Asa @ 22 OffThis is the blog of E. Asa Bour. I add items to my blog that I find entertaining or informative. Sometimes it is a story, poem, quote, or recent event in my life. Many times I am busy and don't record anything. Enjoy my ramblings... In case you didn't figure it out, 22 off refers to slalom skiing a course.Instant Watching, I think not- February 18, 2008 NetFlix offers Instant Watching of movies directly from their website so I decided to give it a whirl. NetFlix doesn't currently support FireFox so I was forced to use Internet Explorer 6. After I clicked Instant Watching, I was notified that my Windows Media Player was out of date. I downloaded the 25Mb update to Windows Media Player and Microsoft demanded that I validate my XP Pro license. After letting Microsoft sneak a peek of my machine I installed the Windows Media Player update...http://www.schemer.com/bourea/journal/archives/000325.html The Red Devil- February 18, 2008 The Red Devil needed a new slave cylinder and The Little German Village in Ridgeville Corners, OH replaced it for a very reasonable price. The Little German Village was strongly recommended on the TDI club newsgroups. The Red Devil is ready for the next adventure.http://www.schemer.com/bourea/journal/archives/000324.html The Red Devil and The Battle of Whiteface Mountain- February 13, 2008 We left from Findlay hoping for a relaxing and low key week of snow skiing at Lake Placid. Per the GPS, aka our brain, we were well ahead of schedule until we entered the eastern Cleveland snow belt. My red TDI Jetta, aka the Red Devil, did not meet winter traction expectations. Even with my driving prowess, the heavy snow fall required us to slow down and very quickly the GPS started tormenting us with a later projected arrival time. Then the Red Devil decided to develop serious...http://www.schemer.com/bourea/journal/archives/000323.html |