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@Bwana - Are you suggesting that the pricing is determined by something other that just supply and demand? 'Cause that would be crazy. ;-) - Keith Pelczarski

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@Keith: It seems almost entirely dependent on tax rates. Compare to the National Gas Tax map (scroll to bottom): http://www.api.org/policy/tax/... - Michelle Lee

Michelle - So what's up with Montana? High gas tax and low gas prices? Everywhere else it's almost matches - Bwana McCall

Perfect execution for presenting this data. I wasn't expecting to see individual prices. - Chris Ridenour

I'm glad I live in Texas, but how did Wyoming get so lucky? - Bryan Clark

well good thing for me Miss & LA gas prices are on the low end. Sad thing is if you look at a map of carbon emissions per capita, the southern & midwestern metro areas seem to have the highest CO2/capita which correlates to where the gas price averages are the lowest. http://snurl.com/2bhvv [blog_wired_com] - Cornelius Toole

@Michelle: nice - j1m

@Michelle Lee Tax rates and mandates such as additives that cause shortages as refineries switch in and out of producing mandated variations for different political regions. - RAPatton

If it's primarily taxes that drive price differences, then McCain & Hilary are right on the “tax holiday” issue and Obama is wrong in saying that dropping the tax would make almost no difference in prices. - Amit Patel

I'm not sure this map design is a good example of what Edward Tufte would call "least effective difference" - Jason Wehmhoener

Jason Massie shared an item on Google Reader

Clustered index impacts on writes vs reads

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Comic for May 28, 2008

May 28 at 11:42 am - Link

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That reminds me of Intel. - Rob Boek

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“MySpace Shows Facebook How It’s Done: Google Gears To Power Messaging http://tinyurl.com/6kun72”

May 28 at 10:23 am - Link

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Mike on MySpace... where's your MySpace pose???? :P - Ben Metcalfe via twhirl

Now if only MySpace didn't look like 1997 vomited over 2008. - Mark Trapp

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I wish MySpace would die already - Bwana McCall

Won't happen until Gen Y goes geriatric, or another site figures out how to be a better promotional engine for bands. - Steve Lynch via Alert Thingy

rrrrrrright.... - Jeff Day via fftogo

@Mark Trapp - I genuinely LOL'd at your comment :) - Scott O'Raw

I still dont like MySpace - but their development team seem to be on the right track. - dr34mc0d3r

@Steve I think Hype Machine & Last.fm are the best places for bands to go in the future. - Jake Fudge via twhirl

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Don’t Check Your Valuables

May 15 at 5:09 pm - Link

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Those stories are always infuriating. On a trip a few years ago I was forced to check a carry-on that was deemed to large, and surprise surprise the baggage handlers walked off with my valuables. Never again. - Tom Harrison

I agree with Tom. Camera gear is particularly valuable and I can't help but have a decently-sized carry-on to carry the gear and my MacBook Pro. My bag's too big? Fine. Check the bag. Now, give me a plastic bag to put all my gear in. Small enough for you?? Haha. - Fernando

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I've had my check in baggage looted twice in the last 6 month. Both times unlocked but they broke the clasps opening it anyway... - Joi Ito via twhirl

My rule is: Never Check Anything. So far, it has worked. - Dave Roth

Send anything valuable via fedex or ups. Never let the airlines or the TSA get their hands on your stuff. I had a signed first edition looted from my bag a few years ago. I've never checked anything since. Carry-on or courier. - Kevin D. White

FedEx is the great secret weapon of folks who like to travel light. (and can plan ahead) - Michael Markman via Alert Thingy

Amen! I'm reading onebag.com as we speak. The new job I'm applying for will have 50-60% travel, and I'm planning some of this stuff now. - Harvey Simmons

Travel is not required for my job. Since munchkin #2 came along I've only flown once and that was 3 years ago. Must say that the horror stories out there about security snafus and outright crime are a definite turn off for travel. There's no way me and the fam could fly without 1) checking a crap load of stuff; and 2) carrying on more than most would believe. Try lugging 2 toddlers, 2 car seats, and the other logistical crap too. I can't even imagine getting by with the restrictions on liquids (juice boxes) - Geoff Longman

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Full-time MCTs...Less Value?

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“Now you can cry too. The World Wide Telescope is up http://www.worldwidetelescope....”

