Pulling the Karakoram out of storage

Since Operation Stop Being a Fatass 2.0 is progressing rather satisfactorily (down 15 pounds this month) I’ll be pulling my trusty 1992 GT Karakoram Full Rigid out of storage so I can give it a proper tuneup and start hitting the trails again. With the exception of racing my nephews up and down the cul-de-sac I haven’t […]

Hi-Touch 640 PS

Since Kelly and I are going to start on-location shooting, we’re going to need a portable unit for proofs and sales. I just ordered a Hi-Touch 640 PS 4×6 photo printer along with a bunch of media refills. It’s a continuous tone 403 DPI (6400 DPI inkjet equivalent) dye sublimation printer that spits out prints […]

Complete home network reconfiguration…

Last night I finally got around to decommissioning the last of my obsolete power-hungry hardware. For the past three years, a clunky AMD K6 system running OpenBSD and, later in life, SmoothWall Firewall has been chattering along accomplishing the monotonous task of dutifully inspecting, filtering, and redirecting billions of packets across my LAN, VPN, and […]

REI-OUTLET.com

A coworker turned me onto REI-OUTLET.com, the surplus division of REI. They sell last years models and surplus hiking, cycling and outdoors gear at amazing prices. Time to start stocking up on mountain biking gear!

George Foreman grills on clearance…

Amazon.com has select George Foreman Grills on clearance for $9.99! Totally sweet…an easy way to grill up something that’s low carb and low fat! I’ve been meaning for years to pick one of these things up and a deal like this makes the perfect excuse! There is also a deal going on to receive a […]

The BF-662-S showed up yesterday!

The Tanita BF-662-S showed up yesterday and, I have to say, it’s quite a piece of machinery! Setup and configuration for entering my and Kelly’s information into memory took all of five minutes. Unfortunately, the Tanita is much more accurate than the old scale so I’ve “gained” five pounds. Oh well…

Atkins for Life

Kelly came home with a copy of Atkins for Life the other night and I’ve started flipping through it. I’ll definitely read it from cover to cover at some point, but it’s written as a reference manual to help configure a lifestyle change to maintain weight that’s already been lost. It is possible to start […]

Tanita BF-662-S Scale

Since our aging analog scale has been getting more and more flakey lately with fluctuations of up to four or five pounds I’ve decided to bite the bullet and order a Tanita BF-662-S digital scale with athletic mode and body fat analysis. Tanita has quite a few other scales available, but the BF-662-S seemed like […]