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Bicycle Shop San Diego
_Wow, local search on google has sure gotten good. On “A9”:http://a9.com/bicycle%20shop%20san%20diego gets you the usual hash. You get a pseudo directory that is clearly SEOed but useless. On the other hand with “google”:http://www.google.com/search?q=san+diego+bicycle+shop&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official, even though a9 buys from them, the query is much more useful. First, they have a structure local query that is much…
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AC3, H.264 and every other decoding
OK, if you need to decode AC3 and other contnet, you can either download specific codec from xVid or for Free-Codecs.com :: Download AC3 Filter 1.02a test8 : AC3 Filter is a DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding. However, most folks will be happier with “FFDshow”:http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm, this is a multiformat decoder includes video formats including Xvid,…
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Luigi's Mission Park
GoNOMAD–Destination Guide to San Diego California. _A great pizza place and find in San Diego. Very close to authentic. Most amazing part is that they have 30 inch pizzas. Pasta’s aren’t bad either._ After working up an appetite wandering through Mission Beach, Luigi’s is the perfect place to satisfy hunger. It’s a small joint, but…
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Vega 6.0 and Video Explosion do not detect CD drive
This is a super annoying problem that comes up with most applications that access CDs. Many programs use a programming layer called the Adaptec Systems Programming Interface or ASPI. About 5 years ago, Adaptec and Microsoft had a fight about licensing and Microsoft took it out of Windows. As a result many programs continue to…
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Cold Case Music
cold case. Seems like scores on shows like Cold Case are great ways to ehar music. A great site there.
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vegas
Sony Vegas 6 Pays Off. I’ve actually loved SolnicFolundry’s early efforts and Vegas 6 doesn’t get reviewed by the mainstream magazines, but perhaps it cuts the difference between hard to understand professional stuff like Adobe Premiere Elements and easier to use buy buggy programs from Ulead and Pinnacle. In any case, for $130, you get…
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Pinnacle Studio Plus and MediaSuite
. If you are lucky enough to have a high definition camcorder then you need a way to edit the video. Pinnacle is the only consumer package I know that can handle that. $80 for Sutdio Plus and $100 with MediaSuite. The MediaSuite includes Jasc Paint Shop and also audio editing with Steinber WaveLab. Most…
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KLH Digital is really an Apex
VideoHelp.com – DVD Player Compatibility List. Bill has a knock off KLH DVD-857. I don’t have any idea what this is. But, the KLH Digital 1220 is actually a rebadged Apex 1100W, so I’m guesiing all KLH Digitals are really Apexs. He uses it because it is region free and reads just about anything. Plus…
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San Diego Bicycle Rentals
Phil found a great set of sites that let you out into the great ourdoors in San Diego. San Diego Kayaking & Bike Tours in San Diego with Hike Bike Kayak San Diego (866) 425-2925. . They run a whole series of tours. 10% off for bicycling and hiking. Ohter things that they have are:…
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HP DX5150
AnandTech: HP DX5150 â OEM plus AMD. A good review of a business system. Interesting to see how performance has really converged. If you upgrade the video card, then you have a very high performance machine. They recommend the DX5150 X2 3800+ “Smart Buy”:http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/MiddleFrame.asp?page=config&ProductLineId=429&FamilyId=2178&BaseID=16561&jumpid=re_R2515_store/smProdCat/BusinessDesktopPCs/sku_dx5150. This actually has a Athlon 3800+ X2 in it and is…
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King County now has Digital Music
King County Library System – Digital Books – OverDrive eMusic. How way cool. You can now check out digital music from the King County Library. Just need a library card and then you can use OverDrive to get eMusic and Books. Mainly classical music, but some great ones.
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More Nero Tools
Nero [Clean Tools]. There are many great tools that Nero has on their site. Here are some that clean up the registry completely.
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Video Editing Reviews: Microsoft Movie Maker and Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0
_I’m going through all the editing programs trying to find one that is easy and powerful_ I’m going to surprise myself and say that while I like Sonic Foundry quite a lot, I’m surprised by how good the Microsoft Movie Maker actually is. Its based on an old version of Roxio, but it is surprisingly…
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Nero Speed Limits
Nero on our DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra D mysteriously has gotten confused about the maximum write speeds of both a Benq DW1640 and a Ricoh drives. It thinks the Benq only writes at 4x and the Ricoh at 2.4x. The main issue appears to be that it doesn’t actually set the burn speed until *after*…
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Asus A8R-MVP and DFI LanParty nf4 SLI-DR Expert
AnandTech: Asus A8R-MVP: Mainstream Rocket. There is a new king of overclocking. For the last year or so, DFI has made the fastest boards with the overclocking. Now the value oriented A8R-MVP along with the ATI Crossfire X1800XT is just amazingly quick. Or, if you have lots of dough, the “DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR Expert”:http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2620…
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Best Spa in South Bay
Saratoga CA Day Spa, Los Gatos Day Spa, Consulting – Preston Wynne. Hey Peter told me that this was a great spa place in the South Bay. Check it out. Seems very nice!
