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Verbatim 2.4x don't work, Memorex 4x does
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Continue reading →: Verbatim 2.4x don't work, Memorex 4x doesWell, I’ve been experimenting. I’ve been getting perfect burns with the Memorex 2.4x DVD+RW and the Memorex 4x DVD+R blanks, but having lots of trouble with Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R blanks. So, the folks on the various forums are right. The media does seem to matter at this stage. With the…
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Kid Cars Galore
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Continue reading →: Kid Cars GaloreWell, its almost the school season and we need a car that can carry 4-5 kids in addition to grownups. We looked at a ton of cars, but Connie really liked: * “Volvo XC-90”:http://volvocars.com. They did a great job designing a car for someone who doesn’t want a minivan (I’m…
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No more coasters…now I need software
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Continue reading →: No more coasters…now I need softwareWell, the conversion of my Sony DRU-120A to use the Ricoh MP2125 firmware has been an incredible success. Been great to burn DVDs without creating coasters and artifacts. Not sure whether it was the firmware burn or the use of SiS IDE drivers. But now MyDVD bundled with the Sony…
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Blue Angels are in town
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Continue reading →: Blue Angels are in townThe Blue Angels are in town. Calvin is having a party, here are some great photos we used for it: * “Blue Angel images on Google”:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=blue+angels&sa=N&tab=wi. A good list of images from google * blueangels fat albert. Cool pictures of the Angels * “Planes in general”:http://www.photohome.com/photos/aircraft-pictures/aircraft-pictures.html. * “Official Blue Angels…
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MountainBike on the Trek Madone 5.9
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Continue reading →: MountainBike on the Trek Madone 5.9More Madone reviews and also a CAD article about how it was designed: Mountain Bike – News – News. This is Trek’s first all new OCLV product in ten years and it’s a bike that Trek and Lance have been working on for the last year. The idea was to…
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Bicycle PAC
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Continue reading →: Bicycle PACArrggh. I’m so aggrevated by the choices we are making in Seattle for transportation, but the bicycle one hits really close to home. Here are some great sites to learn more: * Transportation Choices Coalition: Home. A nice summary of what is going on. An advocacy group. * “I-90 Petitioning”:http://www.cascade.org/Advocacy/I-90.cfm.…
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New P2P Systems
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Continue reading →: New P2P SystemsBeen trying some new services based on various articles I’ve read. Here are two: * Blubster – Welcome to the largest online music network.. This one uses a protocol call MP2P and also claims to have privacy features such as anonymous access since it uses UDP. Only does music. It…
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Seattle International Randonneurs brevet routes
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Continue reading →: Seattle International Randonneurs brevet routesSIR Achives. For those of who are who are bored by simple bike routes around Seattle, here are some local long ones.
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Saddleco Flow — Cool Saddle
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Continue reading →: Saddleco Flow — Cool SaddleSaddleCo. Hat tip to “Road Bike Rider”:http://roadbikerider.com on this one. Very cool looking saddle. Have you seen the innovative Flow saddle at www.saddleco.com? It has intrigued a number of roadies, and they’ve asked us to review it. The Flow has a see-through mesh top stretched across a nylon perimeter. It…
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Spam, spam, spam, spam…
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Continue reading →: Spam, spam, spam, spam…I’ve been trying to understand the various spam filters: * SpamAssassin: Welcome to SpamAssassin. Interesting to see the techniques that they are using. I’ve also been using outclass which uses Bayesian analysis rather than the header, text analysis, blacklist and collaborative spam-tracking database. * “Vipul’s Razor”:http://razor.sourceforge.net/. They noted Vipul’s Razor…