Vicki and I were discussing the possibility of buying a Pioneer DVR-810H, which is a combination TiVo and DVD recorder and player, because they’ve been discontinued and sites all over the net are advertising them for less than half price. However, I soon discovered that any site that claims they have it in stock is lying through their teeth, and will cheerfully tell you that they’ll ship it to you as soon as it comes in – I guess they don’t quite get the concept of “discontinued”.
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Category: Geekery
Product review: Shure E2C ear phones
Back in March, I wrote a little bit about the Apple “in-ear” headphones in Rants and Revelations: Tubular Bells
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Feeping Creaturism
Remember a few days ago I said that my simple flying club tach entry web site had garnered about a bazillion feature requests before it could be rolled out?
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Am I clever or stupid?
I came up with something at work yesterday that I can’t tell if it’s extremely clever, or way too complicated.
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Random thoughts on the weekend
Not the most productive weekend I’ve ever had, but a nice balance of doing and not doing.
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