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Acura CSX Short/DIY Air Intake

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

I’ve been looking for a modification for my new-to-me car to help make it my own. I searched around the forums that deal with the Acura CSX and the Honda Civic and quickly realized that the simple “bolt-on” modifications available for the Honda Civic don’t work with the CSX as it has a slightly larger… Continue Reading Acura CSX Short/DIY Air Intake

Muppets on YouTube!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

The Muppets cover “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen on YouTube! It’s part of their YouTube channel. There’s also their own take on the dog-on-a-skateboard on-line video. When I was a kid I considered the position of Statler or Waldorf as a real career option. They are rumoured to be based on Jim Henson’s college professors. Now… Continue Reading Muppets on YouTube!

Snow Leopard and Exchange, worth the upgrade

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Apple’s implementation of MS Exchange 2007 clients in their current Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is far superior to Microsoft’s own attempt in the form of MS Entourage 2008. If you are an MicroSoft Exchange user and you’ve been considering upgrading to Apple OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard I encourage you to upgrade if… Continue Reading Snow Leopard and Exchange, worth the upgrade

No More Not-So-Sticky Felt and Groaning Chairs

Monday, August 31st, 2009

After having gone through countless sticky “felt feet” for the chairs in our kitchen I’ve finally found a suitable replacement. Over a month ago I installed Hickory Hardware’s casters. The ones I went with screwed into the bottom of the chair legs, the idea was that the screw would keep the sliders in place. Immediately… Continue Reading No More Not-So-Sticky Felt and Groaning Chairs

TextExpander

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I’m a big fan of TextExpander. I’ve been using it since before it was purchased by Smile on My Mac Software and was called Textpander. The basic concept is that you can type short key-commands on your Apple, like “ddate” which is automatically replaced with something like Friday; August 28, 2009. In that case saving… Continue Reading TextExpander