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Climate: Voltaic Solar Bags, LEED Platinum and solutions

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Be the first on your block to have a backpack with solar panels on it. Generates 14.7 watts in direct sunlight, so it isn’t crazy, but if you leave for a day in Arizona, you might get a laptop charge. $249 for the Backpack. I don’t know how durable the panesl are for someone [...]

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Fortune article on Microsoft and a note on Eric

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

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PC Video Encoding

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I blew up my main video machine. Too much crud on it. So here is the fresh installation:

Sony Vegas Platinum. I only have v6, but it is up to v8. While Adobe Premier might work for the real afictionados it is too complicated for me. The tricky part is making anamorphic standard definition come out. [...]

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Compact Florescent Light Bulb Guide

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

There are zillion new CFLs around and it is so confusing. Popular Mechanics did a review of them that seems to be the only up to date one. Going to Loews was so confusing. They cost between $1-$12 each and the lifetimes, colors and so forth seem so different. Here’s a quick summary:

CFLs use 70% [...]

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