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State of HDTV in Seattle
Well, it’s a pretty sad picture for HDTV particularly in Seattle. But at least a little better than a year ago. Seems like it is hard to get information on what works and what doesn’t. Here is what I’ve found out via sites like “HDTV Pub”:http://www.hdtvpub.com/ which keeps track of such stuff: * “Over the…
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Blackberry 7210/7230 woes and FAQ
I truly love the new Blackberry (really a blueberry), but it is amazing how hard it is to get support for it. Between the carrier and Blackberry, it doesn’t seem like there is a place to find out what is going on. So it is off to Google we go. BTW, the only difference between…
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Fall Cell Phone and Plan Analysis
Well, it’s time for Rich’s twice-yearly shuffle of cell phones and plans. When number portability strikes, it will be even easier, but right now of the five or so phones I manage for my family, most have contracts ending around now. here is what I’m doing and other advice for you: h4. Best GSM Plans…
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Power Tools for Power Meters
Power Profiling. First set of tools I’ve seen for firguring out what all that wattage stuff means when you are training.
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Eurobike 2004
Eurobike 2003. More things to drool over in terms of biking hardware. Notable things: * Colnago C-50. The next generation from Ernesto. * Trek 5600 Superlight. The bike I own except that for 2004, they are shipping Lance’s improved model. Cuts nearly 151 grams over the 2003 ?model by tweaking the lugs and tubes. Total…
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Rides around Seattle
Seattle has some really great road bike rides as well as close by mountain biking. Here’s a list of places that I go: * Ride around Lake Washington. This is the classic 60 or so mile ride around the lake. I’ve done a bunch. Main issue is that traffic particularly around Kirkland and also Renton.…
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AOL Blogs
Hat tip to Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog. AOL launches a blogging service. I’ve got to say that with Jon Miller taking over, they really are doing more software. Cranked out AOL 8.0 after a long hiatus. Then pumped out AOL 9.0 Optimized (don’t understand that branding myself) about six months later. Now they are doing AOL…
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Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
Hat tip to Zagula on Tufte’s new book on bad PowerPoint presentations. IMHO, blaming PowerPoint for bad presentations is a little like blaming Word for your essay not being Shakespearean. Or Outlook for long turgid email. Or MovableType for a boring blog. The darn thing is a tool and you can really misuse it. No…
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MIT Classes online
“MIT Open Courseware”:http://ocw.mit.edu. Hat tip to Ludwig. Hat tip again. What a cool idea. You can take any MIT class online. Sounds like Software Engineering 6.170 is a wonderful course. Also shows how global the knowledge worker business has become. The “Wired”:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/mit.html piece talks about a Vietnamese student in Ho Chi Minh City taking courses…
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Kazaa Hash Issues
Updates on the P2P business: * “P2P Links”:http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.leonard1/webdir/index.htm. Tim Leonard did P2P guardian (a nice IP blocking program) and has some good links to track the P2P business. * “Zeropaid”:http://www.zeropaid.com/. A whole portal just for file sharing. * “Boycott RIAA”:http://www.boycott-riaa.com. Pretty humorous site that tracks the RIAA. * Zeropaid.com – Music industry uses vulnerability in…
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Tyler Hamilton's Inside Story
Tyler tunes: Teamwork smooths out bumps in a tough Tour. The Tour de France is long over, but I thought this inside story on how it went for Tyler’s team (CSC) was pretty amazing. Shows how much suffering there is. Some samples: * When we decided I would try to ride the next day, I…
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Ogg Vorbis and other formats
I’m experimenting with funky new encoders that are coming out all the time. For instance. XIPH:http://xiph.org seems to have an amazing collection of encoders: * A speech encoder called SPEEX * Vorbis for music. There is a nice 5MB encoder called OggDrop that includes the encoder. * FLAC is now a XIPH project as well…
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Monkey's Audio
“Modatic.net”:http://www.modatic.net/audio/ape.php. Another site says that Monkey’s Audio is the best performing, so I’ll try it. It is Windows only though.
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Trek 5900 Headset Problems
Replacement headset for Trek 5900. Great set of posts about the headsets in the 5900 vs the 5500s. A good discussion about the custom headset used in the 5900 frame that saves a few ounces and allows an a strong aluminum steerer rather than a carbon fiber one that will get destroyed if you over…
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Disneyland Ho!
