Posts in ‘What Were They Thinkubating?!’

Cheaper gas = Free Software

Oct 27

Just spreading the news that CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac is free tomorrow. It’s a funny story how it happened – 3 months ago Codeweavers CEO Jeremy White issued a “Lame Duck Challenge” to President GDubbs, claiming that he would offer his software for free if the President accomplished any of five goals during his last 6 months in office. 

  1. Gas drops to $2.79/gallon
  2. Milk drops to $3.50/gallon
  3. US jobs exceed 138 million
  4. The Twin Cities median home price returns to $233,000
  5. Osama Bin Laden is captured
Well…due to the recent economic downturn (not necessarily due to GW), gas in St. Paul his $2.79/gallon. And tomorrow Mac users will rejoice in free software. More

Riding in gears 6 and 7 just got cheaper

Oct 09

The new bailout bill does officially include a tax credit for employers to help reimburse bicycle commuting employees.  It’s a $20/month credit per cyclo-commuting employee so that the employer can reimburse for reasonable expenses incurred by the employee “for the purchase of a bicycle and bicycle improvements, repair, and storage, if such bicycle is regularly used for travel between the employee’s residence and place of employment.”

So, that new bike you’ve been eyeballing at the bike shop, now’s the time get it.  Maybe save $20 to $40 a month in gas, plus $20 from the gov.

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/news/newsDetail/1878.html

376 mpg car in 1973?

Jun 16

So I’ve been doing some research to prepare for the social media marketing for Black Magic, and I keep running into a story in forums, blogs, etc about a car that got 376.59 mpg back in the 70’s in a contest hosted by Shell Oil companies. They claim the car was modified a lot, and the gasoline was vaporized before entering a super-heated (and super insulated) engine. I have no idea if this is true or some internet hoax that generated a lot of buzz, but it’s kind of interesting to read.

I first came across the story in Jay Leno’s Garage forums, then saw it here:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/05/01/big-oil-conspiracy-376-mpg-opel-uncovered/

then here: http://www.opel-p1.nl/custom/testcar/Shell%20Opel.htm

then here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/souped_down_old.php#comments