Consumer Electronics

Those electronic gadgets we all love, not related to motorcycles or computers.

Don't take your love to town

I started doing a little studying of Ruby on Rails, since it seems to be the trendy thing these days. I see LOTS of job openings for Ruby on Rails developers.


DVD-R

The neighbors are having a yard sale. So I got the old Nordic Trac out and put a "For Sale - Make Offer" sign on it, just in case.  Probably won't sell, but might get it out of my garage. While I was out front, I finally got around to fixing the one front step - except I didn't have enough of the right screws to secure it back. Sigh. Another task deferred. I did get quite a bit of scraping done on the steps and railing and pickets, though.


Entreprenerdial spirit

Another Nerds On Site introductory "third step" meeting this morning. I wonder if I just don't have the entrepreneurial spirit. I just can't visualize myself spending half my time driving around in a red Beetle, visiting small businesses and trying to drum up business.


Which Satellite Dish / DVR to buy?

Note to future readers! This is not necessarily an up-to-date guide. It does not attempt to follow chanegs and developments in technology or market pricing. This is a snapshot of a discussion at one point in time. Pay attention to the dates!

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:00:55 -0800
From: Carl Paukstis
Subject: Re: Which dish should I buy


Mark Morrissey [markem] wrote:
>I know about the need to be careful about getting the right "tivo" type
>recorder so that you can record what you aren't watching, etc.

Below are the parts that were important to *me*. Hope this helps.
Merry New Year!