RichC | July 31, 2008
Crude oil has declined from the highs earlier this month, but jumped back up yesterday on tensions over comments from Israel and an unexpected decline in gasoline and crude oil inventories. Traders pushed oil prices up on Wednesday several dollars per barrel — in historic terms, the move was one of the top ten. CNBC [...]
RichC | July 31, 2008
As a Tivo fan, I’ve been “oh so tempted” to upgrade to the HD model and the lifetime service plan. Initially, they discontinued offering the “lifetime subscription” when they launch the first Series3 HD recorder. As time went on they introduced the smaller HD unit and tempted existing customers with “for a limited time” the [...]
RichC | July 30, 2008
Vine Street in Cincinnati will be closed on Wednesday night (8/30) around Fountain Square for an action sequence of television pilot. The “yet to be picked up pilot” called “J8ded” is being pitched to a major television network, according to films director and producer Michael Daemon. The $10 million dollar production by Foxalpha Films will [...]
RichC | July 30, 2008
I mentioned the Rocket Racing League earlier this year; here’s a follow up from their appearance at Airventure in Oshkosh Wisconsin this week: The Rocket Racing League (RRL) unveiled its competition racing aircraft Tuesday in a single-ship demonstration to open Tuesday’s afternoon air show. This marked the first public flight of these aircraft, which were [...]
RichC | July 29, 2008
From yesterday’s post, here’s a bit more news from EAA Airventure: White Knight Two Oshkosh bound By James Wynbrandt The day after unveiling White Knight Two in Mojave, California, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and Sir Richard Branson and Will Whitehorn of Virgin Galactic came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 and pledged to bring the [...]
RichC | July 28, 2008
Obviously timed to the first day of Oshkosh Wisconsin’s AirventureRichard Branson’s Virgin Galactic opened their Mojave Desert hanger for a media announcement today which gave a peak at what their aerospace engineers have been working on — previous posts here and here. The spaceship which is designed to launch their spaceship to the 62 mile [...]
RichC | July 27, 2008
I just finished cleaning a bunch of bird excrement off my white garage door and I even brought out the power washer to blast off some ‘Gorilla Glued‘ on droppings … then about 48 hours later: SPLAT. Click for larger image How do they angle their dropping to hit our garage door and not even [...]
RichC | July 26, 2008
After 23 years of mowing with our sturdy John Deere diesel tractor mower, we have finally succumb to the “keep up with the Jones” pressure of a new zero-turn style mower. The neighbor ladies referred to my wife as “the turtle” while mowing with the old slowpoke John Deere, even though it has continued to [...]
RichC | July 25, 2008
Just when I thought I might not have time to post something on Friday, in comes an email from a friend with a video link too interesting to pass on (embedded below). The timely video clip ties to a new concern in the news this week over the dangers of cellphones. One such article was [...]
RichC | July 24, 2008
The IRS has made the new 2009 40+ mpg ‘clean diesel’ Volkswagen Jetta TDI eligible for a federal tax credit, just as many hybrid vehicles have been in the past. The new VW TDI qualifies based on the Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle income tax credit *. What this means for buyers of a [...]
RichC | July 24, 2008
Crude closed at $124.44 a barrel on Wednesday and off more than 15% from its intraday high of $147.27 on July 11. Wholesale gasoline was also down 3.6% to $3.0344 a gallon. A government report showing a larger domestic supply of gasoline, a lower demand for fuel and stronger U.S. dollar have all contributed to [...]
RichC | July 23, 2008
Hurricane Dolly is coming ashore with category 2 strength as winds are peaking at 85 mph this Wednesday morning. Brownville Texas and points north will sustain the most wind and rain, but the wind field (below) will stretch into Mexico as well as north further up the Texas coast.