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Found this in our ticketing system a few weeks ago. Sup Lance.

I haven’t really been taking any pictures with my Smartphone lately. Well, actually, I have but actually getting them to my computer has been a pain in the ass. My current computer is rigged up with a questionable BIOS that allows me to use an unsupported CPU (namely an AMD Opteron) but tends to cause some problems with USB ports. So a few months ago I blew $10 on a PCI USB card from eBay. I never really bothered trying to sync my Smartphone with my computer until tonight and surely enough, it works again.

So here are a few pictures that I’ve taken over the last couple of months, but never had the chance to upload to the Internets (until now!):

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Didn’t risk it with the hot dogs, especially since I had a 250 mile drive to get home.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. “3 for the price of 3″.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Chief Wiggum.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Ralph, Homer.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Donuts! These were good.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. More donuts… mmm.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. More of Chief Wiggum.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Milhouse, Bart.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. “Thank you, come again.”

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Krusty-O’s.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. Jasper.

Kwik-E-Mart in Dallas. My own Squishee.

Hitting 100,000 miles in the Impala. Replacing it around December.

This Florida rain is pretty serious stuff.

Orlando office from the 15th floor.

Looking up at the Orlando office from Orange Ave.

Jared’s awesome server in the datacenter!

How to stay awake for a long road trip.

I’m pretty satisfied with my Beltronics RX65 radar detector. I’ve had it since March and it has served me rather well so far, helping me avoid quite a few speed traps. Granted, I did get two tickets while using this detector, but that was due to the police using LIDAR, which no radar detector in the world will help you spot in advance.

However, there is one thing that bothers me about the RX65. It seems that, if the unit gets hot, it will start to make a constant (and very annoying) noise followed by a message on the LCD that reads “Service Required”. With the Texas heat in full swing, I find myself getting out of the car for a quick trip through a store, only to find my radar detector screaming bloody murder once I get back to the car.

Granted, there is a really easy solution to this problem: just turn the damn thing off on your way out of the car. I tend to forget about this quite a bit, so I frequently return to an angry radar detector. I’ve also learned that “Service Required” does not necessarily mean that service is required. When this happens, I simply turn off the radar detector, remove it from the mount, and hold it against an A/C vent for about 2 minutes. That always fixes it.

Even with this annoying issue, I still recommend the RX65 to anyone who’s looking for a top of the line radar detector. Great unit, relatively cheap, has very nice features — can’t go wrong with the RX65, as long as you remember to turn it off on your way out of the car!