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Shimano Ultegra and Dura-Ace Di2 Electronic Shifting – Everything You Need to Know 5 Aug 2013 | 06:52 am
I learned quite a bit about Shimano Di2 when I installed one of the first available Time Trial/Triathlon groupsets on my Cervelo P2. I’ve subsequently answered a lot of questions on the Slowtwitch.com...
Challenge Roth – The Best Ironman Distance Triathlon 1 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am
Challenge Roth is one of the biggest and best Ironman-distance triathlons in the world, and yet it remains virtually unknown to Americans and other regions outside of Europe. Canada, with 1/10th the p...
Why I Canceled My Tesla Model S Reservation 1 Mar 2013 | 08:09 am
I just canceled my order for a Tesla Model S. My cancellation had nothing to do with the recent New York Times article that unnecessarily condemning the Model S (it seems the journalist made some mist...
Jaybird Bluebuds X Bluetooth Headphones Review 17 Dec 2012 | 10:32 pm
In September 2008, I reviewed the Jaybird JB200 Bluetooth headphones to great disappointment. Just over 4 years later, Jaybird released their latest model, the Jaybird Bluebuds X, with some pretty imp...
Apple TV Screensaver Will Not Display Entire iPhoto or Aperture Library 29 Nov 2012 | 05:21 am
I recently purchased a 3rd Generation Apple TV and a 22″ Samsung 1080P LED-backlit LCD TV to act as a digital photo frame for my house. I thought I’d found the perfect setup because Samsung TVs have 3...
How to Fix Netflix Connection Problems 17 Aug 2012 | 11:22 am
I have 3 Panasonic DMP-BDT 220 Blu-ray players and all of them stopped connecting to Netflix at the same time. The continually gave the error message “Unable to connect to Netflix. Please try again or...
Does 4K Resolution Matter? 11 Jan 2012 | 12:29 am
4k resolution flat panel televisions, such as the LG 84LM9600 84″ LED LCD, are now available and potential buyers are wondering if the extra resolution is worth it. In some cases it is, but in most, i...
Western Digital MyBook Drive Lock Encryption – Failure and Recovery 19 Nov 2010 | 04:06 pm
Western Digital MyBook Elite external hard drives use hardware-based encryption chips to (optionally) encrypt drives using 256-bit encryption. This is OK for security, but horrible for data recovery. ...
How to Configure dBpoweramp for Bit-Perfect CD Audio Ripping 28 May 2010 | 02:00 pm
If you want the absolute best sound quality from your digital music files, they need to be bit-perfect rips from CDs stored in a lossless compression format. I recommend using dBpoweramp Music Convert...
Jailbreaking my iPhone 3Gs and Essential Cydia Apps 28 Nov 2009 | 09:25 am
I’ve been an iPhone user for almost 2 years and have resisted hacking it because it provided almost all of the functionality I needed. In fact, that is still the case, but I finally was pushed over th...
