Tong Family (richtong.org sync)

k-lite. This is kazaa without spyware. A good place to look or else you can remove it with the instructions. Here are some helpful hints from Kazaa Lite hings After you run the program, wait a little while for it to connect and then: 1. press alt V, then arrow down to search and hit…

US Flags. Another set of great flag clipart and photos. I use the first one now on my home machine

Video Editing Software for Apple and PCs. OK, so I’ve gotten a digital video camera, the Canon handheld and now a great Shuttle SS-51G computer with builtin in firewire ports. Now all that is left is the digital editing software. This is a top hit in google.com for finding reviews about that kind of stuff.

Content Advisor. I use this rating system stuff to turn things off for the kids. Works OK except that most sites aren’t rated.

Cnet Video Editing Reviews and PC Magazine Video Editing Review This is the last link in the chain for me. I’ve gotten the Canon Camcorder called the Optura MC-1 which is a great handheld. Also now have a monopod for it to keep it steady and just got the Shuttle SS-51G to do the video…

Chess Software One of my many jobs next year is to run the back end of the UCDS Chess tournament. Here are some notes on programs to do that. We currently use a very ancient DOS program to do it. Here are some more modern versions. I’ve tried the first and the last and they…

The Sonic Memorial ProjectShortly after September 11, NPR’s Lost & Found Sound brought together independent radio producers, new media producers, artists, historians, and listeners from across the country to collect and preserve ‘sound memories’ of the World Trade Center, its neighborhood, and the events of 9/11. We set up the Sonic Memorial Phone Line at…

America Attacked 9 1 1A powerful site with pictures of 9/11 so we never forget. Wow.

Creating a bootable Windows XP CD with Nero Burning ROM. OK, here are the Nero specific instructions for creating a bootable Windows XP CD. Haven’t quite gotten it to work yet, but I need to go to sleep now 🙂

One year later, a nation pauses Wow, what a beautiful poem. Recited at the New York 9/11 Memorial… ?I give you this one thought to keep, ?I am with you still, I do not sleep. ?I am a thousand winds that blow. ?I am the diamond glint on the snow. ?I am as sunlight on…

September 11th Weblog and Rich’s Thoughts September 11th will always be a day where something changed, but nothing did. In Seattle, it was a brilliantly sunny and beautiful day (as today was) yet the world felt different. I went on a 50 mile bike ride after watching the second tower go down, I saw America,…

Federation of American Scientists – America’s War on Terrorism – Strategy and Weaponry. A technical guide (a la Tom Clancy) to all the hardware the folks report about in the papers.

Federation of American Scientists. The final site I use all the time that covers military issues, arms control, etc.

GlobalSecurity.org. MOre interesting sites for those interested in the news. This one has lots of footage and satellite photos of places like the Tuwaitha Nuclear Center in Iraq. And information on Special Weapons, etc.

The Intelligence Network? 😕 i?n?t?e?l?l?i?g?e?n?c?e??: ?t?o?d?a?y?’?s??n?e?w?s?. Pretty cool site for watching the latest news. With the anniversary of September 11th coming, I can’t help but watch and scan this site as well as CNN and MSNBC and particularly the broadband Broadband MSNBC

Zagat and Citysearch. I was in the market for great Thai food. Interesting to see that citysearch is by far ahead in google. But I prefer Zagat’s myself.

OpenOffice.org. They got the writeup as one of the best open source Office suites. Thought I’d give it a try. I’m also in the process of giving b2 a try as the best blogger. Wish me luck on both!

Testing the adminisizer toolbar

What’s up with the new direct editing. Seems to be a quick way to add things…

BlogComp: Blog Tool Feature Comparison Table. Wow, there are an amazing number of Blog tools out there. Here is a short comparison courtesy of a google search. I use blogger.com, but it looks like I’ll have to give b2/cafelog a try

How to use server-side includes with Blogger Took a while to find this, but this page gives details about using server side includes to make blogs look nice on my site. It’s pretty deep, but kind of fun to figure out. The hard thing is getting archives to work correctly. The term ‘includes’ covers a…

HeadAngle : Cinelli RAM Review Saw the just beautiful Cinelli Carbon Ram Bar/Stem today. It’s an all carbon, one piece monocoque bar/stem combo. It’s swoopy, has a great shape, and well, is just sweeeeeet looking! It’s also probably about the lightest you can get, at least without using some super-sketch, twitchy ultra-light aluminum bar that…

Torque Conversion. Having destroyed one set of handlebars with bad torque information. Here is a site that tells you how Newton meters converts to inch and foot pounds.

moock>> web>> javascript utopia>> client-side includes I’ve been trying to figure out how to insert blogger code into a FrontPage controlled website. The best way appears to be to include the text. There are server side includes, but this needs to have things turned on. The other way is a client-side includes. A server side…

Bicycle Training .Co.Uk – Free Training Plans On-Line. Here is a good explanation of heart rate zones plus references to figure outmore about determining what they are. I’m going to try using this for my own training program

Mavic Technical Information. This Mavic site normally requires a password, but google.com found me this backdoor. If you access just this set of HTML pages, you can see all the technical information that is normally for bike shop professionals only. Useful to me as I’ve got two Mavic wheelsets and want to make them both…

Bicycle Training .Co.Uk – Free Training Plans On-Line A pretty cool website that I need to try. Has in depth training plans. Will give it a whack. Here are Sean Williams, the site’s owner’s notes… As a coach I have wondered how to do this site without the need to update pages frequently as the…