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Lance Wins #5 and new fans
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Continue reading →: Lance Wins #5 and new fansThe Seattle Times: My take: Tour works wonders to rejuvenate biking interest. He did it! And, in the course of winning made lots of new biking fans including me of course. Interesting that at the two parties we went to last night, the Tour de France came up. Folks were…
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Mini-PC Recommendations
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Continue reading →: Mini-PC RecommendationsTom’s Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo: The Mailman Has Arrived: Four Mini-PCs on the Test Bench – The First Car: A Motorized Carriage. Jennie and Adrian asked me about updating their computer “brain”. They have a five year old Northwest Computers machine that I recommended, but it won’t run the…
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Super useful networking FAQ
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Continue reading →: Super useful networking FAQ: Small Net Builder : Real Help for Your Small Network from Tim Higgins FAQ. Super useful frequently asked questions from Tim. Includes a good section on wifi repeating and “WDS”:http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/FAQ-16-Wireless+Networking-0.php#426
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Belkin F5D7130 802.11g Wireless Router
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Continue reading →: Belkin F5D7130 802.11g Wireless RouterTom’s Hardware Guide Networking: Review: Belkin F5D7130 802.11g Wireless Network Access Point – Other Features. I need some access points around the house, the Belkin has some good features for “meshing” together multiple access points. Something called Wireless Distribution System allows various APs to use others as repeaters. Pretty cool.…
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Really Low Gear Cranks.
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Continue reading →: Really Low Gear Cranks.RoadBikeRider.com. _Yet another great tip from Ed and Fred about how to get really low gear ratios_ Dear Uncle Al: I read that Tyler Hamilton was running 52/36-tooth chainrings for the climbing stages of the Tour. I’m wondering if I could set up my road bike like that. It seems…
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Carmichael commentaries are great
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Continue reading →: Carmichael commentaries are great“Chris Carmichael”:http://www.olntv.com/tdf03/carmichael.html has some of the best commentaries about what is going on with Lance I’ve seen. Here are few key ones before the Time Trial tommorrow. Good luck Lance!: * Lance needs a kick. Basically says that at Luiz Ardiden, Lance was cool, but not on fire, the fall…
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Latest Trek and Dura-Ace News
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Continue reading →: Latest Trek and Dura-Ace NewsFor all you equipment geeks, here’s the latest from www.cyclingnews.com: * US Postal has been campaigning new forks from the Trek/Bontrager line-up at the Tour, as well as the new Madone 5.9 frame. According to Trek teams liaison guy Scott Daubert, the Bontrager XXX fork is lighter than the previous…
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GIF to EPS Conversion
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Continue reading →: GIF to EPS ConversionMy buddy Robert wanted to convert a GIF to EPS. Thanks to Google, here’s how to do it: * GIFWorks! Free Online GIF eTools. A cool online utility that is a basic GIF editor. * “ACDSee”:http://acdsee.com. I have used this before, but it appears to be a general tool. Can’t…
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Sony DRU-120A becomes a Ricoh DVD MP-5125A
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Continue reading →: Sony DRU-120A becomes a Ricoh DVD MP-5125ASony firmware is not that great. Release 1.51 blows away your ability to read double density DVDs (e.g., DVD9’s). Also, with Sony firmware, you can’t use the bitset compatibility trick to make DVD written with it work with many players, so it is better to switch it to Ricoh firmware.…
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Wifi hotspots…
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Continue reading →: Wifi hotspots…Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: WiFi hotspot business. The usual smart thoughts from Satoshi. Glad to know that he wouldn’t fund a wifi subscription service (since we haven’t :-). It is interesting to ask what folks will want with all these hotspots and will there be an…