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Besplit or MP3DirectCut and what about Besweet Light
“Besplit”:http://besplit.doom9.org/ is a utlity that cuts up an MP3 file intelligently, so it happens on blank spaces. I’ve been using MP3DirectCut to do a similar thing, so another option if you’ve got a big file that needs to be cut. Another hat tip goes to “Besweet Light”:http://belight.corecodec.org/. This is an easy to understand tool that…
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SD Memory Card REview
EXTREME Overclocking – 1GB & 2GB ATP Secure Digital SD Memory Card Review – Page: 6 – Tweaking PC Hardware To The Max. Memory cards are all pretty much the same, but for $68 vs. $50 for a vanilla card, you get one that is about twice as fast on writing. 10MBps is 60x the…
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Philips 7FF1AW Digital Photo Display
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Best notebook for Xmas
VAIO TX610P/B Notebook (Sony-VGNTX610PB) – PriceGrabber.com. Bill and Jon were asking me about laptops to buy, For the mobile road warrior, I have to say the new TX610 is pretty much the dream. About $2K, but the main thing is incredibly light at 2.7 pounds and the battery life is really six hours. It is…
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Canon i9900 and 8×10
Digital Darkroom Forum: Can anyone brint borderless 8×10 on Canon i9900?.It is a ridiculous issue, but apparently, Canon doesn’t let you set arbitrary sizes for your paper. So the very common 8×10 isn’t supported, although 8.5×11 is. How wierd. Here is how I do it with my Canon i9900 and Photoshop CS2, I just fake…
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Great sites for downloading
Had a great discussion with my buddies at “Network Magic”:http://networkmagic.com. We were talking about pages that really sing and work for downloading and trying. It’s interesting to see folks that are doing brochureware sites with lots of graphics vs. folks who are google or apple white space where less is more. Some good examples:” *…
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D-link camera is cool
Tim just told me about an ultracool wifi D-link camera. I’ve used these cameras before and they stink. “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com has used everything and he told me that is is great. What they say is great about it is that it swivles and rotates and it is actually easy to setup and it looks cool too.…
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Video and Photo Editors
Now that I’m full bore doing digital pictures, the question is what should you use for editing. There are three tracks: a) getting professional software mainly from Adobe for hundreds of dollars, b) getting amateur stuff for dozens or c) living with freeware. H2. Amateur Software This prosumer software has gotten quite good, so it…
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Red River Paper Profiles
Red River Paper Color Profiles Home. Am using this paper now, it requires a particular ICC. This is a profile that will ensure that the printed color looks like what you see on the screen . As usual, it is a little complicated, download the profile for the paper you bought in my case Red…
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MusicMatch and Chinese don't get along
Musicmatch Jukebox – World’s best music player. Well, I love Musicmatch and even though Yahoo has acquired it, it has served me faithfully. It is the only one of the big players that did smart tagging right. That is, it lets you select the tags and make them accurate in batch. But alas, now that…
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Christmas Photography Guide 2005
Well, it sure has been a busy year for cameras. We started with the tipover to digital just happening, but now the price points and the cameras make it a no brainer. Heck, we bought two digital cameras ourselves this year (Canon SD500 and Fuji F10) and for once I have to say that they…
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Blackberry 8700 out
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VOB Merge
DVD Digest – Downloads – VOBMerge. Because Videola needs a single VOB files but DVDs for compatibility reasons limit VOBs to 1GB, you have to have a utlity that merges VOBs for you. This one does the trick. Literally, it copies them together. So the workflow is: # DVD Decrypter to get the DVD files…
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DVD to iPod
Mobile Deviant Community – How To: Put DVDs onto Your PSP. OK, this for a PSP, but you use much the same process to get a DVD into iPod format since both the Sony PSP and the Apple iPod use h.264. The basic idea is you use DVD Decryptor in no file break mode so…