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PC Games
There are lots of review sites, but I find “Gamerankings.com”:http://gamerankings.com to be the best meta site, they categorize reviews done by a host of sites and magazines are pretty accurate. Like “DCViews”:http://dcviews.com, these metasites are just great. So, what’s hot right now for kids? * “Company of Heroes”: OK, not really for kids, but it…
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Kinesis
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Photokina 2006
With these amazing new cameras coming like the “Nikon D80”:http://www.dcviews.com/_nikon/d80.htm and Canon “Digital Rebel XTi”:http://dcviews.com/_canon/400d.htm and even the dark horse Sony A100, there really isn’t an excuse not to go digital. These things are 10 megapixels, they have huge 2.5″ screens on the back and they have amazing quality. See “DCViews”:http://DCViews.com/cameras.htm which is an amazing…
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Canon BCI-6
This is the cartridge set for the Canon i9900, we are going through these like crazy. Makes me wish that I had bought a professional grade printer like Bob did, they have huge ink cartridges and although his cost $1000, he’s more than saved it on the $65 for 8 cartridge costs I’ve been paying…
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2006 Bikes
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Blogrolling
I’m back to putting my blogs that I read on “tongfamily”:https://richtong.org so I lost all my “blogrolling.com”:http://blogrolling.com/top.phtml when templates changed, I’m reminded that I like looking that blogrolling top 500 to see what people are looking at.
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UW Soccer
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NWRSRS Ratings
There is a new “website”:http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/search/index3.html that has the Northwest Scholastic Rating System in a searchable database. powered by performancing firefox
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Buffalo LinkStation Pro 500GB LS-500GL
!<http://www.buffalotech.com/product-images/LS-GL-tn.jpg!:http://buffalotech.com The state of the art of Network attached storage has sure improved a lot since I got a Linksys NSLU-2 three years ago. Then, I couldn’t even get it to transfer 1GB worth of files and it cost $80 and I had to buy a $35 USB enclosure and spend $200 for a 120GB…
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MacGuffin
Calvin was trying to figure out what a MacGuffin is and is the ring in Lord of the Rings a MacGuffin. It turns out that his definition wasn’t quite right, its a term from Alfred Hitchcock that refers to something that gets you into the plot but actually has nothing to do with the real…
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Anything that Brad likes
I’m going to like I think đ In any case, this is a modern Italian restaurant in midtown on 55th St, it is has a great location across from the big city theater. I was jet lagged after a 14 hour trip to get there, but the food did impress. The food there is very…
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Boutique and centrally located
Hotels in NYC are outrageously expensive, but as hotels go, this one is quite nice mainly because it is right in the heart of midtown where you can usually find mega skyscrapers, but the boutiques are expensive. The room was very small, but the service was quite good. We had a small meeting there and…
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They just got acquired but are even better
I was reminded once again how much I like the Garden Court. It is right in the middle of Palo Alto and with the renaissance of the center there, there are fewer t-shirt shops and many more classy restaurants. The Garden Court is de rigour for the Stanford MBA events, but it is really a…
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Elegant dining with terrific Lamb and Mediterranean
I had a dinner with some folks there last week, it is right at Emerson and University in Palo Alto, so convenient to get to. They have a great wine list (which restaurants in tony Palo Alto don’t). Metroactive (http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.10.02/dining-0241.html) seems to have the best reviews of local Palo Alto eateries. My buddies who took…
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Quick, clean and tasty
Well, I don’t know how authentic it is, but Shiok is a great find in Menlo Park, its on a quiet street and it has great teas including the lime one that I had where you got to pour your own sweetener in. The shrimp was really tasty and the service was quick. My buddy…
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No more A9 Rewards
A9.com Help and Frequently Asked Questions. A9 just updated their site and they bagged their 1.5% off of Amazon purchases if you use it. Nice if they told someone, but I think that’s part of the plan. People keep using it (the main reason I used it was for the Amazon rewards, I have to…
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WEP Cracking
“Tom’s Hardware”:http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2005/05/10/how_to_crack_wep_/ has an amazing guide on how to crack a WEP key on a Wifi network. Kinda scary how easy it is. Everyone should move to the more advanced WPA or WPA2 if you can ASAP. Basically, you need a laptop with a Prism2 card in it (this is a particular chipset that the…
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Lala Have list
Just got back from a “lala.com”:http://lala.com board meeting. Boy, those guys are rocking. Here are the CDs that I have and also you can start to click on my radio station to hear more. Click here to get any of my CDs for $1
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Alexa and Adblock Plus
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I Love Apple
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Synology DS106e and Buffalo Link Station Pro
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Vantec NexStar LX
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Increasing Wifi Range with simple Antennas
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NTP Servers
If you have DD-WRT or some other devices that need a time server to get the correct time, “NTP”:http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome#Browsing_the_Lists can help. There is a list of servers that provide the exact time free for network devices. If your device can take a DNS name, then the “pool”:http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers servers are great since they give you a…
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DD-WRT Installation
“DD-WRT”:http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT54G_v4_Installation_Tutorial has a great tutorial for the somewhat tricky installation with V23 and above. You have to install the mini version first which is called mini_generic.bin then you reset and you upgrade to DD-WRT standard and again use generic.bin You only want to use generic.bin by the way when using the web user interface which…
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Seattle Monday Restaurant Blues
Most of the great restaurants in Seattle are closed on Mondays, including Rover’s, Union Bay Cafe, but “Sostanza”:http://sostanzaseattle.com is open. They also use a service called “Savvy Diner”:http://savvydiner.com or low tech folks can call 206-324-9701 powered by performancing firefox
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iPod 30GB MA444LL/A
It is really confusing now that there appear to be two ipods both that are 30GB, the confusing question is what’s really changed. For instance Costco has a 30GB iPod, but not he 80GB iPod, so which is it. The only way to know appears to be the model number for the new one (MA444LL/A).…
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Giant Bicycles China
!<http://www.giant-bicycles.com/images/_upload_ch/bikes/categories/2006/5Road-Ulrich.jpg!:http://www.giant-bicycles.com/ch/ “Giant”:http://www.giant-bicycles.com/ch/ has a superstore in Shanghai, here is what you can get there. Appears a very limited set of what they offer in the US and they don’t offer their TCR carbon fiber or OCR aluminum high performance road bikes there for instance The two to look at are the TCR 7700 Hybrid and…
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Topolino Carbon Core
I’ve been using Topolino wheels since they first came out. They are exotic and expensive, but very lightweight and incredibly durable. I just had the hub rebuilt and I’ve only had to true the wheels once in 10,000 plus miles. Now they are doing a next generation wheelset so they will get lighter and even…
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Motorola H5 Miniblue almost here
!<http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/02/12/76/5b/34764379.JPG!:http://www.cnet.com/Motorola_H5_MiniBlue/4660-11405_1-6415241.html?tag=vid. Here is the coolest headset ever. The aren’t in stock yet, but folks are now adding them to their lists, it is the smallest and uses in-bone conductance. Prices range from $130-160. powered by performancing firefox