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Archive: February, 2006
Sweden Says No To Oil
electro^plankton: “Sweden is joining the short but growing list of countries with plans to be completely oil independent.
Iceland is almost already totally oil independent but wants to take it a step further by promising all of its energy will come from solar and geothermal power and its transportation system powered by hydrogen. Brazil plans to completely switch to bio power made from sugar cane within 5 years.
In Sweden’s case, the country of over 9 million wants to switch to renewable energy sources by 2020. It may sound like an easy order for a small country but that’s just 15 years away. The amount of planning and investment necessary is staggering.
Analysts say Sweden is in a better position to make a switch so quickly because the country was hit hard during the oil crisis in the 70′s. Almost all of the country’s electricity now comes from hydro, nuclear, and geothermal power. Fossil fuels are only imported for transportation. Sweden’s plan is to invest heavily in fuel cell and recyclable energy to cover its need in lieu of expanding its nuclear operations. I applaud them for that. (more…)
A boy and his son
Nathan: “Now let’s think about what we learnt from watching Nanny McPhee. What do you say when you want something?”
Tristan: “Please?”
Nathan: “That’s right. What do you say when someone gives you something?”
Tristan: “Thank you.”
Nathan: “And what do you say when you realise your head’s about to explode?”
Tristan: “Someone please help me!”
Build your own wireless music player
Engadget: If you’re not quite up to springing for an Airport Express or a Squeezebox to wirelessly send your tunes across the house, Nathan True has a guide for how to build your music player on the cheap complete with display and large rubber band.
He’s based the system around a Netgear WGT634U router running OpenWrt Linux, which gave him a USB 2.0 port to add an audio adapter, and plenty of wired and wireless connectivity to get his music from his PC. There are a few hardware hacks involved, but he gets most of the system running from a few shell scripts and, well, one expertly place rubber band.
The world's smallest mp3 player
mobiBLU DAH-1500i goes 2GB!
Measuring a mere 24 x 24 x 24mm (0.94 x 0.94 x 0.94-inch) and weighing just 18 grams (0.63 ounces), the mobiBLU DAH-1500i is the world’s smallest mp3 player. Now that it’s being bumped up to 2GB, it’s probably the flash-storage player with the best capacity/size ratio. Other than just being small, the mobiBLU has several neat features such as blue OLED display, FM radio, USB 2.0, voice recorder, SRS WOW Surround Sound, and USB rechargeable lithium-ion battery.
The mobiBLU DAH-1500i is available for pre-order now for $159.99 at Amazon in black
Thanks bob!
Pimp my Lego Ride
The new Lego Factory service “lets you create your very own Lego set. Lego Factory starts with a downloadable 3-D modeling program that lets you design your virtual toy using as many bricks as you want (then) order the kit for your creation, complete with assembly instruction booklet.” – Wired Magazine
Hey mom, forget a college education, I want a life-size Lego casserole! er…I mean..house!
It's Olivia's Turn!
Happy Birthday Olivia!
Thanks go out to you and Nathan for such a great weekend! I hope your birthday goes as great as mine did.
Help Save Japan’s Dolphins!
More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat. Send a letter to President Obama, Vice President Biden and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki urging them to address this issue »
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