Posted on September 18th, 2008 by admin
you wouldn’t have any electric bills! This nifty, all-green prefab pad is called the ZeroHouse. The house generates its own electricity by high-efficiency solar panels. When it’s completely charged, the place can go for one week even without any sunlight. A 2700 gallon tank collects water and distributes it throughout the home through [...]
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Posted on September 17th, 2008 by admin
I would have to guesstimate the day I screwed in my first compact fluorescent light bulb in my modestly small bedroom. It was definitely more than six months ago. Perhaps it was even eight months ago? Or over a year ago? I honestly cannot remember when I screwed in that light bulb. And with it [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008 by admin
Remember floppy disks? Come on, of course you do! Considered obsolete for a number of years now, they are proving technology hipsters wrong by coming back in pencil-holder form. They might be useless for storing large amounts of data, but they can still perform the basic function of standing upright and creating a small enclosure. [...]
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