Windows 7 64bit - Thumbs Up

Is up and running. So far I am impressed. It is as snappy as my XP was, and with an improved interface imo. I made the jump from XP to 7, so I have no fhe with Vista. It should be fun to see what happens when I go from 2gb to 6gb DDR2 ram.

Casey is Back

Congratulations to Casey Stone & Ducati on a great victory at his home track!

Marantz RC2001 Universal Remote Review

I saw the Marantz RC2001 Remote for sale at a local distributer, and the price was too good to not try. I have Marantz receiver and DVD player, so most of the settings were already good. I had to do some IR learning for my Hitachi TV. I also did some macros for watching a DVD, or going back to watching TV. The software was suprisingly easy to use and stable. I would recommend it.

Bye Buell

Harley Davidson announced that the Buell brand will be phased out. That is too bad. While most of their bikes I would not have bought, and they seemed substandard compared with Ducati or the Japenese I4's, I always saw huge potential for a legitimate American Superbike company.

ANSYS Workbench V12

I am trying to install and use ANSYS Workbench version 12, and so far, I am not impressed. They changed too much in the user experience, and even installing it was difficult. Why change a software that was so good?

My Favorite Motorcycle

It is hard to beat the lines of the Harley XR750. While built only for racing, it captured the attention of many cyclist. There are conversion kits today that try and duplicate the original, but they only succeed half way.

Ben Spies to MotoGP

What a year for the American rookie in World Superbike Racing! He is going to move up to MotoGP for 2010, which is old news. The exciting part is going to be the last race of 2009, Valencia, he will be a wild card, and should make for a interesting performance against Rossi, Lorenzo, Stoner, Hayden, Pedrosa, and his teammate Edwards.



Chad

Congratulations to Ducati

For winning the manufacture's title in WSBK racing. Hopefully Haga can win the racer's title too.

Other websites for google to crawl

I have a google website that has more information about engineering in it:

http://sites.google.com/site/mittelstadtc/

Chad Mittelstadt