In spite of the promises by Detroit and the lavish spreads in Popular Mechanics, the flying car I was promised in the July 1957 is really no closer to a reality now than it was then. Sure, there are some one off solutions, but honestly, who can afford to drive or fly something [...]
While browsing on the Interwebs today I found this article that discusses 6 technologies that don’t know they are dead. And the first one I saw, the phonebook, has been a thorn in my side now for so many years I just had to post it.
I honestly can’t remember the last time I used [...]
Brano Meres, an engineer in Slovakia has developed a method of creating mountain bike frames out of bamboo! This is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time and resonates with the ‘Green Monster’ in me.
Please visit his site for full details, LINK
I know, it’s not always easy to be environmentally conscious. So many things can get in the way. Just trying to keep even with the world we’ve created, let alone get ahead, can take up more time than seems reasonable in many cases.
But there are a few things that even the most [...]
Today is Blog Action Day. An initiative to bind the blogging community together for one day on one topic. Today thousands of bloggers will post articles that relate to environmental issues in an effort to get people talking about a better future not only for ourselves, but for our children [...]
One of my favorite game franchises, SimCity, has added a module which takes into account the effects of carbon dioxide. Building a city and ignoring the issue will lead to elevated levels of greenhouse gasses and your carefully laid out cities will start to die off.
Players can take the path less chosen and build cities [...]
Rent-A-Goat
I think it was my sister Erin who mentioned to me a couple of years ago that she wanted to start (or maybe just find) a rent-a-goat business. The idea was that since they’ll eat just about anything you could use them for brush clearing, lawn mowing, etc. It appears that someone here [...]
