How cheap can a Win7 laptop be? Try $250! Schwing!
I'm now using a new and rediculously cheap Acer notebook. It is an Extensa 5230-2177. I got it for $250 at BestBuy. Specs are pretty sweet, especially if you consider that this is netbook pricing for a full-service laptop:15" screen /2.2G Celeron 900 /x64 chip and OS /2G DDR2 RAM/148G 4600 RPM HD /3-USB ports on two hubs /a PCMCIA-II slot / 802.11n-draft 2.4G wireless /and a screen-bezel webcam.This ain't no stripper. The "Windows Experience Score", a new metric i

Toshiba's new TV has a 218GFlop PS3 processor inside
Full disclosure, in conjunction with new FTC regulations regarding blogging about products. Toshiba, its affiliates and subsidiaries in no way influenced this posting with an offer to give me aCELL REGZA 55X1LCD television set in exchange for my views on this most awesome and excellent innovation to home th

What I learned at the DMV
Not me, I can't take credit for this lovely list.A friend of mine, who is a bit of a curmudgeon but who has a keen eye for the absurd, sent this to me.

Decorum, Outburst, Parry, Thrust, Riposte!
Today, in a fit of pique, I decided to parry with Salon.com and take a tilt a pop culture reporting. What an utter waste of time. To prove that it is thus, I "retweet" it here, to use the vernacular. Decorum is dead! Long live the outburst! --at Salon.comIf this article had not been published, would it have made a noise? --my letter to the Editor(anywhere else this would just be a feedback forum, but Salon pretends to be a print rag)Why do I waste m

Parade Laps at the Monterey Historic Races
Monterey Historics Porsche Club of America Parade Laps from Chris S Markham on Vimeo.