Category Archives: General
Super Elastic Blog Plastic
If my blog looks a little odd for a bit, it’s because I’m working on a new design using the Elastic Editor. Fun to play with and I’m learning things, too.
Disney Adds The Magic of LEDs to the Castle
My wife found a really kewl article about how Walt Disney World Resort is now using environmentally friendly LEDs to light the castle.
From the article:
In the end, Walt Disney World Entertainment replaced a total of 34
arc-source fixtures with 74 five-watt LED fixtures, cutting the total
power requirements by at least 40 percent (in white light) and [...]
Thanksgiving
Meant to post this on Thanksgiving, but the turkey made me groggy:
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful.
-The Buddha
Don’t You Want To Save The Earth With Captain Kirk?
When Captain James T. Kirk says “There’s not a minute to waste to save the Earth,” you better damn well get off your butt and do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXP3hQ7jaUk
More William Shatner PSAs on the Sierra Club web site.
How You Can Help The Nation With Its Debt
I thought this article on The Consumerist was interesting. It provides a basic explanation of our national debt and what things we can do to fix the problems associated with it. Good reading for election season.
Alaska Cruise, Day Eight – Whittier and Anchorage
Having only ever really cruised the local Florida waters before, it was an odd experience to pull into our final port and know there was still 4000 or so miles between us and home, and many hours before we could start that journey. When we made our way up to deck for breakfast and I [...]
Listening: The Weakerthans – “Tournament of Hearts”
New video from their current album. I love this song because it sounds like hockey. Or maybe, as the video suggests, curling. I’m not Canadian, but I pretended I was while I was in Vancouver, eh?
Alaska Cruise, Day 6 – Sitka, Part 1
Sitka was one of the most enjoyable ports we visited. Ignore my expression in most of the pictures; I really was having a good time, but I was at the absolute lowest ebb of my energy levels so I look grumpy.
The port is a tender port, meaning you have to take small boat [...]
Water With Lime, Would You Like A Solution To Global Warming With That?
Could this be true? Fascinating, if so. There seems to be a way reverse global warming by adding lime (the mineral, not the fruit) to seawater.