Mark Denovich

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Link, want spam with that?

I had a post linked to earlier this week by GPS Tracklog. Within minutes I had 17 spam comments... all helpfully consigned to the trash by Askimet. Now they are just rolling in.

Mini Review: Garmin Zumo 550 vs. TomTom Go 910

I bought a Garmin Zumo 500 this week, and sold my TomTom Go 910. I had really specific reasons for this decision. I wanted GPS navigation for my motorcycle, and back when I moved to the UK, the Zumo…

I never had a need for a calendar before

I've been neck deep in support work for the last few weeks. Something I'd desperately like to dig myself out from under by next week. In the meantime my calendar has been filling up. As of today I am…

All TopGear all the time + boobies

We had a satellite dish installed this week. Pay a one time fee for the box & install (~£150) + £20 for the Sky card that enables "Free to View" channels, and you are good to go. No additional…

That’s actually a lot of money

American Express sent me my year end summary for 2006. I only got the card in June, but in that time I managed to charge $41,426 on it.

New blog theme: you shouldn’t care

Are you really coming to to read my blog directly? That's a shame, because more often than not lately, you've either seen no updates for weeks at a time, or better yet the 500 Service unavailable…

IBM T60p fan noise: slightly less deafening

From day 1, my company provided IBM T60p has had the acoustical properties of a 747 at idle. The fan had two settings, loud and LOUDER... the fan never turns off. At first I didn't care too much, but…

Long way to go

France, Germany, Netherlands, and Turkey should all make the list in the next few months.