Month December 2008

Wireless solar-powered cordless compaction system

Symphony Services has announced that BigBelly Solar, a Massachusetts-based company producing a patented solar powered compacting trash receptacle that is completely self-powered, selected the company to engineer new software for its flagship cordless compaction system. Big Belly compacts trash to…

I’m strutting my stuff, y’all

DJ, who posts and comments here, raises turkeys among other critters, with his wife at their ranch in Utah. These are happy, free range turkeys, as you can tell from this fine specimen. They get to wander around during the…

Greece riots in 4th day. Unions call general strike

Photo from Athens Indymedia. Pg. 1, Pg. 2 Ordinarily, riots burn themselves out after three days. But that’s not happening in Greece, where there have been four days of pitched battles between protesters and police and now unions with millions…

Republic Windows workers win

BofA will exend credit to Republic Windows. This means workers will get the back pay owed them. The sit-in succeeded. Obama’s support of the workers certainly helped enormously, sending a clear message that the incoming president expects that workers will…