* “Poor Halo play prompts stabbing threat”:http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/231642.asp. Doesn’t seem unreasonable. I’ve heard campers threatened with worse. * “How Secure Is My Password”:http://howsecureismypassword.net/. No idea how accurate, but fun. 17 thousand years for my typical password. * “Rich on photobooks”:http://www.tongfamily.com/archives/2010/12/photobooks-for-christmas/. I just always use the default in Aperture but perhaps I should branch out. * “AR.Drone”:http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/12/01/ar-drone-torn-down/. ...
Looking at choices for an electric for use around our property. Basically I think the choice comes down to these: * “Cunningham”:http://www.cunninghamgolfcar.com/p-225-xrt-850-electric-utility-vehicle.aspx. Lacks a certain spirit, but comes in well under the price of most the others. Basically a golf cart manufacturer, I’d be concerned about torque on crappy surfaces and inclines. * “X-Treme”:http://www.x-tremescooters.com/utvs/xu3000/xu3000.html. Plenty ...
copper & concrete :::: lamps. interesting, particularly the ones that embed power outlets in the tower. i don’t need a lamp but a stylish power strip would be awesome.
As much as I like these LED bulbs – New LED Light Bulbs Can Replace 100W Incandescents >> MetaEfficient Reviews. — they are probably going to have to evolve a lot further in physical design before I can adopt them — like these CFL bulbs that look like incandescents — the incandescent shape is going ...
Brett on Stuff » Distilleries of Scotland. A reason to hike Scotland WOW — stronger authentication than your bank. What does that say about the world. Running DC thru the house. An idea whose time has come again? Indie games DB. Often way better than mainstream games Guided Bullets. Why not. Thingiverse. Kind of an ...
* Clickjacking. Pretty ugly form of attack. * Self-powered wireless light switches. Pretty cool, instead of running line voltage to every lightswitch, they harness ambient power and send wireless signals to outlets. Now if you just combine this with… * …Dirt-powered lamps! Or bacteria powered lamps. Way cool * Rich’s guide to your basic canon ...
Nissan’s ECO Pedal pushes back during acceleration » Coolest Gadgets. Love the idea of embedding behaviour into everyday objects. I want my light switches to give me feedback about energy consumption. My wallet to give me feedback about my spending.
Edison PC Power Management Software | Edison — tried on my home machine but had to uninstall. It is lipstick on a chicken — a nicer UI than the default Windows power management UI but that is all it is. If the underlying hardware doesn’t nicely support suspend, then this tool does nothing and that ...
Greentech Media | Fat Spaniel Launches Open Platform. Congrats guys. One nice example of the platform use here — another here — a bunch of these up on the fat spaniel site
Fisker Automotive: Environmentally friendly, premium cars featuring plug-in hybrid technology >> Vehicles >> Features — J says we need to get one of these.
* Mitsubishi Ultra Thin Frame Premium Flat Panel TV with Integrated Sound Projector » Coolest Gadgets — cool. I have a discrete sound projector in one room and have been happy with. this is a great way to get surround sound with minimal fuss. * At the other end of the price spectrum, the Li’l ...
Strategic News Service Blog » Blog Archives » Solving America’s Energy Crisis — a reasonable approach. I heartily agree with the idea of getting to all electric as soon as possible. We need an Apollo-like program — we need the leadership to propose it and to get everyone focused on it. The whole country focused ...
Electricity Rates from Solar Cost Competitive by 2015 « Cooler Planet Clean Edge, a research and publishing company focused on renewable technologies and the non-profit organization Co-op America released a report that states the cost of electricity derived from solar power will be on par with electricity derived from fossil fuels by 2015. Awesome, this ...
* HP working on solar PV, IBM putting a billion dollars into green datacenters, Intel spinning out a PV firm — nice to see the IT leaders getting behind alternate energy * DOE funds electric vehicle projects — not sure why GM, GE, Ford need DOE money — give it to startups! More interesting is ...
The Oil Drum | World Cement Usage: An Indicator of Energy Consumption–and China and India Are Certainly Using It — OK we better start worrying about peak cement.