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Careers and Things
Eve asked me some great questions about careers and advice. Not sure I had the best answers, but thought the questions were interesting.
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Trek 560
I have a beloved 1985 Trek 560 road bike. I’m updating its components as my second bike. For more detials, Vintage trek has scanned in the actual 1985 Trek Racing Bike Brochure. This means I’m going to: Drive Train. Changing out all the six speed drive train into a Campagnolo 10-speed set with a combination…
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Email to Blog
A long standing project. I actually figured out pretty much how to do it with B2/Cafelog, but I’m going to convert everyone at Geek Fishing over to MovableType and restart the project with MovableType. That does mean I have to learn Perl though, so it will take a while. On the other hand, in the…
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An Explanation…
This represents a new use of categories in MovableType. I’m going to keep track of various projects that I work on by adding the category uncompleted to them and then keeping track of all entries that are uncompleted. It really is a test of how to use MovableType where the primary sorting isn’t date, but…
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WiFi Sniffer and Gizmodo are cool
Gizmodo : Sniffing for WiFi. Wow, a pocket WiFi sniffer. I love it. Plus, the Gizmodo website is superb for dedicated geek toy lovers like me.
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Connie's New Car
Well, our 1996 Volvo was really in the shop quite a bit last year, so Connie would love a new one. She loves the Volvo brand and the new 2003 Volvo XC90 seems just the ticket given the number of bodies we need to take around. The main issue is that the third seat is…
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Quotable Quotes
I’ve been kind of a collector of great quotes and aphorisms for a while now. There is presentation I did for Ignition a few years ago where I collected them. So, here are few I’ve been using now. E. B. White would have loved this copy from a London newspaper advertisment for Lord Shackleton’s ill-fated…
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HDTVs
It’s been about a year since I really studied the home theater market. Well, both Dad and Jennie are in the market for new sets, so it’s time to dive right back in. Here are the sources I used: Home Theater Spot. I’m biased of course, but I really like Paul who runs it and…
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Backpacking Reviews
BackpackGearTest.org. It is still way too cold, but not too early to think about backpacking and hiking. Here’s a nice looking user oriented site for Backpack Gear. Gear Review. And, here’s another one. I also use Backpacker Magazine and Outside Magazine for reviews
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Skiing Apparel
Been doing quite a bit of skiing with the kids. Big thing has been keeping them safe and warm, so I’ve been surfing looking for the right clothes. Here’s what I’ve found: About.com – Skiing Buyer’s Guide. This looks like a pretty comprehensive review of just about everything. Ski Magazine Gloves 2003 Review. On gloves…
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Skiing in Seattle
Here’s a list of ski resources that I use, given this kind of terrible season up there: RSN Ski Conditions. Here’s another good site, given this on again, off again, ski conditions list. This is the US wide list that I use to figure out if there are good conditions in Washington or whether it…
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Quaoar: A New Planet?
New Planet-Shaped Body Found in Our Solar System. Calvin and Grace have been having great fun with this discovery of a new planet at the edge of solar system. There are either eight, nine or ten planets now. Depends on how you look at it.
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Windows XP SP1
TweakTown :: Overclocking, tweaking, overclock, tweak, computer, CPU, motherboard, graphics, memory, processor, cooling and case modding. It’s amazing how fast the Internet community figures things out. The Windows XP SP1 knows about pirated keys from the original release and doesn’t install on these. In about 10 minutes after it is released, you get pages like…
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Testing games
Getting ready to test a new product by Pure Networks. I just love it when this consists of playing the best and funnest PC games. Here are some lists I used to do a little shopping: TechTV | The Best PC Games of 2002. From their most recent show. IGN Editors Choice. They keep a…
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Microsoft guy critiques Windows Media Player
jetsam redux. Joe critiques Media Player and I gather he got lots of questions about why a Microsoft person would criticize a product. Bravo to you Joe. Nothing gets better if you don’t think critically about it IMHO. I have never yet seen a perfect product or one that couldn’t use improvement. Even ones in…
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Fiefdoms
Joe who’s at Microsoft write about Bherbolds new book Be Wary of Fiefdoms. Fiefdoms. Fiefdoms. I spent 12 years living in them. The anecdote about how many people do you have working for you. During my early years at Microsoft, I found that Bill wasn’t the only top executive who was frustrated with the inefficiency…
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Fiefdoms
Joe who’s at Microsoft write about Bherbolds new book Be Wary of Fiefdoms. Fiefdoms. Fiefdoms. I spent 12 years living in them. The anecdote about how many people do you have working for you. During my early years at Microsoft, I found that Bill wasn’t the only top executive who was frustrated with the inefficiency…
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Moviemistakes.com
Jasonw points out a great site called moviemistakes.com that covers the gooks and fun mistakes made in movies. Kind of interesting for a geek like me. When filming the battle of Helm’s Deep the makers used a computer programme called Massive, where each person has its own “mind”, making it far easier to generate huge…
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Linux Test
CodeWeavers Store. Runs Office on Linux.
