Archive for November, 2006

LinuTop - A Linux-based mini computer

Need a secure computer for Gramma that doesn’t use a PC for anything other than e-mail and light surfing? Among other reasons, LinuTop is perfect for this. It’s a small, efficient ROM-based computer with decent specs for what it’s meant to be used for. Check it out, very cool.

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Stokke Gravity Chair

Further proving you don’t have to be in orbit to be weightless, the Gravity Chair from Norwegian baby products maker Stokke can sit upright as an office chair, function as a rocker, and lean way back for that serious contemplation your boss told you to stop doing. See it in its variety of unusual permutations, after the jump.

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Carry your iPod in a book

Turn an old hard cover book into one of the coolest iPod carrying cases ever.

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The Mike Duncan Project

Mike Duncan has been writing and producing an album for over a year entitled “Hope For Tomorrow”. I played some guitar on a few tracks and and I am proud to say it is done. December 9th we will be playing a free concert at Wildwood Chapel in Aliquippa, PA to promote this CD. Please check it out if you have the time. Thanks.

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Training at Riverhead

This week I have been in training for Windows Server 2003 at Riverhead in the old Alcoa building. This building is made out of more Aluminum than I thought was possible. Doors, ceiling, elevators, etc… everything is aluminum.

World’s Largest Skateboard Ramp

Approximately 360 feet long, the ramp is 75 feet high at its apex. That is where riders begin their run, speeding down a 180-foot-long roll-in to a ramp that launches them across a 70-foot gap with trapeze netting below. Landing on a 27-foot sloped section, they then boost up to 50 feet above the ground from a 30-foot quarterpipe.

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