I’ve really not cared for Outlook Express for quite a while now so I’m giving Mozilla Thunderbird a shot. So far, it’s pretty good. Have to change some of my habits around keyboard shortcuts and the like. The news reader is much better than the Outlook one, but that isn’t saying much. We’ll see how this goes.
I called up TimeWarner today about my cable modem service. I’ve had it for a couple of years now and wanted to see if there was a better deal I should be on to save a few dollars. Turns out I was able to upgrade my service at no cost and get a 4x increase in download bandwidth. …
Keep reading · 1 minute: More Bandwidth, Same PriceA couple of months ago, not that long after I decided I needed gigabit networking at home, I decided that I also needed a terabyte of storage at home. My reasons for this were: I have my entire music collection, some 600+ CDs, stored as MP3 files on my network and use it all the …
Keep reading · 7 minutes: Project Terabyte!A couple weeks ago I made the big jump to GigE at home. Why have gigabit ethernet at home? Why not! The first step to this Geek Fest was to figure out what was needed. Chris Tersteeg gave me a quick download on the marketplace (what is it with him and this type of information?!) …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Got Gig?Today was a long ride. 😀 Little over a thousand more vertical feet of climbing than we had yesterday, add onto that wet morning with a hot afternoon (read as your clothing is always not right) and a headwind that seemed to follow us wherever we went, no matter what! However, the …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Hellweek, Day 2 - The Harper ImageLet’s actually start with yesterday, Friday. Got into San Antonia, got the bike from luggage, all went very easy, to my surprise. Got the gate upgrade on the car rental to a Ford Explorer, much better for putting stuff into. Made my way to Fredericksburg and put the bike …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Hellweek, Day 1 - LBJ RambleSecond gear test, got everything working the way I want this time. Below you can see the ride that I took, total distance of 15.9 miles: Here is an elevation profile of the ride. I was also able to put speed on here as well, the GPS tracks the distance from each sampling point …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Hellweek Gear Test 2Took my GPS on my ride with me to do a gear test before heading to Texas. Had the heart rate monitor on as well, but for some reason I got no signal, not sure what the problem was with that. Below you can see the ride that I took today, total distance of 29.8 miles: Here is an …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Hellweek Gear Test 1