One-way trip for two people from San Francisco to Los Angeles: 1 full tank of gas at $3.10 per gallon. Or in other words about $32 dollars worth of gas.

Last weekend the wife and I drove from San Francisco (actually Daly City) to Los Angeles (in truth, Pasadena) on a single tank of gas traveling at an average speed of 80-85 miles per hour. The distance door-to-door was right around 394 miles. We made the entire trip but about The Prius feels solid until you get up to around 87 MPH when the ride starts to get a little shaky and the engine be straining to get any more speed. Acceleration in higher speeds (i.e. accelerating from 77 to 87) leaves something to be desired. On the other hand, from a fuel performance point of view the Prius is sweet. I was getting about 48-55 miles per gallon the until we reached the ascension into the hills after the Grapevine.

I have had the Prius for about 18 months now. We have put 30,000 miles on the sucker without any major problems. The car is not perfect, however.The buttons on the stereo occasionally don’t work unless you pound on the console a few times. The passenger side rear door has some dealer-installed door guards that squeak and scrape every time I open the door.

Update 12/2/2009:

I finally found the real Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 prestige badges

Update 11/14/2009:
According to another blog post, the badges in the picture below are the Official CoD6 Modern Warfare 2 prestige badges. (source)

Update 11/10/2009: I still have not found the “official” prestige badges for CoD 6 yet, but I did dig up another set that I found on this site.

Here is a picture of the prestige badges and medals rumored to be slated for Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2. What do you think? Are they the real prestige badges? Which proposed prestige badge do you like most?

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I was kind of bored so I did a search to see if the new set of prestige badges for these prestige badges. Some people say they are for Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 but popular opinion is that these will not be the true prestige badges of cod6. They look like an odd mix of badges to me. One looks like it is a level 2 prestige badge from COD4

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Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare prestige badges
Call of Duty 5 World at War prestige badges

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The Yahoo Fantasy Football 09 is yet another of my most used iphone applications. It allows me to manage my fantasy football team. It is definitely crippled but the essential elements are there: pick up free agent and waiver players, set your starters for the week, and watch a little research. The user interface isn’t great but you will figure it out after a while.