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Given that the van engine decide to have a little failure that caused it to be replaced for a whopping repair bill, perhap I should be looking at the Infinity, now billed as the most expensive CD ripper going. On second thought an iPod would do very nicely. Cars, can’t live without them, can’t live Read More …

Ice Breaker #4 Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We were at the cottage on Lake of the Woods for part of the Easter weekend with Eric, Dez, Scott & Mandi when the four of them decided to do something new. Well, actually the guys invented this but the girls really got into it as well. Read More …

… you think you might get hit with a Taser gun, you might want to pick up a couple of these t-shirts. You never know when they might come in handy. Polyester fabric neutralizes stun gun jolt | CNET News.com “If you are hit, the Taser gun won’t work,” said Greg Schultz, co-owner of G2 Read More …

Yesterday I went out for the first bike ride of the season with Eric. A coolish day at +5C with a strong north wind and the roads are starting to dry up a bit, but there are still lots of big puddles in places. Well the first 20km was pretty good and we were keeping Read More …

I’ve had this video bookmarked for a long time, and I finally got around to watching it, and its great stuff. Since I have not read the book yet, I think I’ll add it to my Amazon WishList in case anybody is interested :-). Mr. Friedman tells a great story about checking in to a Read More …

On the esteemed CBC Information Radio with Terry McLeod this morning I heard a term that caught my attention. It’s not anything I’ve ever heard before and not something I’d expect from the CBC, but then perhaps I’m just leading a sheltered life. Still, it had kind of a nice ring to it and the Read More …

After trying several blogging tools and programs, I think Performancing for Firefox will be the one for a while. Lots of great feature, free, and it posts to my IBM Internal blog as well. wBlogger was nice, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and Rocket Post was just crashing all the time and Read More …

Thanks to this Monday Morning Memo from Wizard Academy, I’ve hooked up with Pandora and I’m lovin’ it. What a great concept. I’m enjoying some of the great tunes coming up from my custom radio station seeded with ELO and The Moody Blues. Top that off with the hookup with Slim Devices’ Squeezebox and you’ve Read More …

ovn-roasted alligatr Originally uploaded by Esthr. Wow, this is something else, almost enough to make you loose your appetite. But, I guess it’s not an endangered species, and if it’s up to my dinning habits, there will be no problem with the alligators. Explorers Club Annual Dinner

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V1.0.0.1just released. The release includes enhancements such as a browser-based administrative console, and eclipse plug-in enhancements. read more | digg story