Gas prices are out of control. Check out the following link, which shows prices across the country. Note that New York is paying the highest prices in the country right now, as usual, and also note how much cheaper gas is in New Jersey.
USA National Gas Temperature Map
Here’s a screen grab of Long Island, part of Connecticut, and part of New Jersey:
(click for a higher quality version)
Last week on South Park, the episode ripped on Family Guy, specifically how they use the flashback element to work in a funny scene that might not otherwise fit into the storyline. South Park made it seem like that was the only way that Family Guy episodes play out, one flashback after another which while funny, is not the case. I don’t have to tell you that if you’re an avid Family Guy viewer.
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*Paranoid Disclaimer: Please note that I am just displaying it here, and I’m not the original author/artist. Thanks.
Apple has released a bootloader called ‘Boot Camp’ that allows you to dual boot Microsoft Windows XP and Mac OS X on the same system, natively, easily, safely, with support.
‘Boot Camp’ has a much nicer interface than the hack that won the ‘boot XP on Mac’ competition and it is fully supported by Apple.
- Pros: Windows on a Mac (obviously); the possibility to triple or quadruple boot on your Mac if you’d really like to (OS X, XP, Linux, Solaris, etc); web developing all on one system; XP hardware drivers provided by Apple; increased Apple/Mac marketshare.
- Cons: Your Mac can get viruses/spyware/malware just like any Dell or white-box PC. Hooray.
My next notebook will be a Mac, without a doubt.
