38 mpg on the Kawasaki

I just filled up my gas tank yesterday, something I don’t have to do very often.  This is the one on my 1984 Kawasaki KZ550 motorcycle.  It looks like after the tuneup I had done a couple weeks ago, I’m getting almost exactly 38 miles per gallon.  That’s mostly city driving.  And my riding style… Continue reading 38 mpg on the Kawasaki

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don’t upgrade to WordPress 2.6

I noticed that my two blog sites (toddbradley.com and broomfieldrestaurantreviews.com) were running WordPress 2.2 and that 2.6 was now available through Fantastico.  So I clicked the button on my web host’s Fantastico control panel to do the upgrade. I thought everything went well, but I noticed all my categories got horked.  There were still categories,… Continue reading don’t upgrade to WordPress 2.6

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S&M Barbie is lashed by the public | The Sun |News

S&M Barbie is lashed by the public | The Sun |News Personally, I think the new Barbie is hot! My niece-in-law is a marketing genius on Mattel’s Barbie team.  I haven’t heard from her in a while, but I wonder what she thinks of this.

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I’m getting a Drobo

At first I thought they were weird.  But now that I’ve lived with a pile of external drives for a while, and now that the Drobo supports FW800, I decided to get one.  It should arrive next week, and then I’ll consolidate all my external drives down to this thing and never have to worry… Continue reading I’m getting a Drobo

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Mac OS X Screen Sharing == VNC

Wow, I had no idea there is both a VNC client and server built into Mac OS X 10.5.  I had installed separate apps (2 clients and 1 server) I downloaded over a year ago, but after reading these two articles I see I don’t need any special software at all! http://www.macworld.com/article/131094/2007/12/screensharepower.html http://www.dssw.co.uk/blog/2007/05/14/a-vnc-server-is-included-in-mac-os-x-104

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Happy Independence Day!

It’s July 4, which here in the USA is Independence Day.  I’m catching up on email and bills this morning, and we’ll go to the reservoir later today to enjoy the hot sun and cool water. It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, so here’s a quick update: I survived the EGD procedure… Continue reading Happy Independence Day!

Schmutz Blocker 3.0 is out!

The Mozilla people released Firefox 3.0.  You know, the web browser that blocks all the schmutz. http://www.blakeross.com/2005/07/04/firefox-schmutz I’m downloading it to all my computers as fast as I can.  Already upgraded my work desktop this afternoon, but still need to do my work laptop.  And I just upgraded my Mac mini (which I’m writing this… Continue reading Schmutz Blocker 3.0 is out!

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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ever had someone ram a tube down your throat into your stomach?  I’m now scheduled to have just that very thing done.  Here’s the description of the procedure: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In medicine (gastroenterology), esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualises the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the… Continue reading Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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