Author: Marc

Free gas bbq for folks in the San Jose area

FREE Char-Broil MasterFlame 8000 gas bbq (san jose south) Previous homeowner left it behind. It needs a bit of TLC. It needs to be cleaned out and I think the burners might be bad, but you could buy the burners at Osh pretty...

General

More MySpace suckitude

4 friends? I only see 3....

LinuxUbuntu

What is the best USB wireless (802.11g) adapter for Linux?

I have an Ubuntu Linux system and I'm looking for a USB 802.11g adapter that won't be a complete nightmare to set up. I'm very Linux-savvy, but have better things to do with my time than waste hours finding the right combination...

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Roller Derby

Last weekend we went to a roller derby match at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. The Bay City Bombers vs. the L.A Thunderbirds. From looking at the Bay City Bombers web site, I was definitely expecting something kind of weird,...

Gadgets

HDTVExpert

A great site for people like myself who are shopping around for an HDTV. Great info about the various technologies such as plasma, LCD, rear projection (including DLP), as well as 1080p (which he's fairly down on since he think...

General

Miscellaneous stuff done around the house

Over the weekend, we finally finished painting our bookcase. The Craftsman orbital sander that I bought at Osh for $19.99 was overkill for just smoothing out the final coat, so I returned it. Now we need to put books in it... Our...

Mac

Deal on Parallels at Fry’s

Relayed by a coworker: Was walking the aisles of Fry's disappointed they were sold out of the new cordless mighty mouse and stumbled across an amazing deal. Fry's is currently selling Parallels (which normally retails for $79.99)...