May 12 at 10:57 pm - Link

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You kids and your World Wide Telescope. Why, back in my day, we actually had to go outside and look at the night sky. :) - Morton Fox

Heheh, and here's the video I made of the two guys who developed the WorldWide Telescope: http://www.fastcompany.tv/vide... - Robert Scoble

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And we had to trudge through the wind and snow to change the rotary dial on our TVs. :-) - Mitchell Tsai

... you were lucky - we only had a cardboard box with a drawing of a rotary dial on it... - Jonathan Beckett

I was kinda bummed that it is built in flash, why not silverlight? - Chris Jones via twhirl

@Chris cuz silverlight was not there 6 years ago : ) related links: http://skyserver.org/ and ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/pub/tr/tr-2002-75.pdf - Erhan Erdogan

Great! Now you can write your Fast Company column about this. - David Lidsky

Thanks Robert, I have some Kleenex here. Funny that, since I used to work for P&G Puffs. :) - Mike Reynolds

This is truely an amazing use of technology. - Chris Patterson via twhirl

When you see this how can you completly dismiss Microsoft and all of the people who work there. - Chris Patterson via twhirl

I'm crying because my Windows Installer appears to be corrupt and I can't install WWT. - Alvin Ashcraft

I'm crying because I'm forced to use Windows to view it. - David Risley

I'm crying because I'm looking at Uranus. - Brad Farris via twhirl

Interesting program I can definitely see the uses with the communities and guided tours. Looks like you can also set it up with your current telescope (provided it interfaces with your computer) and you can set up your own guided tours. I could see this very useful for Astronomy classes. - Bryan

those Hubble images are so amazing! definitely my favs - Sarah Perez

Kevin Fox posted a link

Official Google Reader Blog: Brand new Google Reader for iPhone

May 12 at 4:17 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Nice. If you don't see the new UI on your iPhone, scroll to the bottom and click on 'Mobile'. The old UI is now oddly referred to as 'Classic' (not-mobile?) - Kevin Fox

yep or go to google.com/reader/i - MG Siegler

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funny that its 'new' but doesn't have the new share with notes feature. Looks great though. Just slightly slower, but I'm on edge right now, not wifi. - Vince DeGeorge

vince I am seeing the notes feature on the main screen -- also running quite a bit faster for me (but on WiFi) - MG Siegler

I can go to the things I've shared and see the notes, I just can't add new items. Ha, between the new reader and FF, I've used 75% of my battery at the airport. - Vince DeGeorge

I'd use it as my desktop browser version if it had j and k built in. - Jordan Hofker

Cool but it should be possible to bookmark a particular folder for direct access - Nico Steegmann

Very nice ! New springboard Icon too ! - Jonathan Belgourari via twhirl

@Nico ; actually you can from a full browser but not from mobilesafari - Jonathan Belgourari

@Nico and @Jonathan The current version of Mobile Safari is not great about URLs and history handling (which gets you bookmarking). Things seem to be better with the iPhone SDK simulator, so hopefully with the 2.0 firmware release this summer things will be better everywhere. - Mihai Parparita

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DadCentric

May 11 at 12:13 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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heh - Steve Lacey

Nice - Jim

Wow! - DDD via twhirl

SomeECards is great, love the snarky - chris herbert

super-like - Nathan Johns

Denis posted an entry on SQL Server Code,Tips and Tricks, Performance Tuning

SSMS Tools PACK 1.0 is now available

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SQL Teaser: @@ROWCOUNT

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Microsoft Community Summit 2008 - Free Weekend of Training

May 7 at 9:44 pm - Link

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SQL YouTube lolies

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SQL Lolies part 2

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Using the OUTPUT clause on INSERT when loading data using OPENROWSET and BULK operator

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FriendFeedMachine Enables FriendFeed's "Hide" Options

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SSMS Tools Pack

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sql server mgmt studio plugin. Generates CRUD, adds search, query history and other features. - Jason Massie

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

Facebook Newsfeed Reports on You Behind Your Back

April 14 at 8:13 pm - Link

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not surprised....is he trying to model microsoft??? - Anthony Farrior

Sounds more like a bug than malice. - Paul Buchheit

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It's bad wording, but the simplicity of the problem compounds the annoyance I feel at this not being fixed yet. - Voyagerfan5761

I noticed this when I tried to "unhide" something after seeing the "hide" option. Later I realized it was a permanent option to me in my account. ...via AlertThingy - Rolf Schewe

"poorly worded notification box" - I'll say! More like: very misleading notification box! ...via AlertThingy - Alex von Halem

Facebook holds most of my social network contacts, but other than sharing pictures & music, I find the rest of the apps used for interaction with that network very weak. ...via AlertThingy - Phil Ashman

Hence why I just dump my FF into my profile. ...via AlertThingy - Phil Ashman

@Phil I do the same and agree with your first point. It's too bad that a lot of these apps are so-so 3rd party apps that don't work too well. I would like Google (Reader), flickr, and YouTube to make their own apps that actually work how they should. FriendFeed is the first service I see make such an app. ...via AlertThingy - Rolf Schewe

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