Review – Asus MeMO Pad 7 (White)

My Google Nexus 7 worked great, for a few years.  Unfortunately the system began to slow, and even wiping and re-installing the Android OS didn’t help except for a short time.  Slower and slower it got (not abnormal for Android devices anyway; unless you use them in a very average…

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Garmin Virb Aero-Bar Mount

[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”430px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ] [/dropshadowbox] I received my Garmin Virb Elite (for my full review of the Garmin Virb Elite click here) for Xmas and immediately ordered a bunch of different Go-Pro compatible mounts, for various purposes and which all fit the Virb just fine. In another…

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What’s (in) Your Seatbag/Saddle Bag?

What’s in your wallet, er, I mean seat bag? (For future generations of blog readers – that’s a [lame] play on a current popular commercial…oh, never mind). A good friend of mine, Erik from the blog/site Solargravity, recently took up biking again after a time away from it.  The many…

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Schwinn 130 / Journey 1.0 Exercise Stationary Bike – Review

  To replace an aging recumbent bike (that had malfunctioned, I had to jerry-rig the resistance magnet to make it work) we decided to go with a regular upright bike for bike training and exercise.  My preference is an upright bike, though we had gotten a good deal on the…

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Bored on the Treadmill, Indoor Bike Trainer, Exercise Bike, Elliptical, or Rowing Machine? Get a Chromecast!

  If you’re like me you might become bored to death of running on the treadmill, indoor bike trainer, exercise bike, rowing machine, and elliptical. I especially find myself not able to finish very many miles on the treadmill (a Sole F63 – review here) during the indoor months –…

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Initial Review – Windows 10 Technical Preview

This is going to be a fairly quick, initial and not very deep review of Windows 10 ‘Technical Preview’ build version 9926 (which can be found at the preceding link, at least for now).  And maybe a little disorganized. That’s because any and all things in this version may change at any…

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