I replaced my old Canon Pixma MP830 with a Lexmark Platinum Pro905 printer (one of those multi-function devices). My primary goal was for it to help me successfully scan sheet music from old guitar magazines I’ve been keeping around since I was a teenager (I have hundreds of them–yes, it’s been a while since my [...]

I’ve been getting more and more into riding my road bike while battling my fear of riding some higher traffic streets. For the most part, it’s transitioned from fear to just being as safe and smart as possible. Some of the riskiest scenarios (in my opinion) are when you’re flying by cars that are crawling [...]

I’ve been getting into road cycling for several months now and along the way I’ve been using Garmin devices to track my progress. I started off with a Garmin Forerunner 305 but got a Garmin Edge 500 soon after they came out as it seemed like a perfect device for cycling. I’ve loved these devices [...]

I received an email from a long-time user of Uptime 2000 a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering if I knew of an application that showed a system’s IP address the same way Uptime 2000 showed your system’s up time transparently on the desktop. Turns out I didn’t have a good answer for him. [...]

I’ve been reading a bit more lately since I got my Kindle a couple of months ago. It has proven to be a good purchase as it’s been getting more than its fair share of use. My favorite aspects of the Kindle so far are its size, ease of use (especially while reading in bed), [...]

Heard of K’s Choice? It’s been a while but they’re back together and coming out with a new album in a few months. That means I’m pretty psyched. Very. Last night, we headed out to the Triple Door (awesome venue) in Seattle to watch Sarah Bettens and Reinout Swinnen play some good tunes. Clayton Senne [...]