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Continue reading →: The Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded
I really wanted to just love the Matrix Reloaded. It was a good movie, but not a great one IMHO. I just rewatched the original Matrix and I can see why. The original was filled with mystery. First versions can be. It wasn’t clear what was real and what was…
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Continue reading →: Buying a Touring/Commuting/Crosscycle Bike
I’ve been looking for my second bike. I love my Trek 5900, but it isn’t that practical for all the other things. Fortunately, Steve Hooper told me about Adventure Cycling Association. Here is what I found out: “Buying a Touring Bike”:http://www.adv-cycling.org/features/buyabike2003.cfm. A great comprehensive piece. There is not much on…
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Continue reading →: Won the War, Losing the Peace
Passion for PeaceA great piece by Friedman as usual. The Rumsfeld doctrine of small-force, high-tech armies may be great for winning wars, but you need the Powell doctrine for winning the peace: a massive, overwhelming investment of soldiers, police and aid. We should be flooding Iraq with people and money…
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Continue reading →: Depressed: DVD Coasters Galore
ULead MovieFactory. I’m depressed. I used this thing to create a DVD movie. Now as I’m trying to duplicate 7 copies, I have 1 coaster (e.g., destroyed DVD+R) for everyone that is good. An obvious driver problem where in the middle of a copy, it gives up the ghost and…
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Continue reading →: DDR400 is Here!
Well the next generation of hardware performance is here. There is the new lineup of Pentiums with hyperthreading and also a new set of motherboards based on the i875P and the i865P. Tom’s Hardware recommends getting an 865P motherboard and the 2.8 GHz Pentium IV. I’m on the way: *…
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Continue reading →: dvd to divx backup
Well it’s been six months since I figured out the best way to backup DVDs. Here’s an update on what’s on the web now: * “Doom9.net Guide”:http://www.doom9.org/. This was the source I used before and learned about Gordian Knot. The site has only gotten better. It actually explains what you…
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Continue reading →: Ode to Peta Jane
Alex is learning poetry. Here are some of his latest. First is a kind of neat form: Peta-Jane Awesome fun Busy helping caring Makes me very challenged Peta-Jane I had not heard of this form before, but it has the first and last line are the name of the person.…
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Continue reading →: T-Mobile $19.99 WiFi
Wireless Internet Access – T-Mobile HotSpots. Pricing is hitting the right range. Right now T-mobile offers a $20/month plan if you are T-mobile voice subscriber for Wifi access. Sign my up!
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Continue reading →: Drowning in Wifi Signals
Doug’s Dynamic Drivel: A new Wi-Fi model. This problem of how power WiFi has been hotly debated in our shop over at “Geekfishing”:http://geekfishing.net. Basically if you have lots of 802.11 Wifi access points beaconing, you get unpredictable results as clients roam automagically from one to another. In our own offices,…
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Continue reading →: Topolino Wheelset Review and Veloflex Pave Reviews
h2. Topolino Wheelset Topolino Tech. I’m a crazy dope with too much craziness for lightness. In any case, I just got these wheels. A great deal from “Bethel Cycles”:http://bethelcycles.com that includes tires, rim strip and tubes. I finally got these and mounted them with a set of Veloflex Pave 700×22…
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