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I’m such an idiot

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I jammed a superdrive back in April. Forgot about not leaving a DVD in there and now Microsoft Office 2008 is stuck in there and it won’t come out. I can actually hear the drive spinup and try to access and then stop. Once I even got the CD icon for a second. Looks to [...]

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Tweets off to http://twitter.com/richtong

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Hey Michelle pointed out the tweets are really distracting. She’s right, most of the twitter stuff is so much like IM, so these will stay on Twitter and you can see in the sidebar. The blog will be for the longer and more archival stuff.

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Cordless Drills and Screwdrivers

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Hey I need one now that I’ve got a boat to mangle.
Some to look at are:
Panasonic EY6432GZKW $200 and the Ryobi P813 at $170 are really godo if expensive. The Makita BDF452HW $200 is only 3.5 pounds.
If you want to be really manly, then the Hitachi DS18DMR at $200 and 6 pounds is [...]

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Cool sites from Alex…Blackle.com

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Hey instead of white which burns LEDs, go to a Blackle which has saved lots of power just by turning down Google with a black screen! Says you can save 750 MWhr/Year if everyone used it.

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Free iPhone Wifi at Starbucks

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

Hey a big incentive to learn how to make iPhone’s a proxy server for your laptop!
AT&T Officially Lists Wi-Fi Hotspot Access with iPhone Plans – Mac Rumors AT&T’s iPhone website (under ‘Plans’ tab) has been updated to reveal that each iPhone plan now includes access to their “more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks [...]

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