Just a post to test Zemanta
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsI'm trying out Zemanta using the Firefox plugin and just seeing how it works. Image via CrunchBase
Switching From Halogen to LED Lamps
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsJeremiah Owyang switched out a high wattage halogen lamp with an LED version that is only 3W. The LED bulb is expensive, but it will save much more over its life. Just another example of how to use less energy withiout ...
The Model 271
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsI'm always interested one term can mean different things - polysemy - and now we have the Model 271 in the news. The Model 271 is the type of shoe that was thrown at our President as a sign of ...
Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsTim Mitchard has very interesting photo essay of the sea forts in the Thames Estuary.
One among many reasons to get solar
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsThis is just one reason to get solar sooner rather than later: Carbon Is Building Up in Atmosphere Faster Than Predicted (washingtonpost.com) "The new statistics also underscore the growing contribution to the world's "carbon budget" from rapidly industrializing countries such as ...
How much land area would $700B cover?
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsOK, this is pretty trivial, but I was wondering how much area would be covered by 700 Billion dollar bills if they were all laid next to each other, say in a big rectangle. Let's play a game of powers-of-ten ...
Tips and hacks for Kindle
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsCollegeDegrees.com has over 100 tips, tricks and hacks for your Kindle. My favorite tip is how to put your own reference content on the Kindle - I have over 300 pages on a personal Wiki that I would want to ...
Foot-Long-Kosaurus?
Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsIs it just me, or do others hear the words "Foot Long" kosaurus in their imagination when they read the word Futalognkosaurus?
Generation Q
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsTom Friedman writes that todays twentysomethings are too Quiet - hence the moniker Generation Q. I get his point, but it seems to me that quiet is a strength that is easily underestimated.
Skype 8401 Error
Monday, October 8th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | CommentsI was stumped for a moment by this error on the Mac. It turns out that the simple solution is to sign out, and then sign in again.The same goes for the SPH200D when it is not able to skype-out. ...