sometimes it’s better not to know

How the other half lives: Moving up to the G5

I read through this and decided to see what XBench could tell me about my late 2003 iBook.

Results    68.57

Hmm, compared to the 212-220 clocked on a dual G5, that seems pretty slow.

Looking through the comparisons here, it seems RAM makes all the difference. It looks like 640 Mb is the sweet spot — the 256 I have is nowhere near enough.

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something less than 6 degrees

Todd Barry

Todd Barry earned $109,000,000 last year (after taxes).

One of my college roommates has achieved his aim: he is a Celebrity.

I noticed he was appearing at a local club as I drove by this afternoon and decided to see what Google could tell me. Hey, at least this time, they spelt his name right: last time he was at Giggles, he was “Todd Berry” on the marquee.

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