VirtualBox is much, much faster on my Windows 7 PC than VMWare Workstation 6.5. And cheaper. ted, the torrent episode downloader, is possibly one of the most efficient fixes to an organizational problem I’ve had in quite some time. Videora, while incredibly bloated with ads and general GUI ickiness, is very adept at getting DivX [...]
With gas at the $4/gallon mark and oil flirting with $140/barrel, fuel economy seems to be on everyone’s mind – and pretty much completely taking over the motivations of any auto manufacturer’s marketing department. You see MPG ratings prominently displayed in TV and magazine ads, where even a Dodge 2500 is trying to claim 20mpg [...]
“Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. . . There. Are. Monkeys.” Thank you, Anna, for reminding me of this. AWESOME.
Spotted on Fox’s Reality TV (I’ll admit – I’m a little addicted to The Academy): interstitial commercials are showing very brief shots of Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman starring in Long Way Down. In case you haven’t heard what that series is, it’s the followup documentary to Long Way Round – a television miniseries that [...]