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Continue reading →: Bike Fitting
I’ve had three folks in the last month ask me about how to buy a bike. Here are the three pieces of advice in order: # “Materialpost.com”:http://materialpost.com. John Gallagher runs this group. For $150, you will actually get a bike that fits you. Believe it or not, this is about…
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Continue reading →: Whither Transmeta
Transmeta Unveils the Efficeon. I admit it, Dave Ditzel is one of my heroes. In the old days when I worked on IC design and stuff, the guy is a legend. They just shipped their “90 nm”:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/10/transmeta_90nm_chips_ship/ part. I always wondered what happened to Transmeta, the ultralow power chip company.…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect Ultralight Notebook
Well, we are getting closer to it the perfect laptop at least in my opinion, What’s the perfect laptop? Well, it should be: * Under 3 pounds, so you don’t think about it * Have a near full sized keyboard * 802.11b/g Wifi and built-in Ethernet and VGA output without…
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Continue reading →: Build-To-Order PCs
Well, I mainly assemble PCs myself these days, but if I didn’t want to, here is where I’d go to pay a little more for building, but get the exact components that I want at a reasonable price. In order: * ARM Systems. Haven’t ordered from here yet, but will…
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Continue reading →: Shoes Online
Buying shoes online seems crazy, but both shoebuy.com and nordstrom.com have the great idea that you can exchange shoes for free if you don’t have the right size. Nordstroms is even better in that you can take the shoes in and return them in a real store. Also, the nordstrom.com…
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Continue reading →: Picky, Picky…
Alex is incredibly picky about his shoes. We’ve been to lots of stores and he doesn’t like anything. But, a little searching online reveals the shoe that looks the most like the one he has. He’s like Dad. Dad has been wearing the same brand, same style, same shape running…
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Continue reading →: Far Cry Mods
FarCry Mods. Well I finally got a full copy of Far Cry in anticipation of updating Calvin’s machine to a full Athlon 64 system (just waiting for the CPU right now!). A wonderful game even on a now mid-range, Athlon XP 3200+ with GeForce 5900GT card. Main issue is that…
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Continue reading →: Dual Core will save us
AnandTech on Intel Developers Forum Wow, this is a big deal, both AMD and Intel are going dual core. So there will two complete processors on one chip. Vanderpool Technology or VT is an upcoming feature on several processor families (including the dual core families) that allow processor emulation and/or…
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Continue reading →: nVidia Driver Guide
Guru3D.com Forums – Which nVIDIA Drivers Are For Your Video Card?. A great list of what drivers for your nVidia card work and which don’t.
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Continue reading →: Great new places to shop
Always good to find some good reliable places to shop on the web. Here is my own poor man’s bizrate.com: * “Newegg.com”:http://newegg.com. Very reliable shippers. All kinds of strange PC parts. Love their invoicing system, all the reciepts include serial number so super convenient for rebates, etc. * “Zipzoomfly”:http://zipzoomfly.com. Just…
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