Supersizing of Americans results in extra jet fuel use 800 Reads
	Interesting article about the effect that the increased average weight of US citizens has had on jet fuel use. "American's growing waistlines are hurting the bottom lines of airlines as extra pounds on passengers cause a drag on planes." "Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans increased by 10 pounds, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." "The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275 million to burn 350 million more gallons of fuel in 2000 to carry the additional weight". read entire article Posted by: hank on Friday, November 05, 2004    19 Comments

	City executive accused of felony 580 Reads
	Boulder, Co - Police were planning Thursday to arrest a former city of Boulder executive who is accused of using a city credit card to charge more than $17,000 in personal expenditures. Read entire story here. Posted by: casey on Friday, November 05, 2004    4 Comments

	Free Beer for a year 842 Reads
	click here and fill out the form for your chance to win free beer for a year from the boulder brewing company. Posted by: hank on Thursday, November 04, 2004    4 Comments

	Boulder County News: Morning after: Boulder blue about Bush 1022 Reads
	The Daily Camera is running a story regarding the post-election "blue" Boulder. "If Boulder County residents had called the election, Kerry would've clobbered Bush with almost 70 percent, preliminary numbers show. But outside of the so-called "Boulder bubble," Bush received 51 percent of the national vote." Posted by: casey on Thursday, November 04, 2004    6 Comments

	palmOne Announces Treo 650 Release 869 Reads
	On Oct 25th palmOne officially released the Treo 650. It looks like this new version fixes some of the Treo 600's shortcomings. Notable features are a 320x320 display, integrated Bluetooth and a removable battery. treocentral has a review with some great pictures. Posted by: chris on Thursday, November 04, 2004    22 Comments

	Winter World: Colorado/Buddy Pass and 4-Packs Still available 3289 Reads
	Vail Associates has extended their Snow5 pass sales for one week, so if you know someone who hasn't purchased their Colorado Pass, Buddy Pass, Keystone/A-Basin Pass or 4-Pack yet, be sure to remind them that sales end November 7 - this weekend is their last chance! Posted by: chris on Wednesday, November 03, 2004 Read more...  376 bytes more 3078 Comments

	Winter World: Bootpacking = free skiing @ Silverton 814 Reads
	Silverton Mountain is once again running with its preseason bootpacking program. "2 days packing earn one day of free skiing in Dec, or April 2004/05.  During the packing sessions you will ski plenty of great powder, after you have packed the starting zones.  It is fairly easy work, as we usually pack downhill. Walking downhill is not that hard." Posted by: casey on Wednesday, November 03, 2004    5 Comments

	Ski Equipment: G3 introduces new line of telemark skis 512 Reads
	"Designed with strict adherence to our "guides gear" credo, the new G3 ski line tackles any ski terrain and snow conditions you can find. Each model has been painstakingly tested and tweaked for a smooth, round, solid flex, superb with both AT and telemark set-ups." Check out the whole line here. Posted by: casey on Wednesday, November 03, 2004    4 Comments

	Anyone want a gMail account? 1049 Reads
	if anyone wants a gMail account (google's up and coming answer to hotmail) just send an email to hpantier@gmail.com and i will send an invite back to you. If this shouldn't be news - and should be something else, feel free to move this. Posted by: hank on Wednesday, November 03, 2004    7 Comments

	Technology: Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux waters 741 Reads
	news.com has a story on Adobe looking to hire some Linux folks and its expressed interest in the Linux desktop market. Of course, SlashDot is following this. The article also talks about the growth for linux on the desktop.. "Hewlett-Packard, the No. 2 PC seller, shipped about 200,000 PCs loaded with Linux in its most recent quarter, a rate that's double what it sold a year earlier, said Jeffrey Wade, HP's manager of worldwide Linux marketing". Posted by: casey on Wednesday, November 03, 2004    4 Comments