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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…

This is the answer to all of us who want electronic shifting but can’t afford it. Shimano takes the next step and announces a lower cost version with the Ultegra Di2. It allows fora  28 tooth gear in the rear which is good. It has the sizes we want: standard…

The primary is coming up again and the most important thing in Seattle at least is the Aurora bridge replacement. So if you don’t want to see gridlock (or if you do, nows the time). Some endorsements from the left or Seattle Times for center endorsements as well.

Well, finally working through problems with Tivos and so forth and got the home theater running with a Tivo that isn’t connected to cable but does transfer from another tivo (I think BTW, I can now get rid of the yealry subscription on this thing and use it use for…

Ok, here is where I am: Preview.app crashes. It looks like this is related to the number of files opened. If I open about 100 or so, I get a MALLOC error. So limiting it to 40 or so files and being careful about this strange new auto open every…

Today seems like a day to collect things that I need…here are the many cool Blu Rays coming out thanks to blu-ray.com Lord of the Rings. The extended edition is finally out and it looks and sounds great Matrix. I already have this and it is great Terminator. Well the…

OK, just had a really wonderful photography do an event for us. There were two amazing things: 1. The lowlight performance of the Nikon D700 is just incredible. Can’t believe how wonderful those shots are with the soft light. Too bad I’m a Canon lense person 2. If someone really…