Archive for February, 2007

Liked the Murano but bought the Mariner

I went to CarMax last night to test drive a couple cars, a 2003 Nissan Murano and a 2005 Mercury Mariner. And while I really liked the power and handling in the Murano, plus its unique exterior styling, in the end I choose to go with the Mariner.
I was looking to replace my Honda CR-V for […]

Got an Archive page built

So the skin I’m using for this blog originally spit out links in the footer to the monthly archive pages.  All the archive pages–one for every month I’ve been blabbering onto this blog.
That meant the footer was getting kinda long, so I decided to break it out into a separate Archive page.  I still kept […]

Akismet is great at catching comment spam

One of the real problems with blogging is all the comment spam that you receive.  Mostly trying to use your blog to insert links that will help raise the Google rankings for whatever Web site they’re peddling.  It’s unfortunate that people feel this kind of activity is ethical, but clearly there’s a fair number of people […]

Ford Taurus returns this summer

So that has to be the shortest retirement in automotive history.  What was supposed to be the last Ford Taurus rolled off the assembly line in October 2006, and now just four months later Ford is apparently poised to announce the return of the Taurus.
But it won’t be an entirely new car, all they’re doing […]

Great resource for government recall notices

So I was reading this story about the huge recall of EasyBake ovens.  The article caught my eye because baking is the only form of cooking that I actually like.  Always loved baking cookies with Mom when I was a kid.  It’s probably the reason I’ve got such a sweet tooth, love all kinds of baked […]

Why did Prince break out a Foo Fighters song?

So last night during the Superbowl Half-Time Show, why did Prince do a cover of the Foo Fighters song Best of You?  I mean really, the man has plenty of great songs in his own catalog.  Why did he feel the need to do a cover of somebody else’s song?
I have to say though, his […]

Picked up a (relatively) cheap Sony LocationFree

I was rummaging around the bargain bin at a nearby big-box electronics store and found a relative bargain.  It was an older (2005) model of the Sony LocationFree for just $99.  That’s a pretty good price, especially since it was like three times that much when brand new.
It’s a box that connects to your cable signal at […]

I’m really liking Ubuntu

I’ve got two computers at home, one in the living room connected to my TV and one in my spare bedroom.  The one in the living room is also my iTunes PC, I use it to sync my music collection with my iPod.  So I have no choice but to run Windows, since there’s not […]

Inventor of Ada language dies

I spent a few years (back when I had a full head of hair) working for various aerospace contractors.  So I’ve done more than my fair share of Ada programming.  It’s been quite a few years since I have touched it though–I threw out all my Ada books when I was packing up to move […]

Spending more on healthcare doesn’t equal longer life

This is another one of those studies where they kinda point out the obvious, but it’s still good that they do point it out.  Seems Cubans have a slightly longer average lifespan than those of us living just north of them in the United States.  While spending far less per capita than the US does […]