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Continue reading →: It's grilling season…and you should get
Regardless of whether or not grilled meat will eventually kill you, to me it is kind of worth it, there is nothing like a double thick cut of T-bone grilled at 600 degrees and then moved over to the radiant side to cool to a perfect medium rare. Wirecutter.com actually…
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Continue reading →: Two Factor Authentication and being safer
Well, I hope everyone is doing the basics of keeping safe. Right now there are so many phishing attacks it is ridiculous. To review the recommendations they are in priority order with difficulty of doing listed: Use different password for every account. This is actually pretty hard to do, but using…
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Continue reading →: Getting (Re)started biking (or any exercise)
Vlad recently asked me for some advice with biking and getting start again, it made me thing about how getting people into sports is so important. I’m so grateful that various folks like Brad, Steve or Mark got me into cycling and skiing. When I think about it, I realize…
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Continue reading →: Car Camping
Well someone asked what you should get when you go car camping, here are some suggestions, the first is that you want to maximize comfort and fun. The whole point of car camping is to make sure your family and friends want to go again. With that in mind, here…
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Continue reading →: Tesla Model X 100D Uncorking
Ok this is a little bit of a nerd topic, but Tesla updated their Model X 75 and 100 sometime in mid 2017 so they produce more power. It is pretty incredible that you can do this in firmware, but the power went from 380 horsepower to 430 horsepower. Wow,…
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Continue reading →: Latest in Race Bikes is all Aero
With the Tour de France in full swing, it’s time to look at the latest in bicycle technology. This year the big news is that disc brakes and aerodynamics are all the rage. Most of the new bikes have only an ounce or so difference, so if you have the…
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Continue reading →: Syncing Audiobooks does not work with iCloud
Silly reason really. But if you have some audiobooks that are formatted as mp3, then you can’t just use iCloud Music Library. The reason is that files that are less than 96Kbps are marked ineligible and will not sync with iCloud, so you have to go back to the ancient…
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Continue reading →: Urban Bikes: Fixes vs Track Bikes
So two friends have recently gotten different urban or commuter bikes. Bike sharing: short rides The main thing about the bikes is, of course, that if you don’t care about performance and don’t ride far (and don’t care about your brain), then the various bike sharing services are pretty good.…
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Continue reading →: Bike Equipment Reviews
Well in looking at all the bike components, it’s amazing how little I will read the mainstream publications, it seems like the really good technical reviews are being done by talented enthusiasts. So if you are looking to really understand some aspect of buying a bicycle, here are the nerd…
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Continue reading →: A reminder: Scanning Resolution for Prints
Well, while scanners can handle up to 3200dpi, there are very few prints that have that much resolution. So how do you keep from just scanning noise. Most inkjet printers for instance are 300 dpi, so for most prints, when you get into the 1600 dpi range, you are really…