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Continue reading →: 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 -…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: 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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Continue reading →: 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.…
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