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Bob finds a cool hovercraft
!http://bobsplanet.com/serendipity/uploads/suna-x-xsmIMG_8419.jpg!:http://bobsplanet.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/88-Hovercraft-spotted-in-Lake-Union.html What a cool craft. The story according to “Skyscrapercity.com”:http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=222307 is even more interesting, instead of building a road through a wildlife preserve, about 200 people got congres to give them a $8.8M hovercraft. Wahoo. Tax dollars at work. I want one. hattip to “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com who has by the way been revamping Bob’s Planet with…
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Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk and I Forgot my Password
The gremlins ate our CMOS and also the boot hard disk of Connie’s computer this morning and now we get the dreaded “DISK BOOT FAILURE: INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER”:http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER13-c.html. It is an incredibly obscure error which no site seems to document properly. In my case, what happened was that I had put a…
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Alaska for holiday or for living
Living in Seattle, we see lots of folks up in Alaska and we end up being the jumping off point. There’s a big difference between living up there and taking a holiday there. The summers in Alaska are pretty amazing. We were there for two weeks in August and the weather was incredible. We have…
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Olympic Theme Songs
Well, in prepping for Calvin’s party, learned some fascinating (at least to me!) things about the Olympic theme songs: # “Answers.com”:http://www.answers.com/topic/olympic-symbols. The song we most closely associate with the Olympics has nothing to do with the official Olympics. It is actually written by Leo Arnaud and is called “Bugler’s Dream”. Someone at ABC heard it…
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Rebooting Your Blackberry
Hat tip to the folks at “Blackberrycool.com”:http://www.blackberrycool.com/2005/03/15/00275/ for these tips that give you the equivalent of CTRL-ALT-DEL for your Blackberry: * If you have a 72xx, 75xx or 77xx then if the Blackberry crashes, you get back by holding ALT+CAP+DEL to reboot the device if you have Blackberry software V3.x or earlier. These are usually…
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Blackberry Back From the Dead
I thought I had completely bricked Connie’s 7100. But thanks to the wonderful folks at T-mobile (double credit for helping me, really bad that it isn’t just on the web), I got it back. To review, I was installing new firmware, when I got, the dreaded, installation failed from the desktop manager and when I…
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
!>http://www.doxycide.org/gwape/painting_thumb.jpg! Just saw the movie, “Girl with a Pearl Earring”:http://www.doxycide.org/gwape/about.php and while a little obscure, it sure was a beautiful period piece. The painting of course is known as the Mona Lisa of the North and it is pretty amazing. Some interesting facts: * It all started from Johannes Vermeer (often credited as Jan Vermeer…
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SLI Disable message
Answer Error stating that SLI Multi-GPU rendering is disabled every time the system is booted on a NON SLI capable computer
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Virtual Skipper Skins
Virtual Skipper has a bunch of European sites that have a huge number of boats that are designed for it. The skinning work is amazing, so check out and you put them in c:\program files\Virtual Skipper 4\Templates\ and create a file which is the name of the boat: * “Virtual Winds”:http://www.virtual-winds.com/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?op=&cid=48 * “VSK-Aus.com”:http://www.vsk-aus.com. These are…
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Starforce Removal
Starforce is a copy protection scheme that loads drivers on your computer. Here’s how to get rid of the drivers that can slow down your CD/DVD player if you are not careful. Both Virtual Skipper 3 and 4 “use it”:http://www.glop.org/starforce/list.php, so it will appear on my machines with it. You can also use “Daemon”:http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/t7576-scsi-blacklists-or-why-some-perfect-images-wont-run-with-daemon-tools-v4.html to…
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Comparison Shopping Engines
We’ve been looking at comparison shopping companies. Its interesting to see who has what presence on the web right now. From google:”comparison shopping” we get the initial list whic includes: bizrate.com mysimon.com pricegrabber.com dealtime.com shopper.cnet.com It’s interesting to see that shopping.com doesn’t come up. An “Alexaholic”:http://www.alexaholic.com/shopping.com+shopzilla.com+pricegrabber.com+bizrate.com+dealtime.com?y=n&r=6m&z=1 shows that mysimon.com is way lower and shopper.cnet.com isn’t…
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Shoes online
!>http://www.zappos.com/images/818/7144818/97060-t.jpg! I haven’t had to buy dress shoes since 2004 (ok, so I don’t wear them much). Interesting to see how discounting works. I picked the Johnston & Murphy Stanza as a benchmark. The discontinued Bentley I got for $140 in late 2004, here’s what the deals are like now for shoes that are made…
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Linda Withington can do small and large jobs…
It wasn’t clear from this if you want a landscaper or a landscape architect. This review is for an architect to plan a project. We’ve had her work on a small landscaping, a big one and then a whole front lawn and she’s done great each time. Not the cheapest, but you’ll get a really…
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Another reliable fellow
The folks at Sprague do our regular pest control maintenance. They are good about coming regularly and they do a good job. Our main problem has been carpenter ants, but when you need a nasty yellow jacket nest taken care of, they will do it. They are environmentally sensitive to the extent you can be,…
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We’ve been working with Chet for three years now
And the best thing is that he’s reliable. You can call him on his cell phone and he’ll tell you what job he is on and what is doing. The carpet cleaning is thorough. Probably a little on the expensive side, but you get what you pay for. The nice thing is that you can…
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Cannot use Alaska Miles to upgrade on American or Hawaiian
We are trying to see if we can use upgrade mileage, the short answer is that it is both expensive in terms of mileage and very hard to do. On American, we can use Alaska miles, but they don’t let them use them for upgrades. AAdvantage Partners and Mileage Programs – Partner Details Between the…
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What Rich Listens To…
“Melodeo”:http://melodeo.com/user/rich lets you see what podcasts I’m listening too. They have this cool feature where there is a personal website for each user and I got that key user id “rich”:http://melodeo.com/user/rich. Also they sync with your cell phone, so you can listen to podcasts for free over your cell phone if you can figure how…
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Blue Angels in Seattle
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12 planets?
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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.…