Archive for June, 2008

Diablo 3 announced; PC (and Mac) gamers rejoice!

I cannot possibly convey my excitement over the announcement of Diablo 3. Blizzard has also confirmed this will be released simultaneously for the Mac. If you haven’t already, please do yourself a favor and watch the gameplay video.

Diablo 3

Relocate your dock

I had an epiphany today while using my Mac. I have a 13″ Macbook which gives me a widescreen aspect ratio with 1280×800 resolution. I have always had my dock in the default position until I realized something. Between the OSX menu bar, my Firefox titlebar, toolbar, and bookmark toolbar, I have virtually no vertical space to work with. It suddenly occured to me that I should move my dock to the side! I started on the left, but that was too visually distracting. I now have my dock on the right. I have gained about 20% of my vertical space. Who needs 1280 horizontal pixels for browsing? Not me.

What I learned about divorce

Think of what you want… then ask for about 100% more than that. When you go into mandatory mediation, they will try to meet in the middle and hit something you will both agree upon. If you did it right, the middle will be just where you wanted to be. It’s sad but true. You may have to fight for something you don’t think is fair (more than you want) to get what you deserve.

Chainlove.com: A single-item store for cyclists

I stumbled across this site in my del.icio.us feed this morning and had to share it. First of all, if you haven’t checked out Woot, go right now and take a look. Woot offers a single (usually tech-related) item each day at a ridiculous price. Now we have Chainlove.com which does the same thing but for cycling gear! Awesome!

Hypermiling update: Consistent results without hardcore hypermiling

I have continued to monitor my gas mileage and have been consistently seeing around 30mpg without using some of the more extreme hypermiling measures. This has still left me a bit puzzled. I have two possible conclusions—one or both of which must be correct based on my results:

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