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Continue reading →: Twas The Day Before Alpe d'Huez
It’s the day before the three epic stages in the Swiss Alps. These are the days that will determine the winner of the Tour de France this year, and these are the stages I’ve been waiting for. Who do you think will grab the maillot jaune? Landis, Evans, Kloden, Menchov,…
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Continue reading →: World Cup 2006
Some thoughts on the World Cup match yesterday. I’ve come to dislike penalty kicks as a way to determine the winner of the match. I say play until one team scores the Golden Goal. Because of the way the match ended, I’m not sad that France lost; rather, I’m disappointed…
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Continue reading →: Does Anyone Want To Win?
After watching today’s Stage 7 time trial, I’m wondering if anyone wants to win the Tour de France. Like the commentators said, this was a strange time trial. No clear favorite in the field meant we’d see some fireworks, right? Sorry, the Fourth of July was last week for the…
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Continue reading →: July 12 COBA Meeting
The July 2006 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Location Reminder In case you haven’t heard, we’re now holding our meetings at Stanford University: Cordura Hall…
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Continue reading →: Tour de France Coverage
With the Tour de France underway, it’s time to list out the best sites on the Web covering the event. I’ve been reading: VeloNews Daily Peloton Pro Cycling News The Paceline Official Tour de France OLN Graham Watson Photography Caroline Yang Photography New sites that I’ve found include: VeloGal What…
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Continue reading →: 7800 GTX CineBench 9.5 Scores
Ran CineBench 9.5 on my new video card last night. Here are the results: **************************************************** Rendering (Single CPU): 381 CB-CPU Rendering (Multiple CPU): 1135 CB-CPU Multiprocessor Speedup: 2.98 Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 394 CB-GFX Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1352 CB-GFX Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 3754 CB-GFX OpenGL Speedup:…
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Continue reading →: Tour de France Doping Scandal
What was shaping up to be a great Tour de France has now turned into a nightmare. Riders are being ejected left and right from the race a day ahead of the Strasbourg start as part of the fallout from Operation Puerto. Ullrich, Basso, and Mancebo, three of the top…
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Continue reading →: Using Flock
I’m trying Flock for the first time. It has integrated a lot of other web properties into the browser, such as Flickr, WordPress, de.licio.us, and others. How many of you have tried it and what do you think? Still on Camino, FireFox, Safari, or IE? Blogged with Flock Here’s a…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft Acquires iView
It was just a few years ago that Microsoft purchased what was previously a Mac-only shop in Bungie. History repeats itself with Microsoft’s purchase of iView Multimedia. I thought a bomb was dropped the other day when Adobe acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec, the makers of the popular RAW…
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Continue reading →: Aperture and GeForce 7800GTX
I received and installed my new Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 512MB video card from rubytuesday. For those of you who have not been following the saga, the stock Nvidia 6600 video card that most Dual-Core G5 PowerMac owners have purchased is dog slow when performing any Core Image tasks. CoreImage is…
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Welcome to tow.com, my home on the internet since 1995. I’m an indie software artist and creator of apps such as Action Phrase, MixEffect, MsgFiler, RouteEffect, Wipe My Screen, and more. I’m also the producer and co-director of Autumn Gem. Enjoy your visit here!
