High Tech Vintage

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     Ever since we have started building our collection of old bicycles, it was evident early on to keep an accurate inventory.  I may be a little obsessive on the matter, but there are better reasons than my own quirks to keeping good record.  Hours of listing serial numbers, taking pictures, descriptions (things not evident from pictures), and detailed accounts of where they were obtained into an Excel spreadsheet.  At first I thought I was taking it a little to far and my OCD nature had gotten the best of me, but in hind sight, it was well worth it.  Having made it detailed in sections, not just a flat list, each bike receives a profile of it's own.  This way the specifics of a bikes components can be listed for reference for either sale, replacement, or salvage.  Tracking exchanged components can be made easier as well.  

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For my birthday this year I treated myself to a new phone.  It was passed its due since my old blackberry was on its last legs.  I opted for a change though despite all of the features that my blackberry provided, there were a lot of things that they never followed into development that I wanted to see happen.  So, I bought an android based phone.  The old apps that I had on my Blackberry are available on my new droid,(and a lot less buggy), as well as many I never thought of.  While some apps that I have seen on iphones are not yet available or not quite the same, there are some areas that there are more options.