Monthly Archives: August 2008
Make MSDN Website Load Faster
The MSDN website sucks. It loads extremely slowly, and is visually cluttered. It turns out that MSDN has a low-bandwidth (“loband”) option. This will cause MSDN to render using much simpler HTML, which loads much more quickly and has a … Continue reading
Photographer’s Rights
The Bert P. Krages website has a handy, downloadable PDF version of the “The Photographer’s Right”. If you object to the recent harassment of photographers in public places, I suggest that you download this, print it out, and carry it … Continue reading
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Craigslist Blocks Yahoo Pipes
Craigslist is one of the greatest sites in the world, and the entire Bay Area seems to revolve around it. Sadly, Craigslist’s search facility is extremely bad, seemingly only capable of searching within a price range and neighborhood. Craigslist supplies … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology
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Bicycle Weights
I bought a super-handy digital hanging scale from DealExtreme ($10.84, by far the lowest price on the ‘net). The most useful weights to post that I can think of are those of my bicycles: Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2 60cm (2007) … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged allez, allez elite, cannondale, dealextreme, digital hanging scale, hanging scale, raven, specialized, synapse
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The Thunders at Elbo Room
Ellie and I went to Elbo Room to see Crepe-Sensei Shinji’s band, The Thunders. Before them was Clouds and Cannons, which proved to be a great bonus for the night. As their 11:00 showtime approached, the hipster crowd dissipated and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Music
Tagged band, Japanese, live music, Music, punk, rock, San Francisco, The Thunders
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Powdered Whole Milk
Powdered milk is a great thing to have along when backpacking. It’s a lightweight source of protein and flavor. Unfortunately, all of the backpacking-oriented stores seem obsessed with fat-free products. This yields tasteless, low-calorie breakfasts which don’t seem to keep … Continue reading