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• Computers and Cars: Differences and Similarities Driving around this weekend with the family and the dome light in the car wouldn’t turn off. An irritation for sure, but not as serious an issue as the speedometer, tachometer, or odometer not functioning at all. Freaky. Scouring through the owners manual while still on the road, we came up with nothing. Not even sure
• One Dime Closer To Carbon Neutral  Every gallon of gas equals 20 pounds of carbon dioxide and there’s a 12 gallon tank in the Neon and a 14 gallon tank in the Cruiser. So, every time we fill up, we’re responsible for another 240 or 280 lbs of CO2 in the atmosphere. (The Neon’s 10 years old this year…Ouch.) On the plus
• iPod Battery Replaced - Success Pending I couldn’t take it anymore. 20 minutes battery charge on my iPod. Half an Evil Genius Chronicles then dead. Not cool. Not cool at all. Tonight I replaced the battery in my iPod. So far, so good. Reboot has been successful. More updates to follow.
• Doing Something About Carbon Offset Arguments Like the NYTimes, a month ago, today’s Strib gave carbon offsets the hairy eyeball. As they confirm, being carbon neutral is super cheap ($6/laptop, a dime/gallon of gas). It’s so cheap, that I see it as the 2nd easiest way to be more environmentally & energy conscious. The first - buying all your energy through your
• I wish NetFlix had a ’shuffle-your-queue’ button.