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As usual, I think that's a pretty cool thing that Pete's got cooked up and hits a scary low price point ($200 + chassis). If I wasn't bent on retirement I'd build one just for kicks but the wife would kill me and I've got no place for it.

http://www.toro.com/home/snowthrowers/electric/powershovel.html I gave it a quick test yesterday and was pretty impressed for ~$100. I'll give it a thorough thrashing tomorrow clearing the deck before the 4 to 6" of snow/slush/ice gets here tomorrow night. There's a short video at the link above which is pretty accurate. One important thing to note is that it'll only throw snow straight out of the shoot which does limit/dictate how you use it.

Congrats on the new gig, Todd. Sorry about the news CJ.

Well, I know at least one poster no longer posting here.

If marc doesn't have 1 I do.

Toro electric power shovel to help clear the 2' of snow off my deck.

If you need/want a pair let me know, I've had some sitting around for a while now that have probably been used less than a half-dozen times.

http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Toemorrow-Mens-Sneaker/dp/B000WBK1WE I got them from a discount hiking/camping site for $35.

Me too. I'd love to try replacing my hackintosh with something like this.

Allegedly not very much, they're often compared to the vibram 5 fingers shoes or sandals.

I don't rock your average snow blower. But yes, it does have an upper limit of about 16". I went out anyway and the snow has already tapered off so the driveway is pretty clear, for now.

I needed some around-the-office shoes and these seemed like a fun alternative to traditional shoes. Bonus points for it being pre-boo approved, it's a vegan friendly shoe.

Just got ready to go blow the 12" or so of snow off the driveway since it hadn't snowed since about 2pm. I got downstairs and it started snowing, hard. Eff me.

I have yet to find this to be an issue and I much prefer a reliable network to one that'll allow me to drop multiple services at the same time.

Happy Birthday!

We got about 8" yesterday (round 1) so I cleared the driveway last night when I got home. It's snowing at a pretty good clip again now and projected to snow all day like this and perhaps get even heavier. I'll be surprised if we get more than a foot today but that on top of the 3' or so we've gotten in the last few weeks will be pretty brutal to deal with. I'm just hoping we avoid the epic winds that others are describing.

I would crack every faucet you can, any closed pipe will have very little circulation otherwise. Not knowing anything about how your house is plumbed leaves me with not much to offer in the way of better advice, sorry.

Shelly, If you're really worried about pipes freezing (I haven't kept up with this thread) you could leave the water running just a little bit overnight. Moving water doesn't tend to freeze, this is an old camp trick when things get cold in the fall before you've shut everything up for the winter. Yes, it's a complete waste of water but a ruptured pipe could waste a whole lot more.

Yup, we're schedules to get 20 to 30" over the next two days. I'll believe it when I see it but the tractor is gassed up and ready to go.

I also found a program to split large mp4s to make them ps3 friendly.

Same. It's mostly been fine but the last transcode that I did had audio issues mid-way through which truly sucked to find while trying to watch the show. I can do a 720p mkv to mp4 trans in about 2 hours or so, which is just too damn slow even if it is reasonable. Finally today I tracked down the right software to do what Jacob suggested which is to simply unpack the mkv to mp4 without altering the video stream. Even if I have to change the audio stream this seems to take less than 10 minutes for a 2hr movie which is just awesome. No more crappy DVD-sized rips of Top Gear for me!

TurboTax Deluxe - should make for a fun afternoon.

The finger definitely appears to be getting better. I'm completely off pain meds, the only residual suck is the twice daily hydrogen peroxide baths to try and root out the lingering infection. I have another appointment Monday so hopefully that'll bring more good news.

Very cool, Brent.

That's great news on the job front, Todd.