It never fails to amaze me when a super simple idea gets overlooked. Get your paper saving satisfaction for the day by simply changing your margin settings. Check it out here, and while you’re there sign the Microsoft petition.
http://www.changethemargins.com/
This is totally a freebie if you were doing something ambitious such as making one [...]
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It turns out that there is a very good reason to use revolving doors. I thought they were just used to provide opportunities for wacky door pranks. Apparently, on average 8x as much air is exchanged when a swing door is opened as opposed to a revolving door. That’s an amazing difference to the expense [...]
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If you’re like me you have a web browsing morning routine. You have a section of your bookmarks that you click through each morning. For me it’s some comics, some blogs and a couple news sites. However, mixed in there I have “A click for the forest.” Clicking the button on the site once per [...]
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Every day now it seems that the less than informed masses continue their slow bovine shuffle towards the trend of corn ethanol. Of course it’s a white house win-win because it keeps on burning oil just as much as ever, if not more, and it makes the lobbyists happy. However, it’s important to remember that [...]
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The other day I was sent a cookbook to review. The deadline was rather tight so I decided I could only cook one full meal (appy, main and desert) from the book. I was lucky as everything turned out well and plates were cleaned at the table. Afterwards I asked for feedback and what met [...]
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The other day it became more difficult to ignore the amount of waste generated from one delicious box of cereal. In my little mind I can keep eating cereal if I can somehow decrease the amount of waste. So I thought we could brainstorm up a list of ideas. Some of them will be dumb, [...]
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I hereby officially announce that those denying climate change, global warming or whatever it’s called this week, win. You are right, best and smartest. Good one. Climate change debates are a moot point, and honestly I couldn’t care less who thinks they are right anymore. It actually doesn’t matter one bit.
Please allow me a chance [...]
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Clayton over at Green Options has written a great FAQ style article on Biodiesel. Turns out this is a very accessible fuel for anyone, not just fanatics. If you own a diesel vehicle or might be in the market for a car soon, check it out. It’s also a good link for anyone who wants [...]
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If you’re a PG&E (pacific gas & electric) customer, there are several easy options they provide you to green it up some. Assuming you don’t already.
ClimateSmart, a program to generate carbon neutral power is coming soon. For approx $4 more a month you can offset your energy use and contribute to the growth of clean [...]
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Some folks love ethanol and champion it as the solution to all our oil and climate issues. However this is completely not the case. Rather than list off a myriad of stats on the topic I’m just going to post this illustration.
I don’t know Andy Singer or if there is a link I can put [...]
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