Posted in interesting on March 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
I just wanted to throw out a quick link to this article at the LA Times. Apparently it is illegal in some states to collect rainwater for personal use. Using that water, which happens to fall on your property, is actually stealing according to some strange perversions of logic.
“If you try to collect rainwater, well, [...]
Posted in interesting on July 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Over at ExtremeTech Loyd Case has posted two great articles (The Install and One Month Later) on his experience with adding solar power to his house. I don’t own a house or have the $40K+ that is costs to do a job like that, but the articles are still fascinating and he does a great [...]
Posted in interesting on May 11th, 2008 No Comments »
A very interesting talk by food guru Michael Pollan, the author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma. It’s long, but it’s worth the time…
Posted in interesting on March 8th, 2008 16 Comments »
If you are running Flash v 9.0.115.0 with Firefox 2.0.0.1.2 on Windows XP there is a chance that Flash is not working properly. You will know this because Flash videos (youtube, etc) will play for about two seconds, with no sound, and then just stop. Flash will function normally in Internet Explorer though.
This is a [...]
Posted in interesting on February 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Bloomberg is reporting that Starbucks is going to be putting $11,000 coffee machines in some select shops and testing out premium coffee. A normal cup of coffee at Starbucks is about $1.55 (they say McDonald’s is about $1.39) but the premium will cost $2.50.
There are a few companies with Clover machines here in NYC (including [...]
Posted in interesting on December 10th, 2007 No Comments »
If your warrior of love is too small, you may lose this war
How do people come up with this stuff? There is some serious talent being wasted in the spam industry… I might remove my spam filters just to get some more…
Posted in interesting on December 9th, 2007 No Comments »