Archive for May, 2008

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Direct link here.

From microsoft.com:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download and install via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Windows XP SP3 includes all previously released updates for the operating system, in addition to a small number of new updates. Windows XP SP3 will not significantly change the Windows XP experience.

Thrifty Dish Network Advice

Tired of paying upwards of $100.00 or more per month for a bunch of channels on Satellite TV you never watch? I was. I have dish network and I had the top 250 package with locals. With the product insurance and DVR fee I was paying around $105+ per month. Those clever dish network people have planned their packages so you have to subscribe to the highest basic package in order to get the channels most people like to watch.

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Mules: “…the way of the future”

Due to high fuel prices, farmers have parked the tractors and instead have decided to unleash the full fury of mules on their fields. Wow.

Driving Habits

With gas at $3.69/gallon, have you decided to drive less, drive slower, or not drive perhaps? Was $3/gallon the tipping point, or are you waiting for the inevitable $4/gallon? Personally, we have been driving less since $3 and slower when gas hit $3.50. I have noticed a marked change in the speed people drive on the interstates; especially the larger trucks. My Subaru gets over 26 MPG, so I am not feeling the pinch as much as some people, but it still hurts.

Argument Clinic

This is a very funny Monty Python sketch, one of my favorites.

Deep Thoughts by Stephen King

“If You Can’t Read ‘Then You’ve Got, the Army, Iraq” - Stephen King

Wow. Thanks.