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Blog writing style debated
Joi Ito’s Web: Blog style review. Joi brings up a good point. What is a blog. Is it like a verbal conversation, like email, like writing a document? Personally, I think it is more like email than a “tight” document most of the time. The thing is that blogs like web sites don’t dictate a…
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Spam, spam, spam
Pdawwg: A Proposal!!!. Pdawwg loves the spam he gets! He should try popinfo at Sourceforge. It is the most active project on Sourceforge and it is amazingly hard to install. On the other hand, it is right now 98% effective and rising in getting rid of spam. BTW, on my rich@tongfamily.com inbox, spam is running…
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North Korea vs. Japan
Pdawwg: Of Course we Believe You!. There must be a good North Korea analysis site somewhere, but it is not encouraging the rhetoric.
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Blogmints
Blogmints.com – What the blogs are talking about. Another interesting way to see what the important entries are. Blogmints looks at weblogs.com and figures out what are the most commented on topics. All of these methods are like higher level forms of what google.com is doing with links. Interesting to spend a day browsing it.
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Sea Monkeys (a.k.a. Brine Shrimp
Sea Monkey Worship Page!. Grace got this at the Ignition Holiday Party. Alex has been doing a great job taking care of them, but now we’ve lost the food. So, here we are in search of how to get Sea Monkey food. Of course, there is a page worshipping them with lots of information. Artemia…
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MPAA Broadcast Flag — Yuck!
Consensus at Lawyerpoint: MPAA FAQ on Broadcast Flag. This is just horrible. They are going to broadcast flag bits so that you can’t record them digitally. What is the MPAA thinking.
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Rechargeable Batteries
Seems like everyhting this christmas needs batteires. Here’s my quick guide to rechargeables: NiMH Batteries – Thomas Distributing. I’ve been ordering from Thomas Distributing at nimhbattery.com for over a year now. They are very reliable and seem to have all the latest stuff. The Great Battery Shootout!. For the really nerdy, there are actually test…
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New Years Eve 2002 Dinner
Connie put me in charge the night before, so I was more than a little nervous. Finally decided to do Southwest as a theme because I just couldn’t get pumped about Greek. We use the Pasqual cookbook. It’s a terrific restaurant in Santa Fe. We had an incredible menu thanks to the efforts of Phil,…
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Internet is part of American Life
Pew Internet & American Life Project. An amazing set of facts about how the Internet is the key to finding information for most users. It is far beyond the geekstream and into the mainstream. A nice study. Thanks to Boingboing for finding it.
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Winter tires
Customer Survey Results. I’m going up into the snow quite a bit this season. Other than borrowing Jennie’s Subaru, I really should get a good set of winter tires. This looks like the best review board. It says, Pirelli Winter 210 Snowsport, Bridgestone LM-22 or the Dunlop Winter Sport M2 are the highest rated by…
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Linux and its Applications
OfB.biz: Open for Business – OfB Open Choice Awards 2002. We’ve seen so many Linux based deals, I finally decided we had to have at least one machine running and using it. Just converted an old HP machine at work to use Red Hat Linux 8.0. Have to say it was an amazingly easy experience.…