06 10204.pdf (application/pdf Object) As a general rule I choose not to do politics on my tech site. (I do have a separate blogger account for such purposes). However, in this case, I think its much more than a constitutional/judicial issue. Its a tech problem, of which it is not a simple one to solve. [...]

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one red paperclip Mind blowing, bartering a paperclip for a house. Gotta hand it to this guy for taking on the impossible, and the scary part is, he just might succeed in doing it. Wow Lots of interesting psychology, and business in this one.

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picktown_lights.mov (video/quicktime Object) This is pretty cool. The guy has some prototype RF lor boxes which allow him to control lights even across the street. Talk about a good way to keep the neighbors happy by getting them involved. Its pretty cool! As an FYI, the triac control box designs are done, and tomorrow is [...]

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Mills Fleet Farm � News And More This guy has a pretty cool system for his fishing and hunting gear. Its pretty similiar to my storage system. Both of us use plastic bins. Each bin has an inventory of items, a major subject label and sequential number or letter, and a physical location. What he [...]

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Suncast� – Lawn and Garden Products My hose reel took a header, the inlet and outlet tubs decide to fall apart, thus necessitating spooling off all the hose, and making a big mess. I went to the suncast website looking for repair parts and saw this. My first thought was wow, thats cool, but its [...]

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Social Security Death Index Interactive Search Interesting 76 million social security numbers online with easy 1 click access. Of course, all of these people have passed away, so whether they would be useful or not, I don’t know. However, it is interesting that they are posted for anyone to access.

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Midwest Wireless: game pad for the new Kyocera Slider Remix This unit even has batteries, and it makes the phone large enough to be practical and usable. The old slider was so tiny, it had a very short battery life, and the key pad, well, that was another story entirely. Since my old Kyocera 3245 [...]

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NISTNCSTAR1CollapseofTowers.pdf (application/pdf Object) NIST has released their report, and has a number of recommendations. As with anything NIST takes on, its pretty well done. The report is 298 pages, but the recommendations start on page 251. There were a few eye openers in this report, but then again, knowing politics maybe not. Large projects unfortunately [...]

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Microsoft Reader Catalog of eBooks Yes, you read it correctly, these are free from Microsoft. I thought wow, thats cool, but unfortunately, they require the Microsoft reader, which unfortunately does not run under the PalmOS. What is really cool however, is they have a text to speech component for it. Not sure how well it [...]

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Aircraft Icing Training – Courses These courses are pretty cool. As one who lives in a northern climate and has spent many an hour polishing ice, any useful tips and tricks are of great value. There are two courses, one on inflight icing, and the other on ground icing.

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