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Got those $1,000 tickets yet?

Due to the Large Crowd Expected for the 2006 Rose Bowl Game, RV Parking Will Be Sold Out as of January 1, 2006

Some regard Wednesday night’s Rose Bowl clash between No. 2 Texas and No. 1 University of Southern California as a once-in-a-lifetime happening.

As of Friday afternoon, single-ticket prices ranged from $905 to $4,648. Friday morning, a VIP Rose Bowl parking pass went for $390.

Heck - RV parking is a steal at $50 and will be available in Lot 3 at Pasadena City College.

Fans deciding to drive to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4 can expect significant delays and long walks to the stadium.

Fans desiring additional information or for questions regarding alternative transportation to the Rose Bowl, please call: (626) 577-3101, or visit the Rose Bowl Stadium website at http://www.rosebowlstadium.com.

[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]

Gary makes an outstanding field reporter, don’t you think?

Do not wait to attend one of these rallies until your bus is complete, make your bus safe and roadworthy, come to these rallies, try out your bus, see what you really need, get good ideas from others like Ace, Sonnie and many of the usual posters on the bulletin boards. HAVE FUN!!. God willing, my bus will be roadworthy next year and I hope Jack can save me a spot for the “Rustless Money Pit”. I can’t wait.

Read Gary’s full report from day two.

Gary’s living the time of his life at Bussin’ 2006…

This is my first bus rally and I have been like a kid in the candy store for the first time. If you did not make it here you have no idea how rewarding it is to be in one area where there are over 150 converted buses to view and google over as I did all day. I am so pooped out but have to say this was one of the best days of my life personally in this entire year.

Read his page-long expression of exuberance!

PC World’s official (and entirely idiosyncratic) list of the top tech gadgets of the last half century. “After a lot of Web surfing, spreadsheet wrangling, and some near fistfights, we emerged with the following list. Some items in our Top 50 are innovative devices that appeared briefly and then were quickly consigned to museums and future appearances on eBay, but whose influence spread widely. Others are products we use every day–or wish we could.”
[via MAKE Magazine]

“A Treatise on the Importance of Smoke”
by Joseph Lucas

All electrical components and wiring harnesses depend on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of charged ions by retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as “smoke”. Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. Don’t be fooled by scientists and engineers talking about excited electrons and the like. Smoke is the key to all things electrical.

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Clarke explains why some still believe electronic devices run on electricity rather than smoke…

There seems to be some occasional confusion about the term “letting the smoke out” of electrical or electronic devices. I thought it might be informative, and hopefully enjoyable, to some if I explain the term and its origins.

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