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Grrreat video

Posted on February 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Grrreat video

Dell’s sales techs in India are unfailingly polite but also unfailingly persistent. And they talk a mile-a-minute with a vaguely British accent. The Dell guy who called me the other day to try and fix a credit card problem with my order of a new computer also tried to sell me a video card.

He said the video the computer has is on the motherboard but if I want really grrreat video, I would need a video card. Is this grrreat video card free, I asked? Oh, no, he said, it is sixty dollars extra. In that case, I said, I will have to skip the grrreat video. He sounded crushed but we parted amicably.

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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Science/Engineering

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Not a lot of air

Posted on February 26, 2008 | Comments Off on Not a lot of air

There’s still the question of whether you’d really want to do it. But at least now there’s a chance if you do. Buy an Air Car, I mean, India’s fragile-looking, compressed-air vehicular miracle. The chance, by 2009-2010, to finally thumb your nose at the oil ticks and begin to stop financing terrorism. But  read the whole story, found here. It could be it’s just too early, but it’s confusing to me.

Via Instapundit 

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Turnback Canyon race

Posted on May 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Turnback Canyon race

Despite the storms, the Austin Yacht Club is pressing ahead with its annual 19-mile race on Lake Travis. I’ve only tried this one three times since 1985, all three aborted about two-thirds of the way from sunburn and exhaustion. Each time, I spent the night in a small cove miles from the finish line and the parties and etc. The last attempt was the most memorable, because Mr. Boy’s mom broke her hand, hitting it on the transom when trying to start the manual outboard to help me position the anchor in the cove. Fortunately the First Aid kit had a splint and chemical ice pack, and we watched a sitcom on a small TV we had. Motored home the next morning and went to the emergency room. Hope no one has it that bad this weekend and that all arrive on time, despite the inevitable debris in the water from the flooding.

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Posted in Sailing, Scribbles, Texana

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Behold…the air car

Posted on May 23, 2007 | Comments Off on Behold…the air car

More on the new wonder engine, via Popular Mechanics. Zero emissions, by next summer. At least, in India. But, despite inevitable complaints from Detroit and the rest of the business-as-usual auto industry, can imports be far behind? Yes, a long way behind, according to PM, which cites the car’s all-glue, fiberglas construction. But the technology is sure to spread beyond India. So, maybe… The best thing: no payments to the oil ticks to go for groceries.

Via Instapundit 

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