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2011-02-05

BlockTarget and more on not opening new windows

One of annoyances of using the web is that many webmasters (or at least their managers) think that forcing a browser to open a new window is a good idea. As I’ve said a number of times, creating a website that automatically opens a new window is almost always a Bad Idea. To eliminate this [...]

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2009-10-21

MagSafe

Apple’s MagSafe power supply connector is one of the rare inventions that I wish I had thought of. Once you see one, it is an obvious solution to a common problem. It is much more convenient than standard power connectors, and has the advantage of easily breaking away if someone trips over your power cord. [...]

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2009-04-28

Pontiac

In an unsurprising move, GM announced that they are killing Pontiac. I think it is amazing that Pontiac has survived this long. They produced very few good cars since the end of the muscle car era. For the past several decades, they have been known for poor designs that are ugly and hard to work [...]

Categories: cars, design
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2009-04-26

Movie menus

I just watched a couple episodes of Season Three of Rocky and Bullwinkle on DVD. This is a great show, but the DVD collection is an example of something that has been bugging me for years. I’m sick of the silly animated menus on movies. They were moderately interesting the first four times ten years [...]

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2009-03-16

Fixing tailgate electrical problems

I finally fixed the electrical problems in the tailgate of my Subaru Impreza. Four wires were broken where they pass from the frame of the car to the frame of the tailgate. I tried to fix the problem a while ago, but couldn’t locate the source. My multimeter gave correct readings, but nothing worked. The [...]

Categories: cars, design
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2008-06-03

Music and bikes

This weekend I was able to go to a Bill Mallonee concert in Zionsville. This time it was Bill Mallonee with Muriah Rose on the keyboard. It was a good concert with some good new songs. Some were so new he needed lyric sheets. The coffee house crowd was quiet and the sound system was [...]

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2008-06-02

Dura-Ace 7900

Shimano just officially announced the new Dura-Ace group. Shimano is finally putting the shift cables under the handlebar tape. It looks like a huge improvement over the old Dura-Ace. I still think Dura-Ace is competing against SRAM Force and Campagnolo Chorus, not Red and Record, but it will be a lot closer now.

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