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I Purchased this from home depot today…

Ryobi One + 18V Lithium 4 Pc. Combo Kit (Model P843)

There were two version at Home Depot, i got my kit for $200, the drill has manual speed/torque shifter. The other kit was for $239 which had the new drill with “autoshift”, otherwise the kits were exactly the same. I think i personally like the manual over-ride better, and it was cheaper .. win/win.

Don’t have much to say about it so far other than, the tools look cool as hell, and they seem to be pretty powerful, but i have yet to build or work on anything with them, so i’ll have to come back for a review later.

I was looking at similar combo kits from other brands.

• Ryobi NiCad Kit ($129) .. I just wanted the better lithium stuff, lighter and last longer, got caught in the hype.
• Ryobi 12v lithium kit ($119) .. nah, i wanted the 18v power
• RIDGID 18V 4 pc Cordless Combo Kit ($279) .. Probably the better tools, but $80 more than i needed to spend
• Skil 18-Volt Lithium Ion 4-Piece Combo Kit ($229) .. almost went for it, it was close. Ultimately i just liked that the Ryobi product line seems to have more stuff, and with the interchangable batteries and all, i want to stick to one product line.

I looked at Dewalt’s, Makita’s, Milwaukee’s … all way out of my price range, maybe down the line. Ryobi’s should be good for now.

It’s temporary while i work on something bigger and better.. Go. It’s my personal work site.

The site will see many features and improvement in coming weeks and months, but it’s out there…. We’re a network of freelance web designers and programmers in northern new jersey (nj). We build complex database driven sites, and the branding is tight. Take a peek.

I was recently poking around trying to figure out the cleanest way to use a php include, yet still have the control to make a down state for the “buttons”. Here’s what i found. Simple & Clean.

I think i’d like to take this just one little step forward and make a variable defining all the php jiberish, so that i can put less “stuff” within the list.

A Note to all web developers… please strip fonts like helvetica out of your websites. It launches the font for me when I visit your site, and often creates a font conflict. I should be the only one allowed to turn on fonts for my computer. If it’s an HTML site, use SIFR… if it’s a flash site, embed the font. Don’t you realize people who don’t have the font you’ve put into your site aren’t seeing your site the way you intended.. and the ones that do have the font (managed by a suitcase) are probably just getting upset that a new font is launched upon visit to your site.

I’m looking for a place where I can order custom cut pieces of wood, does such a place not exist on the internet?

I want to be able to build say a table or a storage chest without having to cut all the pieces myself.. and in finding a place i’d hope that i have a nice selection of woods to choose from.

Ponoko cuts thin pieces of wood, bamboo, MDF, acrylic.. it looks really cool and i’m hoping to design something and send it here sometime soon. But what they don’t cut is bigger/thicker pieces, like 2×4s. There has to be a service out there that does this.. anyone have any ideas?

I woke up this morning, made coffee, let the dogs out and got on my computer. I moved the mouse a little bit to get it out of sleep mode, but nothing happened. The screen stayed black.. the case button kept doing it’s pulsing/glowing thing. So i held down the power button to force a shutdown. Then i hit the power button to start up. I got the chime but still a black screen and a pulsing case button. I did this a few times and decided that maybe the lcd crapped out as i never really got beyond a pitch black screen.

Made an appointment at the genius bar. Just got back. The guy tried hooking it up to an external monitor.. but no dice, same thing. Chime, Pulsing, and Black. He says it’s probably the logic board. My computer is out of warranty and i didn’t get apple care… so i’m paying a flat-rate repair which turns out to be $300 and they fix the hardware issue no matter what the problem is. The guy said the logic board costs like $800, so if thats the problem, this flat rate service is a bargain. A new macbook pro starts at $2k, so let’s leave that out as an option.

Sucks… i have most of my files on a separate HD, but i still feel lost without it. Hurry home macbook.. techy says 5-6 days before macbook comes home and i’ll be picking it up at the store that i dropped off at.

So maybe this post helps someone else.. let’s review

• macbook is out of warranty and no apple care
• logic board possibly fried (worth $800)
• apple now has a flat rate repair service for $300 that covers any hardware issue
• repair service takes 5-6 days.

Also – they do make you sign a paper saying they’re not responsible for your data. backup, backup, backup

I’ve always looked up to Ogilvy & Mather as one of the premeire ad agencies out there. It’s like they wrote the rulebook.

I recently bumped into a new minisite posted by Ogilvy specifically on recession. www.OgilvyOnRecession.com. Just another example of their brilliance.

It bothers me that people go on twitter like once every 5 days and tweet like 20 message in one sitting. It knocks all my other tweets off my homepage, can’t you people spread out your tweets a little better? There should be a twittering ethics guide. Maybe i’ll release this as my first publication.

What is the point of twitter? I can see why business’s use it… and i can see why people follow the businesses for important updates and whatnot. But why do regular people send little twitter alerts about the coffee they’re drinking, and the little insignificant thoughts they’re having? Get on wordpress people.. twitter is retarted. Here’s my twitter.