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Like being at Willy Wonka’s
OK, so maybe we didn’t see the Ompa loompa man, but this whimsical shop has just about everything form Jawbreakers to Vomit Jelly beans of Harry Potter fame. A great place for that little bag of treats from after dinner. There is a great pizza place across the way, so its a great after the…
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It’s really 3-stars for food but 5-stars for ice cream
This is a pretty typical pub food place with OK hambergers and hot dogs. the best thing about it is that it is close to the Riverwalk park, so easy to get to. The real treat though is the ice cream shop that is connected and kind of part of the it. The portions are…
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No visit to chelan is complete without a visit to Slidewaters…
OK, it ain’t the biggest water park nor the most exciting, but as a family-oriented place that doesn’t feel commercial, it is hard to beat. By noon on any sunny day it is incredibly crowded, but we’ve been there when it is raining and its great. The key is to get there by 9:45, so…
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Blueberrys, blueberrys everywhere
This is literally at the top of the hill at the end of the road in Lake Chelan. They have a U-Pick blueberry place that is super fun, although this late in August, there are very few of those little blue delights left. The restaurant is awesome and nearly always crowded for breakfast/lunch. The setup…
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Pick Casual or Formal
We’ve been to Campbell’s for both casual upstairs which is mainly bar food and also the more formal dining below. It’s not 5-star elegant, but the upstairs has a nice view and its fun to see the whole city move below you. The more formal place isn’t pretentious, but it is nice to have one…
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Perfect place for the girl’s the hang…
The locals know that this is the perfect place for a leisurely lunch. It’s motto is to “eat more, talk more” or something like that. Great sandwiches and deli food and it is in the heart of town, so an easy walk from the beach.
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Quick eats in Chelan
Just got back from Chelan. What an incredible place in terms of sun and fun. It is *the* place if you like things with motors on the water. For good hearty dinner that isn’t too fancy, try The Hungry Belly. Its in a strip mall and doesn’t look the part, but it is across the…
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MLB Showdown
!>http://www.showdowncards.com/images/product/thumbnails/mlb_2005_base_set/5521MLB5BSSTR.jpg! A surprisingly fun game, this is a baseball simulation. We got a starter kit and they have cool booster packs. “Ebay”:http://sports-cards.search.ebay.com/mlb-showdown_Cards_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ212 of course ahs these cards galore.
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Dad’s Omelet’s
!http://www.metrokitchen.com/store/images/300/ac-5108-ns.jpg! # Now make sure to heat the pan and add a tablespoon or so of corn oil. You want something that doesn’t smoke. For most ranges, a little higher than medium is right. You don’t want the oil to smoke, but when you put the egg in, it should sizzle and bubble. The biggest…
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Personal Water Craft Safety
We were wondering how safe these things really are: !http://www.dnr.state.md.us/boating/safety/images/waverunner.jpg! VDGIF > Boating > PWC PWC stands for personal watercraft with an emphasis on the personal. Trade name craft, such as Ski-Doo® (Bombardier Recreational Products), Waverunner® (Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.), and JET SKI® (Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.) are types of PWC. although PWCs comprise just…
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WD or Seagate 7200.10
AnandTech: Western Digital and Seagate: 320GB Grudge Match . A very good review of the Seagate 7200.10 320GB. If you can believe it this drive is just $99 right now as is the competing Western Digital drive. The performance results you can read, but these are both screamer drives with the WD being slightly quieter.…
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Apple Mac Pro is the ultimate PC?
