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Hello, Some of you have asked "where is ohbythebay"...Rob is doing great. Wife is happy. Daughter (28) just graduated law school (GW University in DC) top 2% of her class. She will be clerking for a Federal judge for 1 year and then working for Covington (top law firm in the US) all arranged...

Our dog roofus lets our son do anything to him...his favorite is sprawled on his back to get a belly rub...On our sons lap...LOL..sorry its blurry but had to catch it...

Besides the fact you want to keep a supported OS with security and software patches, Microsoft just sweetened the deal.... If $50 won't do it, what about $100? Microsoft sweetens trade-in deals for XP holdouts | PCWorld

Love em...the USB is amazing...Especially since I needed a 16ft one. WELL WORTH IT.

First time at an indoor range. Pretty cool. Got to shoot a .40cal, 9mm and my .380 ...LOL...My first shot was a dead shot bullseye...groupings stayed good out to 30ft (10 yards) and still damn good at 15 yards. I also have a Marlin 60 .22 rifle but will have to wait for woods shoot for...

Yes, it is called spindle to pivot distance. On any given tone arm, there is an optimal distance and placement. One does this with a template or a measurement by measuring from the spindle in a direct line to the pivot. See example below but note...not every arm is the same (though many are)...

Okay so gone are the days of built in strobes on turntables but there are times you want to be sure your platter speed is correct. well, its easy to print a strobe disk but the light to properly view can be hit or miss. I just purchased one (back order) from a guy on another site. He setup a...

BTW..I just checked 1) The service manual is AWESOME - great table 2) Changing the IC's for better ones is EASY !!!

I have said it before but this time, done done done. I have just spent the past several days in heated arguments (could not be called anything less) talking about 1) Quality cables 2) Cable break in 3) Equipment break in 4) Capacitor burn in All of which are considered hokum by the narrow...

Remember, I can only say so much about my company due to confidentiality reasons, but what may to some seem like cheerleading is in fact faith that the directions coming are pretty amazing. Microsoft adds nine new Windows Phone hardware partners - Yahoo Finance Microsoft plans spring Windows...

I want to keep under $100..I only need .5 meter - I looked at Pangea, Audioquest and Kimber. Not sure what to try. If anyone has one for sale, let me know. YES, I am a believer ...studied about packet loss, etc. and I think it will be better than the stock cable that came with my DAC.

Windows 8.1 has a start button (see below ) ...9 is supposed to be very different from what I hear...but really...working with it..Windows 8 desktop (to me) is no different than Windows 7. Same icons, office products, internet, applications, etc. The only benefit of the metro stuff ? If you want...

So...after 4-5 days I sold the unit ($10 loss..no biggie). Why ? Was it defective? did it not do as advertised? Nope, none of those things. Its an amazing little unit that I would recommend highly if you need it. But that's the thing, I didn't need it. It has a very nice DAC - clean sound...But...

Okay, I finally got this process down pat with the Creative X-FI HD. So here are 5 songs (best to download) that you should try through your system and give me feedback. I know there are a few clicks here and there (not many) but I did not use the click remover...haven't found one yet that...

Perhaps you have been away too long ? Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) news: A Microsoft Hater Does A Full 180 - Seeking Alpha