My life is 17% less frustrating since I started using LastPass.
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IT WORKS. .. But I do sometimes have problems, especially with the FILL FORMS functionality.
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My Dad just bought a Garmin nüvi 3790T 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
It’s an extra $100 for Voice Command with this model.
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Watch the CNET review.
Voice Command is cool, but works very inconsistently. I can’t recommend it.
The device comes with a windshield mount. That came loose within the first few days. Dad may need to buy a second Friction Mount, $40 plus tax in Canada.
Despite the problems, Dad likes it.
The user interface is far simplified and improved over the many GPS “fish finders” he’s used in boats over the years.
3D is crude now. But the future is 3 dimensional, I’m certain. Likely transparent holographic mid-air displays, as we’ve seen in many movies.
Here’s another baby step in that direction.
When Minority Report was released nearly a decade ago, it gave a glimpse into a future of participatory media environments and responsive technological infrastructures. We haven’t quite caught up to the yesterday’s future, but you can now simulate much of Tom Cruise’s cybernetic gymnastics at the Live Park 4D Art Factory in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
… the giant indoor theme-park, … opened at the end of January …
Kinect-Powered Amusement Park/Virtual Museum Opens in South Korea
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So far, so good.
They work. They stay while exercising.
… Jabra SPORT Bluetooth Stereo Headset. You can wirelessly stream music, take calls, listen to the radio, and more.
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Amazon – $99 or less
grrrr … 
Every once in a while I try to edit video in the .MTS format on my MacBook with the built-in free software iMovie.
Sometimes it works. Most times not.
Lessons learned:
• on a Mac you can watch .MTS video using free, open source VLC software
• if you MUST edit, an excellent way to convert MTS files for Mac is using free, open source Handbrake software
details – Handbrake can convert MTS files for Mac
• if you MUST edit (and have money) higher end software like Final Cut does import .MTS
… first try using a cable directly to the camera, rather than simply the SD card via a card reader. That sometimes works.
If you’re an Apple person, best not purchase any camera that saves video in the MTS format. Check.
Lastly, I’ve ended up with some SD cards with old video files that cannot be deleted. For those it’s best simply to reformat using Apple Disk Utilities ERASE. The best format in 2012 seems to be exFAT — readable by almost all modern Windoze and Mac devices.
External Hard Drives should be formatted in exFAT, as well.
Many recommended this book:
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (2010)
… In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama. The shocking fall of the House of Clinton—and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama’s partner and America’s face to the world. The mercurial performance of John McCain and the mesmerizing emergence of Sarah Palin. …
It’s the definitive account of what happened.
You learn that you’d NEVER want to run for President of the USA. It’s ugly. It’s dirty.
Of the lead characters, John Edwards (in prison, I hope) and his wife Elizabeth (1949-2010) come off worst. A horror show.
Bill Clinton won’t be going to Heaven. I wouldn’t share a beer with him.
Michelle Obama comes out of the slime pit cleanest.
Actually, my opinion went UP for John McCain and Hilary. I personally campaigned against McCain in 2008, thinking him spawn of the Devil. He’s not as bad as I thought. I particularly liked how he backed Sarah Palin even after it became obvious that she was an insanely bad choice for VP.
Hilary would have been a great President.
If this stuff bores you to tears, you might want to wait on Game Change – the movie:
… an upcoming (March 2012) Jay Roach film based on the book of the same name by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. The film will primarily track the actions of the Republican Party during the 2008 Presidential Election.
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Staring Sarah, I assume it’s a comedy. 
Antwerpen-Centraal (Antwerp Central) is the name of the main railway station in the Belgian city …
In 2009 the American magazine Newsweek judged Antwerpen-Centraal the world’s fourth greatest train station.
It’s gorgeous. Interesting photos on Flickr.
Click PLAY or watch a flash mob at the station on YouTube. One of the best ever.
I’d totally join in one of those.
Today the Channel Tunnel Eurostar to Newsweek’s #1 train station — St. Pancras, London. At 300km per hour (186 mph).
Clipper Ferry – Victoria to downtown Seattle
$75 + tax
Black Ball Coho Ferry – Victoria to Port Angeles
$15.50 + tax
… That’s a BIG differential for a walk-on passenger. Yeesh.
I saw this in the northern Philippines, irrigating the famous rice terraces.
Who needs rubber hose or plastic pipe?
Bamboo is used this way in many parts of the world. For example, the Muktapur region of India bordering Bangladesh:
… Attempts have been made to introduce modern pipe systems but farmers prefer to use their indigenous form of irrigation. The new systems have met with suspicion. Local farmers do not trust the new materials nor the people who supply them. …
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=EEu42L0ufBY
