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Jun. 14th, 2008
Moog Guitar: inifinite sustain....
Jun. 14th, 2008 02:45 pmYep, the synthesizer people, have made an absolutely amazing guitar. And for $6,500US, it had better be. The video in the article has the likes of Lou Reed playing and being blown away by its capabilities. You can play it with just fretting: you don't have to strum.
Amazing.
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/moog-unveils-ba.html
Amazing.
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/moog-unveils-ba.html
Goes through the end of the month and a little more. You get the least expensive DVD free, so you're better off choosing three $60 sets. And if you don't know, B&N tends to be a bit more expensive, but you might be able to find some good deals. We picked up Numbers season 1, a MST3K collection, and the first set of Pinky and The Brain (brain, brain, brain) last night.
And if you have a B&N membership card, you get another 10% off.
And if you have a B&N membership card, you get another 10% off.
I'm a database guy. Some of us get a little hard core when it comes to collecting and collating data. I've been keeping records of my gas purchases for every car that I've had for the last 20 years, all logged in a spreadsheet. I decided that it might be interesting to compile a list of what I paid for the first fill up of the year to see how it changed over time, then compare it to the US Department of Energy report showing the cost of crude oil for that year.
Here's the results! I'm not showing MPG, because it's irrelevant for this purpose, with the exception of the early 2000's I've driven cars that typically get mid 20's in town. So what we're seeing is the date of the fill up, how many gallons bought, how much it cost, cost per gallon, percent of change from one year to the next, the nominal cost of a barrel of crude, the change in the price of crude fro year to year, and the cost of a barrel of crude divided by the cost of a gallon of gas. If a cost/gal doesn't end in a 9, then it is an average of two or more tanks but is still representative of the then price. And for the most part, all of this fuel, up until the last three years, was purchased in Phoenix, AZ.
I haven't really studied the DOE report, maybe the price that they show is the end of year price or the average for the year, so my logic may be slightly skewed
Make of it as you will.
Oh, I put it under a cut as it's slightly slow rendering: lots of HTML code. I didn't want to lag your browser when you're viewing your friends page. And the DOE site is here.
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Here's the results! I'm not showing MPG, because it's irrelevant for this purpose, with the exception of the early 2000's I've driven cars that typically get mid 20's in town. So what we're seeing is the date of the fill up, how many gallons bought, how much it cost, cost per gallon, percent of change from one year to the next, the nominal cost of a barrel of crude, the change in the price of crude fro year to year, and the cost of a barrel of crude divided by the cost of a gallon of gas. If a cost/gal doesn't end in a 9, then it is an average of two or more tanks but is still representative of the then price. And for the most part, all of this fuel, up until the last three years, was purchased in Phoenix, AZ.
I haven't really studied the DOE report, maybe the price that they show is the end of year price or the average for the year, so my logic may be slightly skewed
Make of it as you will.
Oh, I put it under a cut as it's slightly slow rendering: lots of HTML code. I didn't want to lag your browser when you're viewing your friends page. And the DOE site is here.
( Read more... )