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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 02-04-2014 Wheel Replacement Adventure View Webcam for 02-04-2014 NO COMMENTS
Wheel Bent A few weeks ago, the wonderful winter weather of Michigan created a giant pothole I was able to hit hard with my passenger front tire. I stopped to inspect the apparently undamaged wheel and continued on my way. Fast forward to today where my essentially bald tires once again proved they are completely useless in snow (as the warning in my user manual clearly stated, but I chose to ignore). After freeing the Focus with some slams from the Fusion, I dropped if off at Belle Tire with instructions to mount the cheapest 235/40-18 tires in the hopes I'll get marginal traction. Turns out, that pothole left it's mark on my rim, prompting me to buy just one tire and activate the spare for the damaged one. After delivering the damaged wheel to my dealer, it was confirmed the OneCare warranty would not only replace the wheel but also the tire. My mind quickly subtracted the cost of the second tire and plans to keep the spare on throughout winter were finalized. Now I'll have two brand new front tires and acceptable rears for lease turn-in, hopefully preventing any additional charges.
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Jan LAN The 10th Anniversary Jan LAN was today, and the turnout was about the same as it was 10 years ago. We did manage to play Team Fortress 2 consistently, with very little game fragmentation, and were introduced to AirMech which is correctly labelled as a "spiritual successor to Herzog Zwei." I of course had to show off my new 4K TV, and we managed to get Battlefield 4 running at the 3840 x 2160 resolution. The rumor that HDMI 1.4 can only handle 30Hz at 4K appears to be true, at least for the video card we used, but it still looked amazing despite the ~3fps it managed to run at. Lila and Lexi both seemed to enjoy the party, reducing their toddler demands to minimum for the duration of the event.
User Comments for 01-25-2014:
Don't worry, HDMI 2.0 will fix your 4ks... but you'll need a new tv to get over 30 fps: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/hdmi-2-0-explained/
Duane
Was the gayest lan party of them all. Awkward bathroom invites, shoulder rubbing, and gay pr0n. I feel so used.
Senator Kelley

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 01-24-2014 Battlefield 4 Launching View Webcam for 01-24-2014 NO COMMENTS
After viewing tons of BF4 videos using explosives to deliver vehicles halfway across the map, we decided tonight was the night we'd make our own such video. We eventually learned M2-SLAMs and tank mines are the most effective, and piled them under the various launch targets. With a 650 meter record, I can say I'm now satisfied with launching things and ready to get back to killing. like this.
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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 01-22-2014 I'm a Bitcoin Miner View Webcam for 01-22-2014 NO COMMENTS
Bitcoin Mining With Overstock.com announcing they accept Bitcoin for purchases, I finally decided to wake up and pay attention to this crypto-currency that will take us into the post-apocalyptic economy. I immediately went home last week and started mining with my 3 year old GTX 460 video card to yield a 40 MH/s mining speed. I look back with my now week-old expertise in the mining field and laugh at how silly I was. Mining with GPUs has been over for months, especially with nVidia cards which only n00bs used when it was hip. The hot new thing in Bitcoin is APU mining, so I quickly secured two Bitmain Antminer U1 USB miners, putting me $120 in the hole and an amazing 4 GH/s rate, which clearly blew away anything my GPU could hope to achieve. Naturally, I decided to blow another $120 for a total of 4 of these hyper active hash crunchers, and hope to get the 8 GH/s to over 10 GH/s via my old friend overclocking. At the current difficulty rating, that will be 0.00229235 BTC or $1.78 per day. A horrible investment, but I choose to hold on to the dream that bitcoin will naturally deflate due to limited availability and the exchange rate will only rise until I'm a bonafide billionaire. Now the delusional plan is exposed, and when I read this a year from now I'll either be rich or out $240 trying to sell devices for a currency nobody wants anymore.
