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I’ve been watching Long Way Round, and daydreaming of a serious trek. Their choice boiled down to two classic adventure bikes: KTM 950 Adventure and the equivalent of the current BMW R 1200 GS Adventure. There’s been lots of reviews on the subject. Here’s a start: RiderReport, *FirstRides*,  Adventure Touring Scoring Sheet. They scored most [...]

Finally, I can look for real-estate with a map — just like a real person does it! You start with a address-based query, then you can go to a map (low-res, Google Maps-esque) and you’re presented with a series of house icons representing the locations of the matches and a sidebar with thunbmails and summary [...]

Like to watch? Check out Axis networkable video solutions. These are commercial grade products you typically see in malls, commerical office high-rises, and almost every government building you can still get into. My personal favorites are the 221 Day & Night (approx. $1100 USD, plus check out the optional housing for exterior mounting — mount [...]

This is *THE* answer — 10x the power of lead-acid portable electric power that doesn’t poop out after a few hundred cycles, and recharges in seconds rather than hours! Want more — how about 1/8th the cost of lithium-ion! Dig into EEStor (hard core)!!! Bye bye gas guzzlers…

Scott Haefner is da’ man when it comes to aerial photography from a kite — yes, a kite! The pics are amazing and its actually relatively repeatable for the rest of us assuming a few key purchases.

It’ll probably change next week, but… Wireless device of choice is down to either the Moto Razr V3 (docs, Cingular is the only wireless carrier that’s reliable in my neighood), or the new Cingular 2125 Smartphone (docs, Mac/XP connectivity, and must-have apps AudioNotes, AutoFlight, NewsBreak, and SensibleSudoku). As for the compute engine, its either the [...]

Read the specs on the new Mac mini, then dig into this HDTV usecase analysis. Gotta admit, Intel core duo sounds pretty schweet! Lots of traffic, so research on…