Osseo Meat Market also does custom cuts, say for example if you want a raw, uncured, unsmoked ham... They can make it happen. An interesting tib bit, beef prices are are higher in the MSP area as opposed to the Seattle area. I will return to this place, in fact I look forward to it.
the fan speed is controlled by the motherboard and changes in response to CPU usage. If it cranks up, chances are you are running a program that is using a lot of the CPU.
You might want to take a look at HWMonitor, which shows a wide variety of system sensors. In addition to temperature, it also shows system voltages, fan speeds, and power consumption-not only for your CPU, but all the hardware connected to your computer that has sensors (including your graphics cards and hard drives). use BatteryCare. It shows the CPU as well as hard disk drive temperature with a simple UI. It has some really awesome features if you are using it on a laptop. To clear some myths about batteries, please read this article. I have also installed SpeedFan, but rarely do I use it.