Went to Disneyland for five solid days. Yikes, I can’t believe it. Good thing I’m a kid at heart. Also learned a ton about how to make it a great trip. Here are the top ten hints: * Read “Undiscovered Guide to Disneyland”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764566059/qid=1061792942/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7370691-7420060?v=glance&s=books&n=507846. A great book that overviews getting around Disneyland. This is the 2003…
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Archiving Music
One of the things I’ve been doing is to work on having an archive of CDs. The kids just destroy CDs at an amazing rate (only cassettes are less durable :-). So, here’s my strategy for archiving things. I archive into two formats: * A lossless format so that I can recover the exact audio…
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Miniature Golf in Seattle (a.k.a. Where's the Putt Putt?)
We’ve been looking at local search over at work. Here’s one example of the current (!!!) state of the art. If you for instance wanted to play miniature golf in Seattle. Here is what Google tells you:
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Moblogs – Mobile Blogs
Moblogs By TextAmerica. An amazing site. Has a complete connection to folks with camera phones. Also see the incredible “Blackout”:http://blackout.textamerica.com/default.asp?r=34245&prev=1 Moblogs. Amazing how real time this is.
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Recent Comments
Hat tip to “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com, I just added recent comments to the side panel. It is something I respond to every day and it is much more convenient to see it on the blog than to read it in email as I’ve been doing. Not clear how new trackback pings work. I don’t these are counted…
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Home-Made Drop Bolts
My rear brakes rub against the 700x30c tire I have. It is just 2mm of clearance that I need. Sheldon has a great suggestion for building a “drop bolt” that will let me move the brake caliper up and out of the way. Requires that you get 3/4″ x 1/8″ aluminum stock from a hardware…
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Ultimate DVDs
I haven’t bought a DVD in a while thanks to Netflix, but the re-release of the Terminator 2, got me curious, here’s the latest state of the art in DVDs: * Superbit Deluxe DVD series from Columbia TriStar. Superbit releases from Columbia TriStar have a higher video rate of 6-7Mbps and have higher data rate…
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Dan Brinklin on QOS
a little ludwig goes a long way: Dan Bricklin on QOS. Great post on QOS and whether it is really needed if there is enough capacity.
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Blog process
The Blogging Process. _Hat tip to the “Bigpinkcookie”:http://bigpinkcookie.com_ Here’s a good note on how bloggers use the technology. Roughly the loop is read/comment, then write new content, and then figure out what folks are reading you and why. A good analysis. I tend to atually write new content because I need to “bookmark” something that…
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Blackberry 7230 is cool
Connie and I just got the new color Blackberry. An unremarkable thing for me. I’m always getting a new gadget, but I have to confess, these are pretty good. The email software hasn’t change essentially at all (thank goodness). Still super intuitive. I love the way that various keys get overloaded for different functions. Rather…
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Finished! Trek 560 Remade
Finally finished this project after six months. Have got a “brand new” cross-bike after cannabalizing parts and adding about $250 worth of other stuff. Here are the specs and note on the problems still with it. This bike was originally 23.4 lbs. Wonder how much it is now. * Trek 560 Frame. 1985 Purple and…
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True Scoop on Chips
Welcome to Chip Architect. My buddy Ty Carlson says that this is a great site for the true word on chip architectures. An interesting read. Hasn’t been updated in a while, but interesting.
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Review site for IMAX films
BIG MOVIE ZONE. Use this quite a lot for figuring out what IMAX films to take the kids to. Their reviews seem to track pretty well with what we’ve thought. Here’s a quick review of recent IMAX movies we’ve watched. Both at the theaters on DVDs via Netflix: * Mount Everest. Awesome. This is an…
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FSA Carbon Pro Elite
When Tyler Hamilton crashed and fractured his collarbone in the final kilometer of the Tour’s first stage, many people felt that his race was over; there was no way a rider with a broken collarbone could tackle the big climbs that were to come. But we’d reckoned without Hamilton’s sheer determination, and a little help…
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Answers: Threading a Derailleur Cable
Eureka. The rear derailleur cable is threaded. OK, thanks to great folks like Peter Westerholm and Skip Echert, I’ve think at least I have some strategies for getting the darn rear deraileur cable through a chain stay: * Here is my technique. I noticed this rear derailleur cable is at the exact center of the…
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REviews of Power Meters
Bike.com – Power Meter Reviews. Basically this says that the Polar is the cheapest and least accurate. The PowerTap is probably the best value given its accuracy. It does sound like his installation wasn’t quite right given the issues discussed about how wattage varied by gear.