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NAIAS 2014 Lucys first trip to the North American International Auto Show was today, and she was so excited it was a whole 15 minutes before she fell asleep. The Senator and family also joined us for a double-family NAIAS outing, featuring Lexi and Lila holding hands for the majority of the event to make it harder to kidnap them. While I already own the best car at the event (Focus ST) it was fun to look at all the loser cars trying to pretend they even came close. I did make a stop at the Lexus LFA to honor it's multiplayer prowess in Forza Motorsport 5, but was disappointed when the rep informed me it wasn't really able to bounce cars into the ditch like it does so well in the game. We hit the traditional stops, including the basement which was void of the typical electric car test driving leaving a sad empty space with a few parade items that somehow fit into new car purchases. The toddlers survived a surprising 2 hours, which was more than enough time to see everything, so we were able to escape before the level 6 tantrums hit.
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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 01-15-2014 Phone Benchmarking! View Webcam for 01-15-2014 NO COMMENTS
With the release of Basemark OS II for Windows Phone, a true cross-platform fanboy brag tool finally exists. I immediately rated my Lumia 928 only to have it crushed by the Senators iPhone 5 and Myrns iPhone 5S. Fortunately someone already posted a video of the Nexus 5 crushing both the iPhone 5 and my once yearned for Lumia 1520 so I had something to throw back in their faces. My use of the word "crush" and "crushing" are of course appropriate because even 1 point of difference is enough to warrant a fanboy escalation (and I can always fall back on "that isn't a perfect run, x factor was slowing it down!"
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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 01-09-2014 Entertainment Rearrangement View Webcam for 01-09-2014 1 COMMENT
Lila Builds With no Kinect extension cord in sight for my new Xbox One, it was time to take drastic action and order a mini-entertainment center. This involved rewiring my entire sound system, and purchasing a 50ft HDMI cable of questionable quality. Fortunately Lila was more than willing to help me with the entertainment center assembly, and actually lined up the screws helped with the fasteners. I made sure to savor each moment as I'm sure it's only a few more years before she's utterly bored with helping me, preferring instead to talk exclusively to her comm implant. The end result was not as impressive as I had imagined, but much better than stringing the Xbox and Kinect in a line from the projection screen.
User Comments for 01-09-2014:
I agree with Alexandra, and Andrea ^. Oral jelly and ibuprofen IV are great ways to build a new entertainment center
Senator Kelley

Dave and Busters Today is the beginning of the coldest and snowiest week of the year, so naturally I wanted to bring Lila and Lucy to the new Dave and Busters that opened last month. We tried to visit when Lisas parents were here, only to be greeted with a 2 hours minimum wait. Today we had no such delays, as everyone is deathly afraid of the snow and decided to stay home. We made the most of the nearly empty arcade, with Lila bouncing from game to game before settling on the skiball machine where Lisa taught her the finer points of the game. A stop at the "giant claw" machine yielded a full size basketball with the Detroit Lions logo on it, something even I know is a contradiction, but Lila didn't seem to care. 2 hours later, Lila was finally showing her fatigure and Lucy was ready for something new. So ended our first and very likely least-busy visit to the new local Dave and Busters.
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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 12-26-2013 Christmas Visit View Webcam for 12-26-2013 NO COMMENTS
Christmas Visit Christmas this year was low key since I spent all my money on a new TCL LE50UHDE5691 50in 4K Ultra LED LCD HDTV. My old plasma was finally showing it's age with the occasional 6 flashing lights of death instead of turning on, which most likely meant an expensive new ballast kit (I did still manage to craigst list it for $100 though). We entertained Lisas family this year, yielding me several achievements in Disney Infinity and Just Dance 2014 thanks to the power of energetic cousins. Lila thoroughly enjoyed the visit, and when they finally got sick of earning me points I even took them for a trip to jump zone.
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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 12-21-2013 SIM Adapter Trio View Webcam for 12-21-2013 NO COMMENTS
With Lisa refusing to upgrade from her Lumia 800, I've obtained and sold both a Lumia 900 and Lumia 1520. While I can't complain, her luddite ways have forced me to use a SIM adapter trio to keep her SIM fitting in the 800. Of course my only real frustration is new games (with achievements) coming out that require Windows Phone 8. They are constant reminders of how far behind my wife has fallen in the phone technowars.
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