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Trinity university comp sci board meeting
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Bill Gates Leaps Over Chair – Video
When I first read the title of this video I actually didn’t believe it was real – but behold the video:
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Replacing the supercharger intercooler pump
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Playing with Quirky Switch – thanks Dman!
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Baofeng UX-3R – its hard to tell, but its REALLY small
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Upgrading the firmware on the AV Receiver… slow process
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September ECHO meeting – vertical antenna talk
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How To Beat the Multanova Speed Cameras
These radar cameras are rough… you probably won’t detect them until you see them and then its too late… but these tips will help…
I have been getting a number of email inquires from our friends in South America on how beat the new Multanova photo enforcement cameras that have been sprouting up all over.First off the Multanova is one tuff camera to detect, let me explain.
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Check out a video the ridiculously fast Win8 boot times
Wow – thats fast!
Download this video to view it in your favorite media player:
High quality MP4 | Lower quality MP4
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Make you’re getting max speed from your SSD By Correctly Aligning Your Partitions
The Windows installer handles this automatically, but if you’re running Linux or MacOS check this out:
We’ve covered proper solid state drive maintenance before, but one of the most overlooked factors in proper SSD care is partition alignment. Here’s how to make sure your partitions are aligned correctly and that you’re getting the most out of your SSD.
via Speed Up Your SSD By Correctly Aligning Your Partitions.
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Chill out… Stress will kill you.
Want to live longer? Chill out.
In the study, mice were infused with an adrenaline-like compound that works through a receptor called the beta adrenergic receptor that Lefkowitz has studied for many years. The scientists found that this model of chronic stress triggered certain biological pathways that ultimately resulted in accumulation of DNA damage."This could give us a plausible explanation of how chronic stress may lead to a variety of human conditions and disorders, which range from merely cosmetic, like graying hair, to life-threatening disorders like malignancies," Lefkowitz said.
via At Last, A Reason Why Stress Causes DNA Damage – DukeHealth.org.
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Thinkpad X1 replacing my tired 3yo X300
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I should have upgraded to the new kindle long ago, its better in every way than the 2nd gen
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Comcast upgraded my speed to 25mbps!
Pretty fast for the same price I was paying for 6mbps service… coolio
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Every hour of TV watching may take 22 minutes off your life
I guess I need to build a TV-watching treadmill too… 🙂
Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests.And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.The research claims that a sedentary lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the dangers posed by inactivity and the greater opportunities it offers for unhealthy eating.
via TV watching: Every hour takes 22 minutes off your life | Mail Online.
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