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Continue reading →: Getting up on Blogging
Had a great discussion about the future of blogs, mobile, etc. with some incredibly smart people (Ben Slivka, Bill Valentine, Satoshi Nakajima and Kendra Vandermulen). They asked for an easy intro to blogging. A good questions. Here are some sites to look at: * “Tong Family”:https://richtong.org. OK, a selfish announcement,…
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Continue reading →: The Hiltons
The Hilton Lounge – Unofficial Paris and Nicky Hilton. Someone thought the flight risk woman was Paris Hilton. Now there is a blog that does nothing but cover Paris and Nicky. Amazing.
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Continue reading →: Flight Risk
The Agonist: A Flight Risk. With the war settling into a slow pattern, it’s time to take a break and find some other strange goings on. The best one I’ve found is about a wealthy heiress on the run from her powerful father. Much speculation about whether it is true…
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Continue reading →: Manuals, Manuals, Manuals
Most of the manuals that I’ve been looking for are now in PDF format on the Internet. But, I’ve noticed that they tend to disappear off the Internet as soon as the model is obsolete. So, here is a listing of components that I have, their current location on the…
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Continue reading →: Pronto Pro Programming
With my Dad’s new house, it’s given me a renewed dedication to programming his Pronto Pro that has been sitting for a year (!!!). Here are the key links: * “Remote Central”:http://remotecentral.com. Thanks much to Daniel Tonkin for maintaining this site. It has a list of pretty much every device…
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Continue reading →: Bicycle Stem and Bars
Every 2-3 years, “Lennard Zinn”:http://www.zinncycles.com/ recommends replacing the handlebars. So, I’m off on a search for lightweight set of bars and stem. Right now I have a 3TTT Prima 199 and Icon Sterling Stem. These are pretty light. 200g and 120g respectively, but the Prima is certainly quite flexy. Also,…
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Continue reading →: rumsfeld rids high
Rumsfeld Stands Tall After Iraq Victory (washingtonpost.com). let’s hope he uses his power well. he’s got a lot of it. from the piece he is taking over the cia and the state department in essence. and will shrink the army in favor of special ops and airpower
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Continue reading →: Disneyland for Geeks
Google Search: disneyland guide. Connie is thinking about going to Disneyland and was wondering what the best way to do this is. The prices are truly low right now. Here are some guides we found: * “Disneyland at About”:http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/disneyland/. Good suggestions about time to travel, Fastpass and Ridemax. Good to…
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Continue reading →: Travel with a Bike
Ritchey BreakAway Bike. A real dilemma how to do this. You can get a gigantic case or a special bike made, but here’s a commercial one with a decoupler. Interesting.
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Continue reading →: Scanners
Well, Gary has a cool Coolscan 4000 and it is amazing. I’ve been looking for a reasonably priced scanner with scratch removal: * “Steve Digicam’s Compendium”:http://www.steves-digicams.com/scanners.html. Easily the most comprehension collection of reviews on high quality scanners. * Canon just shipped the Lide 9900 which has scratch removal in a…
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