Israel president to be charged with rape
Bob Morris @ Jan 23rd 2007 17:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
No doubt he’ll try and blame Iran and Palestine for the hideous conspiracy against him.
Archive for January 23rd, 2007
Flywheels
Bob Morris @ Jan 23rd 2007 00:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
Flywheels have gone high-tech and are used to store electricity as kinetic energy which is instantly available when needed. One major use is for power backups.
Beacon Power is a big player here, and their flywheels recently got certified by the California Independent System Operator (CAL-ISO) to be used for frequency regulation in the state grid. This is a seriously big deal.
Flywheels have several advantages over lead-acid batteries in that they have no hazardous materials in them and operate for years with little maintenance. Thus, long-term, they are cheaper than batteries, as well as being much greener.
You can create electricity with renewable sources like solar and wind, store it using flywheels, and thus be completely off the grid.
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The Ad Generator
Bob Morris @ Jan 23rd 2007 00:08 - Category: Unfiled ;
The Ad Generator makes up ads for you using randomized slogans from actual ads paired with matching Flickr photos. The result looks like an ad but of course isn’t - and that’s the point.
From the creator of The Ad Generator, Alexis Lloyd.
I intend to show how the language of advertising is both deeply meaningful, in that it represents real cultural values and desires, and yet utterly meaningless in that these ideas have no relationship to the products being sold.
Litvinenko murder suspect
Bob Morris @ Jan 23rd 2007 00:05 - Category: Unfiled ;
The British police now have a clear suspect. Sources say he is very close to Putin and the FSB. If that pans out, the consequences for Europe-Russia relations are profound.
Still unanswered is, assuming Putin/KGB were behind the murder, is the motive. Why did they want him dead?
