I had been thinking of getting a new mattress for about a year and began investigating the new-comers and highly rated mattress options currently available. I have had a Tempurpedic for over 10 years and liked it, but wanted to replace it. In the past six months I had narrowed my search down to the “Tuft & Needle” and the “Casper” mattress based on reviews and material/construction methods. Having one friend who has a girlfriend with a “T&F” who said he liked it, and another…
I rode to Rapid City, SD to visit family and ride with my brother who brought his motorcycle out from Indiana. I took the same route as three years ago through Moab and Denver to get home. It was about 1,230 miles one way and my total mileage after arriving home was around 2,900 miles. The first day I rode from Phoenix, AZ to Rifle, CO which took about 13.5 hours with gas/food stops. I stopped for dinner in Moab,…
Back in March I began the fun of tearing out carpet & linoleum to put down tile throughout the house. There was tile already installed in the family room and kitchen so I bought tile to match, hired some people, and got to work. (Tile Work Link) Well… that tile work was done in April. I finished the guest bathroom and have been using it as my primary until the master bath was complete. A few months later and it’s…
Last Friday I went in for an oil change and came out with a newer car. My 2007 Prius (package 6) had 130,000+ miles on it and was running well except for an annoying sound every 10 seconds that I think was the hydraulic pump associated with the braking/re-gen system. It’s a big repair and I figured I’d take a look and see what was available before I would have to seriously think of getting it fixed. Well, they had…
My HJC CL-16 has been a great helmet, but with my long summer rides I’d like to have something lighter and quieter. This has been a long process and after eliminating the many helmets and getting down to the Schuberth C3 Pro and the Shoei, it’s the Shoei RF-1200 that has taken the lead. The RF-1200 has been recommended by numerous friends and after talking with some Schuberth folks about the shape of the helmet (more round – I am…
Google made an update that has broken my Picasa plug-in so I am looking for a new plugin that works well. (5/8/2015) Update 5/10/2015 – everything is working again. I had to go back to the free plug-in from the pay plug-in. Very strange, but it worked. 🙂
Back in 1981 I went to Disneyland in California and it seemed like a magical place. We went during the week and I only remember waiting in line for a few rides, but even then the lines weren’t exceptionally long. Last weekend I went back and the average wait was about an hour to over an hour for the popular rides. Yes, I know it was a Saturday, but wow! I did a search and found out that weekends average…
Since moving into my home in 2010 I’ve been wanting to get rid of most of the carpet, linoleum, and replace the toilets. Well, I finally took the plunge and got it all (mostly done)! I hired Get Floored, Inc. to put in the tile that I purchased from Home Depot. It was the exact match for the tile currently installed in the kitchen and family room. Their crew was on time, efficient and friendly. I’d recommend Get Floored, Inc….
I bought the first Android phone available on the T-Mobile network back in 2008. It was the HTC/T-Mobile G1 and I loved it. After that I was using a variety of Motorola Android phones and after leaving Motorola I purchased my first Samsung Android phone. The Vibrant was a good phone, then I bought the Galaxy S2, S4, and finally the S5. The Galaxy series was excellent and I still use my S2 regularly running the latest Cyanogenmod flavor. The…
I hadn’t been back to Germany in a few years, but with a good friend from Phoenix living there and willing to travel with me I needed no more reason to get back to the motherland. I flew British Airways from Phoenix to London, then onto Frankfurt from there. London’s airport was as efficient as ever, which worked out well due to our late arrival. I was put into the “fast lane” and made it to my connecting flight with minutes to…