What I Learned This Week

Jaxn asked me where my What I Learned This Week posts have gone. They need to be resurrected.

• Most Hydrogen, which is the star of renewable energy, is made from oil, natural gas, and coal. I had suspected this but a conversation today prodded me to confirm it.


• A replacement fog lamp for a 2004.5 Volvo S40 is ~$100. My front left one has had the glass broken. I suspect foul play but can't fathom who or what would have done it.


• Plastic can be made from corn.


• iMacs allow a second display via a mini-dvi connector.


• The Burj al-Arab is the tallest hotel building (meaning building used exclusively as a hotel) in the world and it's cheapest rooms are 1,189 ft² and cost over $1,000 a night.


• Trying to get 5.1 channel analog outputs on an imac or mac mini is an excercise in futility.


• Bob Krumm is a racist.