSA Carbon Pro Elite Compact Road Crank. He uses these and confirms they are just great. $280 from Lickton’s as part number 0086-72. Discontinued…
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Continue reading →: mp3DirectCut
mpesch3 audio tools. I’ve got to say this utility is just awesome. Not spyware, etc. and it is amazingly fast. Since it edits MP3s directly, it is amazingly quick to do. On Windows XP, you don’t even need a playback driver. It does need LAME if you are going to…
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Continue reading →: SpamLookup
MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse: Introducing SpamLookup I’ve been using MT-Blacklist for a while, but now it looks like its time to convert to SpamLookup, a new plugin by Brad Choate. Even the author of MT-Blacklist thinks folks should switch. It adds many more rules for preventing spam, which everyone needs. I’m…
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Continue reading →: Samsung Yepp YP-MT6Z
Samsung Yepp YP-MT6Z 1GB MP3 Player Review – PCStats.com. _This could be a good substitute for the iRiver iFP-799._ About the size of a pack of Wrigley’s gum, the Samsung Yepp YP-MT6Z incorporates a digital FM Tuner with 20 pre-sets, inline MP3 encoding, a voice recorder and eight EQ pre-sets.…
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Continue reading →: Far Cry 64
AnandTech: Far Cry AMD64 Edition – A First Look at 64-bit Gaming. _Despite the name, this 64-bit port runs on either Intel or AMD 64-bit chips._ bq. First, we see that the difference between running the 32-bit binary in XP Professional and x64 Edition is basically nothing. Next, there’s a…
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Continue reading →: Passport Renewal
Applications and Forms. Wow, this has gotten way easier since the last time that I did it. The big changes: # They take digital photos now. I paid $14 at Kinkos to have mine done, but I could have done it with a digital photo. The only requirement is the…
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Continue reading →: Compact Cranks
Weight Weenies – Crank Sets. I’m trying to decide on a compact crank set for my Trek. Right now I have a 39/53 ring and Brad and others have really been telling me that a 34/50 is more practical. But, which one to get? Weight Weenies is a good source…
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Continue reading →: Lightman Strobe
!http://www.priority1lss.com/PRIORITY1_gif_jpeg/FlightSite_art/fs_helicopter_land.jpg! They are big and heavy, but nothing can be better from far away. Alas, of the four that I have, one blew out, one now has a cracked battery holder and the other two have a broken back plate and I only have an amber one left. Today, the…
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Continue reading →: iRiver iFP-799
iriver – UMS Firmware. I got the iRiver iFP-799 thanks to Adam Curry. It has an impossibly hard user interface (that’s another story), but the other pain is that it requires some wierdo software called the iRiver Music Manager (IMM) to upload. iRiver is wonderful though. They have something called…
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Continue reading →: Honda Pilot
2005 Honda Pilot – Pictures, Specs of the Honda Pilot. Nina and Tom reminded me that although we love our Acura MDX, if you want to save a few bucks and want a roomier car as well, then the Honda Pilot is the car to get. Consumer Reports confirms that…
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