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Blackberry Ringtones
It’s a little known fact, but the latest Blackberry 8700 running the latest firmware, 4.1, can in fact use MP3s for ringtones. Its kind of nice for Blackberry to join the rest of the world. It can also finally suck down JPGs and make them backgrounds. The way to do it is just terrible though,…
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Lexus GS Hybrid 2007
!>http://www.lexus.com/assets/models/anchor/small_photos/ASE_prm_img.jpg! Lexus GS Hybrid. Jim mentioned he was getting one of these over the weekend. Wow, what an amazing car. Twice as much as the Toyota Camry Hybrid, it is a screamer. It has a huge electric motor that puts out 120 plus horsepower. It can do 0-60 in less than six seconds. And it…
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Boat Rentals on Lake Chelan
“Come to the Lake”:http://www.cometothelake.com/businesses_listing_boat_watercraft.html provides a good list: Chelan Parasailing & Watercraft Rentals 158 East Wapato Way P.O. Box 523 Manson, WA 98831 (509) 687-7245 Sharkey’s Watercraft & Snowmobile Rentals (509) 687-2312 or (509) 470-2468 Mid-May Thru September – rentals of personal watercraft, open bow family ski boats, and 24′ pontoon boat (10 person max).…
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Perseid Meteor Showers
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Blackberry Tradeup and Support
“Blackberry”:http://blackberry.tradeups.com/. Not well advertised is the fact that if you buy a Blackberry then you have 30 days to send in your old Blackberry and get say $35 or some amount off. Models that this applies to are: BlackBerry 7100i, 7105t, 7130c, 7130e, 7130g, 7250, 7290, 7520, 8700c, 8700g or 8700r. For an old 7280,…
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Blackberry Enterprise Activation
OK, I’ve been bad, I’ve never really tried to learn how Blackberry and BES works as a result, I’ve bricked Connie’s 7100 and my buddy Duane has got really nothing working. So, here is what I’ve learned: * Everything is about _Service Books_ these are configuration parameters that provision the Blackberry. They are in Options/Advanced/Service…
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National Anthems
http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/history/anthem.htm http://www.du.edu/langlit/russian/anthtxt.html http://www.chinaodysseytours.com/guide/national_anthem.htm http://www.nationalanthems.us/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1080243799/7
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Arrgh I hate DRM
OK, I admit it, I know I’m supposed to be legal, but I just hate the way these DRM schemes work. Two cases in point: # Apple. If you lose a hard disk which I just did, then the only way to get back your keys if you are on five machines (or like me,…
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Picture Frames
Now that I’m doing so many digital photos, the missing step is now getting frames for all these neat pictures. As usual google:”Picture Frames” is the answer with some pretty interesting online places including: * “Pictureframes.com”:http://www.pictureframes.com/. I’m not sure they are any cheaper, but they have a huge selection. Wooden frames in just about any…
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Sailing Simulators
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Seafair Planes and Ships
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Elizabethtown surprisingly great
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3.5″ SATA HDD External Enclosure
So now that I’ve ordered a 750GB Seagate 7200.10 drive to cart data back and forth, its time to find a good small enclosure so that I can get it from Seattle to work around the world. Now I’ll never have to worry about running out of room for photos or home movies again. A…
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XFX XGear Daul Reflex PC Controller
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Deathride
!>http://www.deathride.com/course/images/ebbetts2.jpg! “Deathride”:http://www.deathride.com/ John reminded me about this ride sounds like fun if you are in shape! bq. Beginning and ending at Turtle Rock Park north of Markleeville, California, the five pass ride includes 129 miles and 15,000+ feet of lung busting climbing. You also have the option of riding one, two, three or four passes.…
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Exo Cages are cool
!http://www.akfabshop.com/alaskaoffroad/images/Thumbs/Recovery_015a_small.jpg! Winter Recovery 03 I stopped by Blackjacks place of work (the new 6 States in Soldotna) and picked up his pull pall. The sign across the street said -9* but I could tell how cold it was by the sound of the snow crunching under my feet as I walked back across the parking…
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Sonicare Registration
Sonicare Registration. These are really great toothbrushes, if you read the fine print, you’ll see that this online registration gets you some coupons. Just make sure to opt out of getting email spam from Philips. With a few mouse clicks, you can register your Sonicare toothbrush right now and receive by email $27.99 worth of…
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FCKeditor
Well we are starting to use the Commercial MovableType for “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com, it is certainly quite a bit different than the verison that I use. One big thing is that it uses a different set of HTML editors. I normally use Textile, but they use “FCKEditor”:http://fckeditor.net which is a pretty nice WYSIWYG editor that looks like…