The toaster went on the dyno yesterday; after the intake was installed I got 84whp and 88lb/tq. Not bad, I am very happy with the intake, considering I gained 6hp, and 10lb/tq. I also installed the rear sway bar, and front strut tower bar. I am very pleased with the improvement in the overall handling of the car. I have many more toys coming and I can’t wait.

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Whoever is first to deliver a complete FreeBSD 6.1-based version of m0n0wall, subject to the following conditions, will receive USD 1000 from the m0n0wall project. This prize has been made possible thanks to a few recent sizeable donations that aren’t needed for the upkeep of m0n0.ch at this time.

Please Digg! Thx.

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Asides test 2

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Testing asides

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When working I often feel that sometimes I can’t get motivated. The Retrospector has written a great list on how to keep a geek motivated, I can’t agree more with the list.

1. Geeks are curious. Let them feed their desire to learn things

2. Geeks like to be self-sustaining. Let them figure things out on their own.

3. Geeks are creative even if they don’t know it. Give them a chance.

4. Geeks need tools, good ones. Give them more than they need.

5. Private, yet collaborative. Geeks need to be left alone, but not too alone.

6. Free stuff. T-shirts, food, desktop widgets, whatever.

7. Control

8. Geeks need recognition

9. Freedom

10. Compensation - Saved this for last, but geeks gotta live too

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This afternoon I had to take my father to the airport. I made a few interesting observations that still have my wondering. First off there was a dude carrying a level around with his luggage, what the hell would he need that for? The next thing was the display case of items that you can’t take on the plane with you. Why the hell would someone try to carry on a chainsaw? Or how about an oil filter? Makes me wonder.

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Search results for “24″

Did you mean: 4400

Seriously where the hell did it get 4400 from 24?

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I’m tech obsessed. Seriously.

Get off the god damn phone! People need to learn how to talk on the phone.

The end of blogging as we know it.

No more high speed chases. damnit.

Broken Poddage

Wal-Space :.: Wal-Mart becomes MySpace. To bad Fox bought them first.

Craigslist Bandit :.: Go to meet up and get robbed at gunpoint.

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If you are like me and hate it when PDF files open in the browser window I have a solution.

The good news is that there is a “very easy way” (it’s just four levels of dialogs down, come on!) to change this behavior with Firefox on Windows:

1. Go to the “Tools -> Options” menu
2. Select the “Downloads” tab
3. Open “View and Edit Actions…”
4. Enter “pdf” in the “Search” box
5. Select “Change Action…”
6. Change the selection from “Use this Plugin” to “Open them with the default application”, which should point to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, or your favorite PDF viewer

Easy as cake. While you are in there you can change other application settings, for example QuickTime movies.

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Here are some pictures of the xB. They aren’t that great and it needed a bath very badly but it’s better than nothing.

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Well I’ve had my 2006 xB sense last Friday and I am quite pleased. It is a change from my old daily driver, a 2001 Dodge Dakota, but a good change. I was impressed with the good mileage; I did lots of town driving, driving up to and around Olympia, and finally drove to Vancouver to visit my sister. All of that and I got 31mpg. I might also note I have a lead foot so I was quite pleased with the results. Currently as of this morning I have somewhere around 600 miles on the toaster, it has 250 or so when I picked it up so the rest is me.

Everyone that has seen the “toaster” is quite impressed with the interior room, as I am. When I first was driving the toaster it felt like a delivery van, it is somewhat past that point and is getting more comfortable to drive.

Exterior needs on this are a must. I know I still haven’t gotten pictures up but I promise tonight I will post some. It is bagging to have the front windows tinted and it really needs wheels. I am still debating on what wheels to put on it.

Overall I am quite pleased with this car and it is tons of fun to drive! Well I need to get back to work I’ll post more later.

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I found a few Firefox links that I figured I would share with everyone. Enjoy!

Firefox Usage - In the United States it is above 15%! Long life FF!

Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Tweak Guide

Firefox 2.0 Beta How-to: Enabling All Extensions

Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Screen Shots

Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Review

If anyone is wondering why I haven’t written anything about Firefox 2.0 Beta it is simply because I don’t have time and due to some bad experience I try to shy away from beta products.

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You made an informed decision about the way you want to use the Web. You’ve become part of the movement on which Firefox relies – a community that is restoring balance to the Web.

Starting on July 15, the day that the Mozilla Foundation was created, we ask that you tell just one person who doesn’t use Firefox why you think they should, why you do.

Share Firefox with a friend. If your friend downloads Firefox before September 15, you’ll both be immortalized in Firefox 2.

http://www.worldfirefoxday.com

Go out and share Firefox!!

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Well my hate for Opera is starting to fade. I have started to forgive it for crashing on me due to the ability to save session. Firefox doesn’t have this feature (yet), and when it comes it will be a very happy day. I am getting caught up on my blogging and reading, and finally after all theses months actually using an RSS reader. Heart be still. I have been saving my session in Opera and hopefully I won’t ever loose a great amount of data again.

If anyone is wondering how my browser war between Firefox and Opera is going, Firefox is still my daily browser, but Opera is starting to become more and more useful when surfing on Digg, Slashdot, and other social networking sites.

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