Getting settled
Sue and I made the move from SF to Orange County on Monday and Tuesday. Sue drove the 26 ft Penske truck (she’s a much better truck driver than me), I drove my Prius, along with two quite squeaky cats.…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month May 2009
Europe’s largest onshore wind farm will be completed ahead of schedule
It will have 140 turbines near Glasgow generating up to 322MW, enough for 180,000 homes. Scotland has huge amounts of wind, wave, and tidal power potential. Perhaps one day they will be a net power exporter of renewable energy, after…
Creating biofuel and hydrogen fuel together
A German firm plans to produce biofuel then use the glycerin product to create hydrogen for the already existing hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell cars.
Yet another agonizing Windows Update
Windows Updates can seemingly take endless amounts of time and badly need informational messages while the process is happening. Windows Update recently popped up, saying I had a multitude of updates waiting to be installed, including IE8 and at least…
Anamorphic 3-D pavement paintings. Julian Beever
Lots of 3-D pavement paintings featured here, including this Batman and Robin gem by Julian Beever.