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  • Wallet

    I HATE thick wallets. But my “plastic card holder” is falling apart, and things fall out of it way too often (stuff fell out in between the seat and the center console in my car, which is HARD to reach).

    So, thin wallet, stuff doesn’t fall out.
    These seem good as they claim to be the thinnest and line their pockets with a rubber coating to prevent slipping

    http://www.bigskinny.net/

    Now just need to decide between bi and tri folds..

    http://www.bigskinny.net/tri-fold.html
    (taller cash area, which might be necessary as I travel a lot to places outside of the US with taller cash).

    http://www.bigskinny.net/wallet-super-skinny-horizontal-pockets.html
    http://www.bigskinny.net/multi-pocket.html
    http://www.bigskinny.net/metro.html
    (thinner when folded, but cash area is not as tall…)

    Going with: http://www.bigskinny.net/multi-pocket.html

  • Dead monitors

    Both of my LG Flatron L1933TR-SF stopped working. Power button just did nothing.

    After searching found it was likely bad caps.

    Opening these monitors was a serious pita but it turns out the both have the same bad 3 caps.

  • Dead Monitor?

    I rebooted to scan my HD for errors and when it finished, I noticed my right monitor (http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-L1933TR-SF#) was not on. I hit the power button and nothing happened. I tried plugging it into a different plug, nothing.

    I need to try a known working power cord and see if that helps.

    Tried a known working power cord. Nothing. Caps?

    Sounds like the cap, according to: http://www.fixya.com/support/t2396522-l1933tr_sf_lg_monitor_dead_power_blue

  • 3TB Drives

    Why is the Seagate Constellation ES 3TB drive $320 while the rest are half that amount?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007603%206000
    03269%20600083978&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=14%7C22-148-844%5E22-148-8
    44-TS%2C22-136-893%5E22-136-893-TS%2C22-136-874%5E22-136-874-TS%2C22-148-747%5E
    22-148-747-TS%2C22-148-901%5E22-148-901-TS

    http://goo.gl/yn538

  • Kokomo

    I told Luciana we need to go to all of the places in The Beach Boys Song: Kokomo

    Aruba – Been there.
    Jamaica
    Bermuda
    Bahama
    Key Largo – Been there.
    Montego

    Florida Keys – Been there.
    Martinique
    Montserrat

    Port Au Prince – Think we’ll have to wait for this to be cleaned up.

    Looks like we have a lot of work/traveling to do.

  • Broken dishwasher

    I did not plan on having a broken dishwasher this weekend.

    Turn it on and it leaks water.

    Front panel blinks 6 green, pause, 1 green, pause, repeat.

    Manual
    http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/owner_manuals/4214/KENMORE-ELITE-Dishwasher-L0710531?brand_name_search=Kenmore+elite+665.13153k701
    Says the blinking lights could be:

    Kenmore site leads to
    Suggests reset. More water came out. So I pulled it out and found the pump motor was no longer connected so the wart would go in and go right out. The blinking lights were related to the full check not sensing water staying in. Smart design.

    Now to hook it back on.

    20120908-213256.jpg

    Slightly better picture:

    Oh great, the clamp is a Oetiker clamp. They are designed to only close once. This page makes it sound like the part is not for sale at Sears:
    http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/questions/251425-find-hose-clamps

    Ha, Sears says their nears parts store is:
    http://tx.serviceslisted.com/3841082-SearsPartsDirect.htm

    Why did sears mention this part?
    http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-number/371505?searchModPar=371505&pathTaken=partSearch&prst=0&shdPart=
    Same as
    http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-number/STD316716/0098/980&pathTaken=partSearch&blt=14&prst=0&shdPart=STD316716
    No?

    http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/AjaxStoreLocatorDisplayView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001
    http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=658421&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50632&subdeptNum=50650&classNum=50652#.UEy0ZdZlSuM
    Has the original clamp?

    http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-model/Kenmore-elite-Parts/Dishwasher-Parts/Model-66513159K701/0583/0130000/K0710057/00006?blt=06&prst=0&shdMod=66513159K701
    http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-number/Kenmore-elite-Parts/Dishwasher-Parts/W10164292/0022/665/Model-66513159K700/0583/0130000?keySuffixId=NA&pathTaken=partSearch&pathRender=modelComponent&documentCompId=K0710056&diagramPageId=00006&productTypeId=x&searchModelNumber=66513159K700&subCompDesc=Pump,%20washarm%20and%20motor%20parts&brandDesc=KENMORE%20ELITE&modelDesc=DISHWASHER&blt=11&shdMod=
    $190 for the entire pump assembly for a $3 hose and $3 clamp?

    http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/questions/258032-dishwasher-clean-light-flashing-suggested-reasons-manual-fault
    http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/questions/290403-kenmore-elite-dishwasher-blinking-green-light
    http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/questions/232835-kenmore-dishwasher-66513153k701-leaking-water-1

  • Cat Food

    item dry $/lb wet $/oz
    core grain free indoor $ 2.83 ($34 shipped / 12 lb) $ 0.18 ($45.36 / 24*5.5 oz)
    Iams Low Residue $ 3.92 ($55 / 14 lb) $ 0.04 ($70 / 30*6oz)

  • iPhone Cases

    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-dermaSHOT-Silicone-Case-Dual-Pack.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-BOMBPROOF-Silicone-Case.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-microtexture-Silicone-Case.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-dermaSHOT-Silicone-Case.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-DESTROYER-ULTRA-Hard-Shell-Case-with-Silicone-Core.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-Step-Semi-Rigid-Soft-Shell-Case.asp
    http://www.incipio.com/iPhone-4-4S-Cases-Accessories/Incipio-iPhone-4-4S-Stowaway-Credit-Card-Hard-Shell-Case-with-Silicone-Core.asp

  • LTE in Austin

    Wow. LTE

    20120511-002133.jpg

    Broadband
    20120511-002150.jpg

    Time to cancel ‘broadband’?

  • alt tab – Getting back the old alt-tab windows switching behavior in Windows 7?

    Alt+tab in windows 7 has changed. Some for the better, some for the worse.

    The part I don’t like is the order. I alt tab expecting the order to be most recently used and going back from that in order. But for some reason, that isn’t the case.

    The aero peak isn’t a problem.

    I followed the instructions here:

    alt tab – Getting back the old alt-tab windows switching behavior in Windows 7? – Super User.

    And it did a few things:

    Now the alt+tab window itself looks old school (not what I wanted), disabled aero peak (not what I wanted) and fixed the order (what I wanted). Any way to just fix the order and leave the other features intack?