Garden – End of July

So far so good I suppose… Some things don’t seem to be taking off very well, others are well on their way. I need to get some string or poles to prop up the tomato plants…

Won’t have any reason to go to Mcdonalds now…

Quick Breakfast: Whats needed: 1 Egg, Cheese, English Muffin, 1tsp butter, Jar, Microwave, Toaster

Home Made “Egg McMuffin”
While English Muffin is toasting:
Put enough melted butter to cover bottom 1/2 of jar.
Put egg in jar, over the butter.
Poke holes in the egg(to reduce poping; It will still expand and pop, but not splatter out of jar)
Microwave uncovered on High for 48 seconds in 1000watt microwave.
Shake whole cooked egg out of jar onto now toasted muffin.
Place Cheese(velveeta), and or cooked meats on top of egg.
Enjoy.

One more reason DELL Sucks(In this case, for Canadians)

Dell Canada marks up the same hardware a silly amount, essentially ripping off Canadian public. Then of course Dell Corporate, won’t allow you to order directly except from the Dell in your country.

Example:
2 Identical systems priced, dell.ca vs dell.com.
Vostro 1500 – Dell Canada Summery ; $1229 Cdn
Vostro 1500 – Dell USA Summery ; $699 USD = $737.49 Cdn(At time of this post)

Additional charge for being Canadian customer: $491.51 ; It’s often much worse for other Countries “DELL”.

In addition to the inflated base price for Canadians, standard features on the DELL USA such as Geforce vs Intel Video(+$100 for Canadians), 120gb HD vs 80gb(+$40), Duo vs Celeron(+$100) were additional costs for Canadians.

Dell was having a typical USA Only discount at the time, without the discount: $265. Rarely will you find equiv. sale in Canada, and IF there is, it’s still hundreds more expensive than Dell USA discounts

Cheap RC Helicopters

My father enjoys inexpensive remote control helicopters, and they are kinda fun. Here are some videos and basic information about 3 models:

BladeRunner2 – 3 Channel, Sale Prices: ~$50
Mosquito – 3 Channel, ~$80
HavocHeli(Walmart) – 2 Channel, $20

2 Channels: Up/Down, Left/Right turn. Helicopter is weighted to constantly fly slightly forward.
3rd Channel: a Forward/Backward (Weighting not required)

After flying the BladeRunner2 and Mosquito for a few hours(over many months), I find myself wanting to get a 4+ channel to increase the control and difficulty level. 4CH Hughes 300 is tempting @ $115 Shipped on ebay(Although that is a lot to spend on a plastic flying machine ;)