The Shures Network http://shures.net Are you Shures about that? Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Fancy Prairie New Years Eve Party http://shures.net/2008/12/29/fancy-priarie-new-years-eve-party/ http://shures.net/2008/12/29/fancy-priarie-new-years-eve-party/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:25:54 +0000 Aden http://shures.net/?p=252 Shures New Year Hat
The Shures legendary New Years Eve party is getting ready to kick off again in Fancy Prairie Illinois. Live entertainment is being provided by the Laurenzana band rocking out the post office in the boonies.

Fancy Prairie
Hope to see you there.

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My daughter is having a blast sledding this year. Here’s a little video I threw together of her riding our local slopes. The conditions were icy and fast. I hope to someday teach her to ski in the Colorado powder.

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MSI Wind U100 Netbook
It’s Mini-Me!

My daughter received a cute new little netbook for Christmas. It has surprising performance for an inexpensive price. It’s the perfect size for her. Plus for those bussines trips when I’m flying, Dad gets to borrow it. Here it is sitting on my mammoth 17″ 1920×1200 honker.

The Specs:
1.6GHz Processor Intel® Atom™ N270
2GB Memory DDR2 667MHz
120GB SATA Hard Drive
10.1” 1024×600 LCD
HD Audio w/ Stereo Speakers
10/100 LAN
802.11b/g Wireless
Built-in 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro Memory Card Reader
USB2.0 Port X 3
2.8 lbs. 10.2″ X 7.1″ and 0.7″ thin

Voted one of the 10 hottest tech products of 2008, these are selling like crazy. The stores sold out for Christmas.

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2003 Suzuki DR-Z 400
My new toy.

I guess either Santa was good to me this year or I hocked the kitchen sink. I just bought a 2003 Suzuki DR-Z 400 dual sport motorcycle with 1340 miles on the odometer.

Motorcycles I’ve Owened:
2003 Suzuki DR-Z 400
1993 Suzuki VS 800 Intruder
1997 Kawasaki Vulcan 750
1982 Kawasaki KZ 750
1979 Kawasaki KZ 400
1970s Honda CB xxx

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The Shures
The Shures

I’ve been burning the early morning oil scanning in old pictures
to The Shures photo gallery.

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