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Google Web Alerts

July 27, 2004

Google has introduced a new Web Alerts service that sends out notifications of new pages crawled that contain chosen keywords. Much like their News Alerts services, Web Alerts is still in beta and may or may not stick around. I’ve already created a couple dozen once-a-day alerts to keep me informed of Trunk Monkey sightings.

Pepper Pad in the Globe Again

We’re in the news again! As a followup to his previous article, Scott Kirsner featured the Pepper Pad in his @Large column in today’s Boston Globe. The article confirms the availability of the Pepper Pad later this year for between $600 and $700 with a price break once we go into high-volume production. I can’t […]

Pepper Keeper rated 5 out of 5!

July 12, 2004

Download.com has given Pepper Keeper Sampler 1.2.2 a 5 out of 5 rating! This is a major milestone for us because it validates that we’re on the right track on the software side, and shows that consumers really do want a simplified computing platform. Although the Pepper Keeper is an amazing piece of software all […]

Pepper Pad mentioned in the Boston Globe…

Scott Kirsner briefly mentioned the Pepper Pad in a Boston Globe article entitled In tech world, 2004 seems a lot like 1997. Although it was just mentioned in passing, any press is good press. 1997: WebTV introduces WebTV plus, which connects a small, set-top box to a television and phone line, allowing users to surf […]

12:55pm up 452 days, 1:18, 4 users, load average: 0.22, 1.30, 0.94

July 9, 2004

Sometimes Linux scares me. 452 days of uptime on one of our primary production servers. She just sits there and chugs away processing hundreds of millions of SQL queries and constantly building and rebuilding our source tree looking for errors. Occasionally a process zombies out or the tape drive hiccups, but now it’s a personal […]

Stop using Internet Explorer!

July 2, 2004

I’ve always said that Internet Explorer sucks and should be destroyed, but now it’s official. After last week’s latest security vunlerability, the Department of Homeland Security’s US Computer Emergency Readiness Team has recommended that users stop using Internet Explorer and switch to another browser with less security problems. Mozilla immediately felt the impact of the […]

Linux Process Accounting

June 30, 2004

When installing a fresh copy of Fedora, make sure to select the psacct and sysstat packages and run chkconfig psacct on to enable process accounting. Always a good thing to have snapshots of activity to show which processes and users are sucking up the most system time and bandwidth. Process accounting was invaluable over the […]

Homestar Runner RPG

May 23, 2004

Paul Slocum is in the process of developing an RPG based on the characters of Homestar Runner! Get out your Atari 2600, burn yourself a ROM, and get stupid! Although the cast of characters is currently limited, I’m sure that more maps and options will be added later. Well, as many characters and maps that […]

Trading CPU for bandwidth?

May 19, 2004

Which is more important? Massive amounts of bandwidth or lots of CPU? In my case bandwidth definitely wins since I’m passing between 5 GB and 25 GB per day. My dedicated server is an Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz box with 512 MB RAM running Fedora Core 1. My personal Web server sitting on my SDSL […]

Trunkmonkey Racing
  • Dark Hollow Pond Trail – Phase 1 – April 27 with Greater Boston NEMBA
    Trunkmonkey Racing will be in attendance at the Greater Boston NEMBA Dark Hollow Pond trail project at Middlesex Fells Reservation this coming Sunday (April 27, 2014). Come join us bright and early to move some dirt, build some singletrack, and open up Dark Hollow Pond to mountain bikes! For more information, please see the event […]
  • The Angels’ Share: Single Malt and Singletrack
    Back in November an amazing video popped up in my Feedly called Angel’s Share: Exploring Scotland’s Singletrack and Single Malt. I’m a big fan of mountain biking. I’m a big fan of Scotch. And I’m a fan of Ben Howard whom I’ve heard a few times and was chosen for the soundtrack. But a couple […]
  • Chippoke’s Cabin Fever Maple Whisky Bacon Grease Infused Bacon Crumble Brown Sugar Caramelized Ghost Chile Chex Mix
    What’s the best way to wind down after a hard day of trail building and mountain biking? Alcohol and bacon of course! And how do we combine the two into a single snack for uncomplicated gluttonous consumption? With Chippoke’s Cabin Fever Maple Whisky Bacon Grease Infused Bacon Crumble Brown Sugar Caramelized Ghost Chile Chex Mix! […]
  • Trunkmonkey Racing backs Mac Ride!
    Trunkmonkey Racing backs Mac Ride! This is insanely cool. What happens when you cross a kid named Mac and a Mountain Bike? You get Mac Ride, a Kickstarter out of Vancouver, eh! From their Web site: It was my wish for our children to benefit from these same outdoor adventures as well as my passion for […]
  • Fezzari unveils revamped Web site and shiny new 2014 models!
    Fezzari has totally revamped its Web site and unleashed the new Timp Peak 650b line as part of its new 2014 lineup. Check out all the new models on their Web site.
  • When counting calories watch out for reporting loops in your Apps.
    Weight loss isn’t magic. Simply eat less calories than you burn. Easy peasy. That is unless you inadvertently sabotage yourself by getting too geeky and try to use too many nutrition and weight loss Apps to track and manage your progress. I found out the hard way that it’s best to Keep it Simple (Stupid). […]
  • Trunkmonkey Racing Ghetto Wheel Truing using Zipties
    After 10 miles of rough trail riding on the old 1992 GT Karakoram Full Rigid my slightly out-of-true wheel became a significantly out-of-true wheel with a bent spoke; it was rubbing brake pad in four locations. I guess my fat ass bombing a downhill full of fist-sized loose rocks and small boulders was a bad […]
  • Airborne Bicycles gives a sneak peak of their new Guardian 29
    It’s just a single photo, but Airborne Bicycles has posted a sneak peak photo of their new Guardian 29 on their Facebook page. Since the caption reads “A sneak-peak of one of the new models coming soon~!” there are probably more fresh designs in the pipeline! Speculation is running wild, but so far the consensus […]
  • Trunkmonkey Racing and Airborne Bicycles?
    In my search for new Mountain Bikes I ran across Airborne Bicycles, a company that has an interesting offering of value-packed bikes (follow them on Facebook and Twitter). I’m intrigued by their product lineup, reviews, and press coverage so I applied to become a member of their Flight Crew. Hopefully the next time you see […]
  • Introducing the Canon PowerShot D20 – built for adventure
    Order at Amazon or Adorama. The PowerShot D20 is the latest generation of Canon’s waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof, and dustproof D-series point and shoot camera line. It keeps the same 12.1 megapixel spec as the previous PowerShot D10 but gains GPS, Intelligent IS, better zoom, larger screen, higher ISO sensitivity, and an increased shockproof rating. So […]
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