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At Burning Man, the spider for my Eureka Equinox 4 tent broke (the spider is the piece at the top of the tent into which the 6 aluminum poles feed into and are held in place by). I can’t blame it, it broke during an all-day windstorm… constant 30-40 mph winds. So I ordered a new spider from Eureka, $5 from the manufacturer (+$6 shipping) at 800-572-8822.

My FM transmitter just arrived. This is a fine unit. And, if you don’t have to worry about FCC’s rules, you can (from “NC” on Amazon.com):

1. Open up the box, by removing 3 screws (one screw is in battery compartment and the other 2 are under those circular rubber feet which are adhesive and once removed can be refitted afterwards)
2. Locate the variable resistor marked VR2 on the circuit board. (For those non-technical this is like a volume control that is operated by inserting a tiny screwdriver and turning fully clockwise). Turn VR2 to the fully clockwise position.

Viola! The power output will increase by about five fold.

If you want to go even further, then

• sit it on a grounded metallic surface, such as a metal tray to form a ground plane.
• increase the length of the antennae to about 75 cm (29 inches) which is the correct quarter wavelength at these frequencies.

But frankly, you are unlikely to need this once you turn up the boost.
Enjoy

Amazon Support informed me that the Fine Print says I can only redeem 1 certificate per order. Ok… so I split my purchase into 2 orders and placed them 3 minutes apart. Duh.

And now they sell it again. So I cancelled my Amazon pre-order, got ready to check out and found out that one of the two certificates I have doesn’t work. The $50 one I told you about works… but the $30 doesn’t. I wrote to cust support. What a pain in the ass.

A couple days ago I was talking about an FM transmitter. So I go to buy it today and Amazon doesn’t sell it any more. I’ve got a $50 gift certificate that’s going to expire on the 15th and now there’s nothing I want (for under $500) on my wish-list. GRRR.

There’s a computer wholesaler in downtown Hackettstown… a -real- computer wholesaler. They’re not interested in selling systems to me for my clients… they only sell computer systems by the pallet. Nifty. GoCWI.com

I saw Shaun of the Dead with VC last night. Quite an enjoyable movie, especially with a great person to see it with. :-)

I’ve been using it for 3 days now and can definitively say that Firefox kicks Internet Explorers ass. I just started playing with extensions and… yeah. Good bye IE. (though I’ve been having a little trouble viewing some videos in Firefox. I’m sure I’ll find the right extension shortly to make that problem go away)

Get Firefox. It will make you more productive.

I’m going to have to figure out how to put myself on an RSS feed soon. I’m simply in love with the Sage RSS reader in Firefox. I can see why some of my friends have been bugging me to produce an RSS stream.

Was I right? I was right! Lee Gavin has lifted the curse! Thank you Lee!

This has been my screen saver now on and off for a few months. I’ve got to say that it was a major contributor to my pre-burn excitement. The photos are excellent… a real joy! Thank you, Burning Man Screen Saver Project!