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I’m still here

January 28, 2012 – 5:38 pm

I’ve become disillusioned with the constant churn of websites-controlled-by-other-entities which I’m somehow compelled to participate in. They’ve developed a very effective value proposition for introverts like me who are otherwise likely to lose contact with friends over time, but I really tire of it being a constant cycle of replacing one proprietary system with another. [...]

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My 3 most used pairs of headphones

September 15, 2011 – 8:06 pm

Sony MDR-V600 I bought back around 1999. I used these constantly until the hinge on the headband failed after 5 or 6 years. The earpads were significantly trashed at that point. Some unidentifiable earbuds that came with a cheap Sandisk MP3 player I bought on Woot. I’ve used them fairly regularly for the past 4 [...]

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Dependence on the “cloud”

September 5, 2011 – 2:33 pm

I’ve been thinking a lot about “cloud” services I’m at least partially dependent on. And they fall into three general categories: Services I use to make my own personal computing easier (Evernote, Dropbox, Newsblur, Google calendar). Services I use to share things publicly or with a set of contacts (Flickr) Services I use generally for [...]

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Fixing sagging wood fence gates

May 28, 2011 – 12:43 pm

In my opinion, fixing poorly designed wood fence gates (no diagonal cross-brace) with those cable and turnbuckle kits just delays the problem slightly. It just slowly bows the gate, if it doesn’t have a lot of rigidity to start with. Jack it up somehow until it’s square and install a 2×4 diagonally across it, screwed [...]

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Macbook Air notes and bittorrent clients

May 8, 2011 – 1:13 pm

I finally took a look at the two Macbook Air models at a local Apple store. While I definitely like the 11″ size over the 13″ size, it seems like the main compromises are: A 16:10 aspect ratio screen instead of 16:9. Even more squashed F-keys and the Escape key. That could possibly be annoying [...]

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