2007 June

I’m looking into home surveillance systems again. A recent string of burglaries has made folks nervous around these parts. A pair of local kids was just arrested after allegedly committing dozens of burglaries from cars and garages. These brazen young men hit house after house in a spree that went on for days until watchful […]

I penned a short article last week about a bunch of sport utility vehicles that actually get somewhat decent gas mileage. Now Chris was kind enough to include a link in his daily Pirillo’s Picks newsletter to the article. But oddly, the headline read: “Determining which SUV get the best gas mileage seems a bit […]

It’s not news that the common SUV carries the stereotype of gas guzzler … but not all SUVs are created equal. Some SUVs are far more fuel-efficient than others. While some SUVs get absolutely dreadful gas mileage, others are downright thrifty, considering the loads they can carry … pulling down as much as 26 - […]

You can hear the world downshifting. Across the land, final exams have been examined. Streets in college towns have gone quiet. Downloads for Alice Cooper’s School’s Out have rocketed at the iTunes Store. The oil’s changed in the Wagonqueen Family Truckster … it’s time to hit the road. It’s nearly time for that family […]

Talk to any group of happy go lucky bloggers for any length of time and you’ll inevitably touch upon the very unhappy topic of comment spam. What’s that, you ask? More net buzz that needs definition? Plain and simple, comment spam is the scourge of the democratization of media, a systematic shotgun blast at the […]

Take a look at your computer keyboard. Could it use a good cleaning? C’mon, you can admit it… unless you’ve recently undertaken a good keyboard cleaning, those keys aren’t quite showroom fresh. Cleaning keyboards has been a bit of an obsession of mine over the years, dating all the way back to mid ’80s when […]