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Woot! Way to go Vicki!!!

I'm too friggen hammered at work and at home right now to organize much of anything so if someone wants to take up the charge on the jersey thing I'm interested but just can't help. And I'd be down with a custom Road ID, but can't find the dog-tag version to look at on their site. Could be my crappy web at work...

Was in a meeting, missed the Energizer, bummer.

Ahh, life as a series of naps. I remember those nights. Andrew and I watched a lot of old Top Gear during those times.

So I haven't felt well since Thanksgiving night but thankfully felt well enough to get out for a ride this afternoon. Less than ideal conditions, temps in the mid 30's, gusty wind and overcast. But that's why they make long underwear. The only thing that got really cold was my feet, despite having newer, less ventilated shoes on. Might have to break out the booties if I go out again. There's snow in the forecast though and I'm not prepared to run studded tires...yet. Ride Data Icy Marsh

sure Shelly, PM me some details. I'd love to have it for a trip in two weeks but that's not make or break.

Yeah, but could you get one for $1000?

I'd much rather have the Calfee, personally. Actually I'd rather have your Gunnar as well. Seems like you already came to that conclusion and I share your desire to get out of the house. So much that despite the temps in the mid 30s and a stiff breeze I'm going for a MTB ride this afternoon.

Haj, no budget in mind but the lower the better (as usual). CJ, yeah, I was looking at the 5 but I always get confused since there appears to be multiple versions (regular 5, n, and r).

So I'm toying with the m43 idea again... What would a decent entry level setup be? Basically I'm looking for a travel camera for a few upcoming trips.

We love Fitz, he loves you, so welcome and congratulations.

Except that there are folks here who would help if you asked.

Ok, I've only watched up to the 3:59 mark but HOLY SHIT! http://www.pinkbike.com/news/SEA-OF-ROCK-video-2012.html

Happy Birthday!!

Vicki, I was thinking the same thing about the DA components. Sweet looking frame, I hope it can be made to fit.

Come on what? I'm glad your hardware is running fine, I know others who aren't feeling the same way about their 3GS. I freely admit that my issues with them are not the norm, nor do I think the love that gets expressed here is entirely unbiased. I'll say again what I've said before, I don't think anyone is making a perfect phone at this point from an OS or hardware pespective and both could learn a few lessons from each other if they weren't so bullheaded in their desire to not be like the other guy. I also don't get why each side feels it's necessary to be so over the top/defensive in their criticism, hell I'm guilty of being that way so I should just shut up. I don't understand why this matters? If the phone has an OS on it that does what the user wants I could care less if it's the latest and greatest. But again, this is something that Google should be working on since it is an issue for some customers, specifically those left laggin way behind on versions of the OS that do have real issues. But this is also an issue for the hardware manufacturers who insist on putting their own little stamp on everything. It's the reason I left Motorolla - the hardware was great, their flavor of the OS was wretched. Samsung is better but if the ecosystem is still the same the next time that I upgrade I'll go with hardware that lets me run an unfiltered version of Android. Ok, now I'm really shutting up.

Way to go, CJ! [edit] and good luck, Jacob!

Happy Day!!!!

Pretty amazing that that bike was made in the early '90s.

Yup, they did the same thing to the 3G. I don't think it's a good assumption at this point that Apple hardware will function particularly well when it's 2 versions removed from current. I don't actually plan on upgrading my iPad 2 from where it is right now for the fear that it'll end up like my iPhone 3G did when IOS 4 (I think that was it) came out and rendered the phone damn near useless.

Happy birthday!!

I'm not sure what you're talking about with this. Are you referring back to your Windows 8 comment or are you still of the impression that all Android phones suck? I'm honestly curious. I have no clue what Windows 8 would have to do with the phone or tablet realm - Windows is almost entirely irrelevent in both. If you still think all Android phones suck I clearly don't agree but know you've got your reasons. I just happen to think that the iPhone/iPad is frustrating for the same reason. Example - I wanted to download a video off of dropbox this morning onto my iPad. From what I've been able to read it's possible but amazingly non-obvious and yes, this was an actual apple file that I wanted to watch not some unsupported file format that would take a 3rd party app to watch. So neither OS has got it perfect at this point but the gulf that existed 2 years ago doesn't exist anymore either. And I really don't get your point about resale or the used market. Who cares? I cover the cost of my phone with 3 or 4 months of what the actual service costs. The idea that people care about what they're paying for a phone just shows how stupid consumers are when it comes to spending money. It's a side benefit for Apple users for sure but not one I'm going to waste time worrying about.

I think the rush was to get out a product to compete (or more likely somewhat crush) the likes of the Kindle Fire, Nexus 7, etc. I think they probably wanted to do a retina display since every other one of their mobile/tablet devices has one and it's a pretty clear step back for the mini to not have one. The laptops are a different game and I they aren't married to the idea of having a retina display on all of those models but I'd wager they're all headed that way as well. But the iPad mini just sticks out like a bit of a sore thumb right now with it's pedestrian pixel count. That said, I've always thought that the whole notion of a retina display was a bit of a double edged sword for Apple. On the one hand it clearly distinguished their display resolution from others. But on the other it probably limited their ability to change screen sizes when they wanted too. I'm shocked that they did what they did with the 5 in making the screen longer but not any wider. I admit that I think the Galaxy S III is probably a bit too big, but it's liveable. I don't think I could live with an iPhone after having a phone with a display as good and as large as the III. Watch a Netflix movie on it and it's game over. It has the pixel count and size to crush the iPhone 4 and I suspect the 5 (I actually haven't had one side by side with the GSIII yet). The #'s don't lie, both Apple and Android are doing very well right now but one wonders if the tide of Apple dominance isn't shifting just a bit as better and better Android phones and tablets come out. The rows of folders/icons is getting old. Everyone's iphone looks pretty much the same. They could solve this really easily, just like they did with the first iPhone that didn't have millions upon millions of apps. Develop a few, critical, in house widgets that you can make fit the graphic/aesthetic profile that you want. Give people a chance to have something other than little squares on their screen. It'd scare the shit out of Android/Google. A bit nuts? Did they, or didn't they, just introduce a newish iPad to replace the iPad that they'd just introduced? What portion of the market that they currently own forced them to do that? And how about when they used to introduce a new iPhone after Xmas every year? I think they only stopped that when competition forced them to care a bit more about timing. As far as Apple upgrading slower, that's a hard argument to track when they only make one real product in each segment. Honestly I do wish that Android would be just a bit more Apple and throw some constraints at the manufacturers when it comes to resolutions, etc. But meh, my GSIII works great as a smartphone. I have no real complaints.

It's entirely different and I enjoy both.