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Continue reading →: Senegal Roaming
Connie is headed out to Senegal. Here’s the mobile operator. I need to get her the right SIM card for her tri-mode phone. Wow, is this complicated. Fortunately John did some research on Spanish SIM cards and such, but Senegal is a little bit farther afield. Here is what I…
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Continue reading →: Google and DMOZ Directories
Submitting a Site to The Open Directory Project. Every want to get into Google’s directory system. Right now, my buddies aren’t in it. Turns out that Google uses the Open Directory structure, so all you have to do is click on Add URL in the right spot in DMOZ and…
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Continue reading →: Wireless Rockets
Geekfishing Blog: Rocket Update. Check out Adrian’s modification to our group Christmas present. It used to be a model rocket that could take a few still photos at a few hundred feet. A hundred hours later, it now has a webcam in it with 802.11 that can take real time…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft and the community
Pushme-pullyou. Great thoughts by Joe on what to do about the “community at large.” It is nice to know there are folks inside the ‘Soft who are wondering about what to do about the external world. my initial reaction is this: I know that to a great degree, Microsoft employees…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft is jealous (and scared of) of Slash Dot and Scripting News…
The Scobleizer Weblog. Great comments from someone in the blogging community about how Microsoft deals with the influential masses. I can see both sides of the story having been on the outside for three years now. The debate is fasicinating.
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Continue reading →: Windows XP ClearType tuning
Serdar points out that there is a great Cleartype tuning wizard available from Microsoft that makes things look even better on an LCD. A great tool I think.
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Continue reading →: Trek 5900
. Serdar, asked me to post photos of my main bike. It’s really not a 5900 technically, but a builtup OLCV 110 frame, but its easier to explain it to folks as a 5900 with totally different components. It is a nice bike, although I like the 2002 colors quite…
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Continue reading →: Darn it…network gone on Shuttle SS51G
Rats, my great new Shuttle SS51G has a problem. It’s network card seems to have given up the ghost. Nothing like spending two hours trying to figure it out. Checked the network cable with a good machine and that works fine. Behaves as though there is no connector there at…
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Continue reading →: Drafting to Decrease Wind Resistance
Thanks to Road Bike Rider. They have a great news letter. Here are some interesing factoids I learned. It explains how the pros can travel at 25 mph for days on end. Of course they produce twice the wattage (200 watts for a mortal vs. 400 watts for a pro),…
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Continue reading →: Video Conferencing
Paul Maritz and Eyal both want to do video conferencing over at Ignition. This seems like a classic opportunity for Rich “The Geek” Tong to learn another inane subject. I certainly don’t think we should spend $2,000 for some hardware when we don’t understand all the issues (like why can’t…
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