Automakers gaining on the almighty Prius

It is refreshing to see that there is getting to be a lot more to choose from in the hybrid arena .I think that it is about time that all the major car companies get on board with the energy efficient automobiles .It is a little disappointing that the gas mileage figures are not higher than they are .But hey ,it is a step in the right direction .It is my belief that we need to pursue cars that get a lot more mileage than theses if we are going to wean ourselves off foreign oil .I would like to see vehicles that would even exceed the highly acclaimed Prius .

Savings accounts online

You've gotta squeeze the most out of your pennies in todays economy. Make sure that you are getting the best online savings accounts available by comparing rates. It very easy to do now, and even easier to move your money around to a higher interest account. Don't let your money sit idle, even a half percentage point can make a big difference in the long run

More option for saving on gas prices coming soon

It is refreshing to see that there is getting to be a lot more to choose from in the hybrid arena .I think that it is about time that all the major car companies get on board with the energy efficient automobiles .It is a little disappointing that the gas mileage figures are not higher than they are .But hey ,it is a step in the right direction .It is my belief that we need to pursue cars that get a lot more mileage than theses if we are going to wean ourselves off foreign oil .I would like to see vehicles that would even exceed the highly acclaimed Prius .

High speed internet

I've had either dsl, fios, or cable internet for several years now. I've been happy with most of the services that I've used but I think the FioS from Verizon provides the best performance.

I'm always looking for a better deal and more performance. Checkout this blog post with tips on finding the best internet service.

New hybrid vehicles from Honda

Honda by hybridization is optimally applied to smaller vehicle and the new care will be competitively equipped for its class. The vice president of Honda R & D Americans said that they are developing an all-new, purpose-built hybrid vehicle, scheduled for introduction later this decade that will meet the needs of a family at a price beneath the Civic Hybrid. They have reduced content in addition to improving the cost-efficiency of electric drive components and also have confident that they have struck on an elegant technology approach that can meet these emissions standards without a tank of urea. More affordable fuel-saving options from Honda are just over the horizon.

See also: Top 10 fuel efficient cars for 2008

Linked

Google has released a Social Graph API that allows to see how things are related on the web using only pubiclly available data. One of its many features is maping how your websites are related. If I input my websites into the demo:

http://del.icio.us/baileycross
http://www.grilldemon.com
http://baileycross.com
http://pdxtransit.com
http://kitchenandlaundry.com
linkedin.com/pub/2/681/106
twitter.com/baileycross

it assigns a score indicating how many of your claimed sites can be reached from each url. Maybe this has some applications for SEO. Not really sure at this point.

Check out the following link to see my social graph relationships

Mother of all Smokers

Well, mother of all bbq smokers may be a bit of an exaggeration. However, the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker comes very close. The WSM is a very functional, affordable, and efficient grill. You can pickup one for just a little bit more than $200 on the web. Its small enough, when disassembled it can fit into the back seat car. The construction is top notch. Rust proof and heavy duty. It keeps a nice even heat during use.

The WSM has all of the functionality of the larger horizontal grills including a water pan for indirect cooking, a smoking rack, 3 configurable air vents (1 top, two bottom), and a fair amount of cooking surface.




With practice you could feed an army with your smoker. I recommend using a vertical rib rack to increase your usable space. Easily you could smoke 5-7 racks of ribs on the top rack and at least 1 medium-large chicken in the bottom area.


Recently, I participated in a grilling competition in Seattle with the pnwba. I noted that at least 50% of the participants used a Weber Bullet. If your just getting started in bbqing or a seasoned veteran, I highly recommend buying a weber smokey mountain cooker.

Grilldemon.com lives - just barely

I just kicked off a new website called grilldemon.com. Its an oscommerc loaded website with a template inspired by abtelectronic.com website. It has a lot of whitespace, and is hopefully easy to read for potential customers.

I decided a site soley dedicated to outdoor cooking, grills and accessories would be a good idea because it would allow the development of content within a small set of products. I wanted to get away from having sites that sell too many different types of products.

I'd love from grilldemon.com to grow into a site like webernation which has a huge and loyal following. Well, its a start at least. One thing I did discover is that godaddy is not the best site for hosting using their free hosting account. they but a fairly large banner in the heading. not a good way to win over new customers. As a result, I'm going to migrate grilldemon over to neureal.

We'll see how it turns out.