Energy ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Year end link clean up

Dec

2010

* “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/. ...

Electric ATV choices

Mar

2010

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 ...

Good primer on space solar power

Apr

2009

The Oil Drum | Space Solar Power: Star Player on the Bench.

cast concrete lamps

Jan

2009

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.

Fisker Karma Brochure/Specs

Jan

2009

Fisker Karma Brochure/Specs. Stealth? Eco-Chic? Solar Power? | The Truth About Cars — fun to dream about

Light Bulbs

Dec

2008

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 ...

Greentech Media | 150 Solar Startups

Dec

2008

Greentech Media | 150 Solar Startups. Useful taxonomy and list

All over the place — Distilleries of Scotland, DC, Bullets, Games, Doghouses, Golf, Currency, and more

Dec

2008

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 ...

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — grab bag

Oct

2008

* 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 ...

Tesla in Seattle

Sep

2008

— good crowd looking at the Tesla this AM.

Nissan’s ECO Pedal pushes back during acceleration » Coolest Gadgets

Aug

2008

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

Aug

2008

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 ...

Fat Spaniel Launches Open Platform

Jul

2008

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 Karma

Jul

2008

Fisker Automotive: Environmentally friendly, premium cars featuring plug-in hybrid technology >> Vehicles >> Features — J says we need to get one of these.

The solution to global warming

Jul

2008

Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas. Adds a new fun element to cow tipping as well.

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — Surround projector TV, Multitool, Power monitor

Jul

2008

* 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 ...

Mark Anderson on Solving America’s Energy Crisis — get to all electric with nuclear then solar/wind

Jun

2008

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 ...

Solar cost competitive by 2015

Jun

2008

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 ...

Energy links — IT leaders, Tesla, Nuclear, Duke Energy, Construction

Jun

2008

* 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 ...

World Cement Usage

Jun

2008

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.