skiing: New skis

I picked up some new skis on Black Friday 2005. They are the K2 Escape Cruiser, which is apparently an exclusive model for The Sports Authority. According to K2, they are an intermediate all-mountain ski similar to the 04/05 K2 Omni 3.5.

I went with the Marker M1000 Contact Control binding (si?); looking forward to giving them a try.

So, my ski history looks something like:

• K2 Escape Cruiser, 167cm 107/68/97 17mm sidecut 15m radius w/ Marker M1000 Contact Control Nov 2005/Jan 2006
  
• K2 X-15, 183cm 106/70/94 15mm (?) w/ Look TX 8.0 RL Sep/Oct 1998
  
• (used) Dynastar ??
  

sunglasses: Ray-Bans

Back on November 6, I picked up a new pair of polarized sunglasses to replace my broken Maui Jims. They are the Ray-Ban New Sleek, with gunmetal frames and polar grey polarized lenses. Here's the info from the Ray-Ban website:

Ray-Ban
SUN Collection -- Sun Collection
HIGHSTREET -- Highstreet
RB3198 New Sleek
004/81

FRAME Gunmetal
LENSES Polycarbonate Polar Grey Polarized

DVR,TiVo: New TiVo added

We added another TiVo to our household in Oct 2005, so the DVR stable looks like

• Humax DRT800F DVD Recorder with TiVo (refurbished)
  Oct 2005
  
• Comcast Motorola DCT-6412 Dual-Tuner DVR High-Definition Set-Top box
  ??? 2005
  
• TiVo TCD240040 Series 2 40 hour (factory renewed)
  Jun 2004
  
• TiVo TCD140060 Series 2 60 hour (factory renewed)
  Jan 2003 (replaced by TiVo with a TiVo TCD240080 Series 2 80 hour, out of warranty, Feb 2005)
  

Mobile Phones: Motorola USB data cables

I've delved into the world of Motorola USB data cables:

SKN6311 / SKN6311B == "Retail" cable with charging port
AAKN4011A == "OEM" cable w/o charging port

Mobile Phones: My Mobile Phone History

Mobile phones I've owned or used, from newest to oldest.

• Cingular-branded Sony Ericsson Z520a [GSM] w/ "Cingular Blue" Jan 2006
• Cingular-branded Motorola V551 [GSM] Jan 2006
• Verizon Wireless-branded Motorola E815 [CDMA] w/ Verizon Wireless Jan 2006
• AT&T Wireless-branded Audiovox SMT 5600 [GSM] w/ "Cingular Blue" Feb 2005
• AT&T Wireless-branded Motorola V600 [GSM] w/ AT&T Wireless
• AT&T Wireless-branded Nokia 6010 [GSM] w/ "Cingular Blue" Aug 2005
  
• AT&T Wireless-branded Nokia 3120 [GSM] w/ AT&T Wireless
• T-Mobile-branded Motorola T720i (GSM) w/ T-Mobile Jan/Feb 2003
• AT&T Wireless-branded Sony Ericsson T616 [GSM] w/ AT&T Wireless
• AT&T Wireless-branded Panasonic Allure [TDMA] w/ AT&T Wireless
• AT&T Wireless-branded Nokia 8260 [TDMA] w/ AT&T Wireless
• AT&T Wireless-branded Ericsson R280LX [TDMA] w/ AT&T Wireless
• Pacific Bell-branded Nokia 5190 [GSM] w/ Pacific Bell
• AT&T Wireless-branded Nokia 6160 [TDMA] w/ AT&T Wireless
• Ericsson DF388 [TDMA] w/ Cellular One
• Motorola Digital Personal Communicator [TDMA] w/ Cellular One