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View Larger Map General Area: Back side of Pleasant Hill, Pacheco and into El Sobrante Difficulty: Easy Ride Length: ~20mn one way Special Note: None. Route Points: Point A to Point B — This is actually Reliez Valley Rd. It is a bit windy but has a number of stop signs. It really isn’t anything…
A long time ago (like last year) in a state far far away (Nevada), my job wasn’t terribly busy so I got permission to start learning iPhone development. I went ahead and purchased The iPhone Developers Cookbook, setup the MacBook Air and got started with learning. Of course just a few days later I got…
The sushi bar, with ever present TV. Recently I found myself up on the north side of Pleasant Hill. After running my errands I remembered seeing something about a possible Asian market and some sushi in the area. As luck would have it, it was dinner time, so investigation ensued. What I found was Damo…
Being a “fan” (short for fanatic and sometimes also called aficionado or supporter) of your favorite product or company isn’t a concept unique to technology (computers, software, video games, etc). Just take a look at sports (Raiders or 49ers?), bands (U2 or Linkin Park?), cameras (Nikon or Canon?), automobiles (domestic or import?) or even ice…
One of the hardest things about switching the blog to 5 days a week has been to get ahead. Previously when we were on the 3 day a week plan, we had points in which we had posts prepped for nearly a month in advance. For the last few weeks we’ve had almost no advance…
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Because it’s illegal. I just thought I’d throw that out there for those that were confused or misdirected… Before I had even taken my ham license test, I was given an old Icom radio to muck about with. As it turned out I found a fairly busy repeater in the East Bay (K6POU) that was…
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