Ok, upgraded wordpress
Much better admin interface. Now all I have to do is turn on the Askismet stuff.
Thanks to MarkJ for the nudge.
Archive for March, 2006
Open Letter to Mark Gongloff of WSJ : Awesome
I don’t know Mark Gongloff personally, but I really enjoy his writing in the WSJ.
Here is my letter to him on his recent piece Core Cools.
Mark, I’ve been reading your articles for a while, and I always find them entertaining and informative. Keep up the good work. For example: Of course, consumers don’t have the luxury of paying only “core” expenses, and there are many skeptics who believe the government’s CPI number approximates real-world costs of living about as well as Bizarro World approximates life on Earth. Great stuff for two reasons. 1. I wish more of the financial press would start calling BS on the CPI (as you cite from the skeptics) 2. Bizarro World reference - awesome cheers, dru
On the bridge camera
Terry has another great post over on his blog. I agree, and my next camera will be a Nikon D50. I think it is a very affordable DSLR.
One little note - going boarding Saturday
hey, I’m going to Tahoe this Saturday. If you are interested in a day trip. Email me. I’m driving.
Tunes in the car - update
Ok, here is the state of the iPod in the car. I’ve got a Car-To-iPod box being shipped. I picked a unit called the iCruze from Monster Cable. There are a bunch on eBay that are inexpensive, so I got one.
Now for the next problem… I need an iPod 
Yes, that sounds strange, but its true. I use iTunes on my Mac mini at home, and the iCruze will only interface with an iPod with a dock connector. So, rather than hack the iCruze for some other MP3 player, I’m just going to pay a little extra and just use an iPod… or so I thought.
Well, I did some research into getting a used iPod from ebay or on craigs. Guess what? These things really hold their value. In fact, even the “known to be broken” ones go for $50 - $100. I find this to be crazy and inline with other Apple products. The resale value is just so much higher than you would expect.
So, my dilemma (a typical one at that), is that I have to figure out how to spend $100 on an item that I consider a luxury. I never try to spend more than that on something that isn’t essential. This is tough. Even Apple charges $150 for a refurbished iPod mini… the one they don’t make anymore
Well if anybody knows anybody getting rid of a working/broken 3rd/4th gen iPod.. or a mini. Send them my way. Otherwise, I’ll keep scraping eBay
Weird market!
Trackbacks are now off
After getting about 100 spam trackbacks a day, I decided to just let the spammers win and turn it off.
