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Discovered YouTube Channels and have subscribed to some niche programming like: DRIVE, a worthwhile video source if you happen to lust for cars like the GT3 cup car. These are all short works because there is only so much time in the day that one can spend consuming media. Here’s a representative piece on Lowriders from Motortrend .  They are cinematic and skillfully done in the [...]

Conclusion: iPad wins. As an experiment the MacBook was left behind; lid closed and shutdown for an entire week. The objective was to lighten and reduce the shear number of devices and peripherals loading my computer bag. The test was to determine whether there would be withdrawal symptoms. There were none. As far as media [...]

The Google Voice service transcribes voice mail messages ( by machine ) which can be somewhat off: “This is James a catholic area calling let you know that your car needs 8 number is that it is not opening and closing properly parts and labor to your place with them. That is about 481. Give [...]

The only way in is with the cutting wheel or chisel pry tool or hacksaw. The Apple power adapter (brick) wasn’t intended to be disassembled. The case is glue bonded. However with the power supply inop due to a separated output wire, what was there to lose by attempting a repair. A simple splice and [...]

If you’d have asked me if people would actually read (and enjoy) books on a 2 X 3 inch screen, I would have ____________.?! Well, it is not as horrible as one might think. Of course, if I have deep and permanent squint marks afterward then you’ll know better. (Font Aa size adjustable) The jurors [...]

WordPress is a great CMS apparatus which can be further enhanced with Plugins. A Routes extension, just installed, solved a need for a way to display a collection of jog tracks that I’ve built upon over the years. This plugin features an aggregate function which displays them all on a central map index. Routes has [...]

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Left the NJ Turnpike an exit too soon and was deposited in a ghetto of Elizabeth Port with no easy way out. Mean streets. Felt a bit like Chevy Chase in his Vacation movie about to ask for directions as he tries to get on with gangsters in Harlem. Lucky the Maps Google app on [...]

Didn’t want to brave the lines so popped into the Apple Store a day late (hoping that they’d have exhausted inventory and thus my CC would be safe) for a hands on demo. Surprise! Not only did they have several on the display table (w/finger prints and smudge marks) to handle but the cashier was [...]

Google has enhanced its Maps API and MapsGoogle will now display EarthGoogle KML files. Here is an example. The KML file is appended to the maps dot google URL. Use a web service like Gmaps Pedometer to build trace routes. Use Gmap to GPX and create a GPX file. This file can be imported into [...]