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Heard in a meeting, turns out no one knows where this comes from. Some think it comes from Buddhist second truth which is “Desire is the root of all suffering” There is a long list of quotes not from Shakespeare

I’ve got a whole set of Imedion and Eneloop batteries that are low discharge. The big advantage is they keep most of their charge for up to a year, so great for most applications (like remote controls) where you don’t use it much. And their capacities are pretty good. The…

Well so there are some good questions about how to integrate your iPhone to iCal. With some schools using webcal as a protocol for getting real time calendar information: Find the webcal: URL Email it to yourself Click on it on your iPhone.  

If you don’t want to wear a headset all the time, one alternative is the bluetooth speakerphone. I’ve been using the Motorola T505 for almost two years now and it works pretty well. Main issues are that it is OK loud, but on FM, it is really hard in Seattle…

Well, this is certainly complicated to figure this out and there are no specific instructions, but the main problem is that Boot Camp 4.0 and the web doesn’t give very good instructions and Windows 7 doesn’t have the right default drivers for the iMac, so the screen goes blank, but…

OK, I play badly, but this is always another opportunity to buy cool hardware. Tried a bunch but here are golf.com’s reviews for people who need improvement (I love how they change the terms beginner, intermediate and advanced to max game improvement, game improvement and better player, what marketing!). As…

Two year ago, I got a Drobo Pro eight bay and it has been working OK right up to a power outage (I should have had a UPS) that caused the SCSI controller to fail. Got a warranty replacement from Drobo (thanks Drobo!), but realized I needed more backup as…

It is amazingly hard to get a listing of all the non-stops between US and China. Wikipedia appears to have the best list: United flies SFO to PEK and PVG ORD to PEK and PVG DUL to PEK LAX to PVG Continental flies EWK to PEK and PVG American flies…

Hat tip to Howie for this one… Garmin bought a power meter company and it is pedal mounted so easy to move. Expensive, but no more so than the others.  See Velonews

Ok getting a little stale on restaurants and after a Kitchen Nightmare marathon ready to try some new ones. Here is what a quick scan of the Seattle Times found Little water cantina. Mexican. 2.5 stars. Eastlake 50 North. American. Near Uvillage. 2 stars Golden Beetle. Brett suggests some others…