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Raw Materials

Purchased some raw material the other day (under the creative advisement of Mark and Ruth):

These materials have the potential to be turned into something very awesome, useful and cool! All it needs now is some free time from 1 caring sister to complete the job :) Stay tuned for pictures of the final result!

P.S. Having a great time reading The Strain. It’s the bookchild of Blade 2 and Fringe!

Smart Cycle Computer/Alarm instuctions

A mirror of the instructions for the Smart Cycle Computer/Alarm bicycle computer, hosted at http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~mpgoard/DSE_Bike_Comp/ in response to a forum post at http://www.cyclingforums.com.

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Updates

Nice Rental

Last week one of the guys from work was in town for a couple of days, so he stayed at the apartment. The car rental company upgraded his car on this trip. Last time he had a Mazda, this time he got this:

This Mustang had a decent amount of power, despite being the auto model. Also, the front passenger leg room was seriously amazing! It must have the most leg room of any car I’ve ever been in. I could almost stretch my legs out all the way.

Foodies

As usual, here’s some pics of some goodies I picked up at the grocery store (aka the supermarket):

Weather

In typical Kansas style, the weather has been totally random over the last week. Mid week we hit a high of 70 F (or 21 C), and then it goes and snows this weekend.

Don’t worry, its going back up to 60 F for mid next week :)

Perfect Nights Sleep

Just woke up after having the best nights sleep in a long time (at least since Tuesday/Wednesday), and am feeling like a million dollars.

Trying to upload some photos of the apartment that I took yesterday, but uploading to the internet is damn slow. This might explain why Skype kept pooping itself.

Bluetooth mouse in Ubuntu 7.10

Excellent guide that worked for me here.

OS X Hints: Disable Function Lock

By default, OS X is configured to use the special functions (ie. adjust keyboard illumination) on the F1-F10 buttons on the MacBook Pro instead of the regular function (ie. expose). How awkward! 2 keys to access expose instead of 1. And they are on opposing sides of the keyboard. There has to be a fix for this.

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