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Category : Technology

Taking apart an iPod

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Published on: January 5, 2006

The new internal battery I bought for my iPod came today. The company that i got it from (sonnos) also includes a CD with a video on how to replace the battery and the tools you need. The iPod is very hard to take apart, I ended up needing both tools (they say to use[…]

Finally filled up 3/4 of my iPod

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Published on: January 3, 2006

It been a bit over 2 years since I got my iPod. It is a 40Gb 3g iPod, and I got it for Christmas of 2003 from my parents. It is one of the devices I use every day, and I am glad I have it every day, it is one of the best presents[…]

Blogs I started to read in 2005

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Published on: December 31, 2005

Back in 2004 I started my blog. But I did not start reading other’s blogs until this year. I am going to list the blogs that I started to read on a regular basis this year. Rob over at Unspace Pastor Stiegemeyer from Concordia Lutheran Church Power Ball’s blog WA3FKG’s (Ken’s) blog, a fellow Ham[…]

My iPod’s battery

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Published on: December 29, 2005

After 2 years of faithful service, my iPods battery finally is at the end of it’s life. It lasts only about an hour now. So I have bought a new iPod battery, it should be here on the 5th. I also got a belkin backup battery pack. The battery pack uses 4 AA batteries for[…]

My News sources

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Published on: December 22, 2005

sources here, with a list of the last few entries from them

Hockey stuff

Categories: Church, Hockey, Technology
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Published on: December 19, 2005

A friend from church, have me a bunch of magazines he had, from the beginning of the hockey season this year called “The Hockey News” So I will have to look thought them later, I probably will do it starting on Friday, when my Christmas Vacation starts. Thanks Russ. Also he is going to try[…]

Computer problems

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Published on: December 18, 2005

Today, I had something very odd happen to my Mac. I could not login to the system at all, I would login and it would just drop me at the screen with nothing on it. I looked around to what net to see what was wrong with. I could not find anything wrong with it.[…]

Embryonic Stem Cell takes another hit.

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Published on: December 15, 2005

The BBC has a story on how the “pioneer” in embryonic stem cell faked his results. While Adult Stem Cells are already being used to cure things, embryonic stem cells is taking a hit, and it looks like it has less to offer then they claimed to have in the past. At the same time[…]

Rush addes video to the pod cast for 24/7 subscribers

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Published on: December 11, 2005

Well tonight I get home and get a message on my mac that the “Rush 24/7” software has been updated, and was restarting. When it restarted it downloaded the first of the video parts of Rushes Podcasts, it is the morning update that he does. Well the first one was not a morrning update, but[…]

Can I call it or can I call it

Categories: Geekdom, News, Technology
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Published on: November 21, 2005

C|net is running a story saying that TiVo is going to do what I said probably would happen back on the 15th of this month. and that is move recorded TV to a iPod video. Boy can I call them.

That is it I am never buy a CD again

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Published on: November 17, 2005

John Dvorak (Passably one of the greatest opinion writers out there) has a entry on yet another DRM program (yet another root kit, that damages the users computers) that the RIAA is using to hurt their customers. At this point, I am save since my music is all done on my eMac, but it is[…]

iPod, Podcasts, and iPod accessories

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Published on: November 16, 2005

I have talked about all of these in the past, but I am starting to think that apple is working hard at trying to corner the whole of the digital entertainment market. They will be there when the TiVo or other DVR companies produce a DVR that when hooked to a network that has a[…]

The iHome

Categories: Family, Technology
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Published on: November 9, 2005

A week ago I mentioned to my mother that I wanted to get a radio with an external antenna; the reason for this was that RF reception in my bedroom is really bad. Well today for my birthday (Nov 9, 1976) the gift my parents got me (well one of the 2) is a radio[…]

Email is nearly dead

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Published on: October 30, 2005

Thanks to sites like sorbs and things like spam, email will soon be dead. When you need email, but you don’t get it because it comes though a sever that sorbs lists (rightly or wrongly) email can no longer be trusted as a communication source. I had to move all my yahoo groups subscriptions to[…]

Why are shows like “COPS” so popular

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Published on: October 23, 2005

Wired is running an article on how the book “Police Call” is ending its publication run. They made a comment in it that I never really thought of. Scanning of the “Public Safety” bands was just the precursor to shows like COPS. It looks like TV has hurt another hobby. The show “COPS” just puts[…]

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