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Recently I finally got out and replaced that piece of junk RAZR that’s been a pain in my ass for the past 6 months (that’s another story).  Anyway, I replaced it with a Blackberry Pearl.  I was a little hesitant to pick up a Blackberry, but my new job (another story for later) urged me to get one.

Long story short, I decided to pair my Motorola HS850 bluetooth headset with my Pearl and I ran into problems — Read on to see how I fixed it.

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Maybe this is one way I can convince Anna that I need a Wii!? This guy decided that he’s going to track his physical progress after playing 30 minutes of Wii Sports (which I hear is really fun) daily for six weeks.

“OK, so I was thinking one day after I played a good 1/2 hour of Wii Sports that I was getting a pretty heavy duty cardio workout. I decided to try out an experiment, where I would do everything I normally did, eat everything I normally ate and see if anything changes after playing 30 minutes of Wii Sports everyday for 6 weeks. If I miss a day, I’ll make a note of it and that weeks report.”

He will finish up on January 15th, so be sure to check back there for his progress…I know I will…

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By stimulating your brain with binaural frequencies, you can simulate the effects of coffee and sleep among others (including a dentist’s drill). For the best listening experience record it and drop it onto your Ipod.

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I’m smelling one of my next projects here!

So here is the little project that grew to 12 feet. We added a GPS receiver so now we have a 12′ clock that sets itself, displays hours/minutes/seconds, and is accurate to 100ns. Beat that bed side alarm!

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Here’s an awesome detailed “how-to” on creating RFID access for your front door!

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With the hockey season being over, it’s time to clean out the bag and wash up the gear.  This year, I decided to do some research and see what I can do to get my gear a little more clean than in the past.  In past years, I’ve used Febreeze and just sprayed the hell out of the gear and then let it dry — that usually works pretty well, but my gear continued to look grubby and it still smelled after a while.  So, in my extensive research, I found a few websites that suggested that you could just throw the majority of your gear in the washing machine.  I thought that sounded weird, but my gear is so old, what could it hurt? (more…)

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So, as the “Firefox Guru” around the office, I’m often asked to show off my favorite Firefox Extensions. So, I’m sent scrambling for my laptop to open up Firefox and find which extensions I have installed. So, instead of that method, I’ve decided to blog my favorites. I will try to keep this list updated as I find new favorites. (more…)

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