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Thanks to Scott, Gilbert and kai, some great wines 1. Brancaia. A Swiss family looks for a villa and starts a winery. The il blu is a super Tuscan. 2007. Rated 96 by WS. Also got a 2003 which is supposed to be a great year. 2. Pietopan Soave Classico.…

If the sync to your ipad doesn’t complete properly then the ipod music app can come up and then disappear. Very distressing. Google search shows two simple fixes. Add or delete a song on iTunes and resync. This resets the music database. See http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-help/5770-ipads-music-app-crashes.html But simplest is to start the…

I was just telling someone that raising kids doesn’t make u an expert. After all it is not like people come with an instruction manual. Eve tells me I’m wrong turns out that dailyom.com has one 🙂 See http://www.dailyom.com/book/ltldl.html

Few minutes in Portland airport but using the iPad as a mobile road warrior. The cant live without apps are Gpsdrive HD. A gps with good navigation for $3. A little more a month if u ned voice. Works decently juts gets confused usually at end where it sometimes gets…

Well this 18Mpixel sensor baby (aka the Canon 550D) is now available as a body only. It’s bigger brother, the Canon 50D is about to updated to the Canon 60D, so you might want to wait until August when it ships. The rumor is that it will also get an…

I got comcast phone service and suddenly I’m getting all kinds of junk calls and random mail to my home address. Think they must sell the names. Working on the do not call registry and unlisting the number now. So beware! 

Alex asked what does flashing green light mean? Yahoo answers…http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080105000631AAia3Rd Flashing green means that all other traffic has a red and you are the only ones moving, generally they are for left turns against oncoming traffic but not always, you may have flashing green for both left turns and straight…

Cookie sheets and things. Cooks illustrated is really then best source of tests. I got the Lincoln foodservice half sheet model 5314 which lists for just $16 and the Vollrath 68085 cookie sheet. Swear by both. See http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=lincoln+foodservice+5314&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&cid=16878581429678172520&ei=BY4xTKXSBIKyiwTcsbnPDg&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#p

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/allyoucaneat/2012244893_din_tai_fung_opening_in_bellev.html?syndication=rss says that din tai Fung is finally coming to Seattle. So now we will have Bellevue version and hopefully their xiao long Bao will be hee and delicious. Opening in the fall

I don’t know if it is the perfect car, but the Nissan Leaf sounds pretty amazing. $33K with $25K if you qualify for the federal subsidy. It looks pretty cool, goes 100 miles and uses Lithium Ion batteries. Plus, it is a hatchback. Wow.  It has a 240V charger that…