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Economics of Water Conservation
Last week I received my latest City of San Diego water bill; we're billed every 2 months. Our bill has a base fee for water, base fee for sewer, a few other fixed costs and then the actual cost of water that, of course, varies based on usage. The problem that I immediately noticed is that water for Tier 1 was $3.9183 per HCF (1 HCF = 748 gallons). We used 6 HCF for a total cost of $23.51 in variable costs; the fixed costs total over $100. Just for reference, the average usage in my area is 13 HCF, so we're doing pretty well in conserving.
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Looking for my next car
[Updated @ 3:50 pm with a line I forgot about changing needs.]
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First week with the Apple TV 4th Generation
Last Friday I received my new 4th Generation Apple TV (note to people living in Southern California…don't pay extra for rush shipping from Apple as products shipped from Apple tend to arrive quickly) and I've been playing with it on and off since. For years now, I've been looking for the best way to handle my family's video entertainment needs. I've played with a number of streaming boxes including the Apple TV 1st generation, Apple TV 2nd generation, Roku 3, and Fire TV 1st generation. With the exception of the 1st generation Apple TV, all the boxes have served some of our needs.
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Finding the perfect streaming media box
For years, I've been looking for the best way for my wife and me to watch TV. We haven't had cable TV in years, so up until about 2 years ago, we strictly watched what I recorded on my Mac Mini using El Gato's EyeTV. I switched to using the HDHomeRun instead of the EyeTV tuners and things have been running flawlessly. One day my wife mentioned trying Netflix and we tried it out on my Nintendo Wii. While it worked OK, the quality wasn't great and the user interface was kind of weird because of the WiiMote controller.