S&I 100
It’s an “index of top non-profits creating a social impact”. Quite helpful if you want to ensure your charitable donation does the most good.
Saw it mentioned on Nightly Business Report last night.
Continue readingMy First Android App
Published my first Android app today. It’s called When Moving and you may find it handy if you’re into personal information tracking.
When Moving differs from the others in that it doesn’t continuously poll GPS. It polls according to the frequency you specify (every 10-90 seconds), but only if the accelerometer detects motion.
In short, if the accelerometer doesn’t think you’re moving, it won’t poll for GPS updates, and your battery will last longer because of it.
Continue readingRoderick on endurance
… all around me there are people who have never learned to endure dissatisfaction and I do not admire them.
– John Roderick. Roderick on the Line, episode 54.
Continue readingScience Friday - Wind Power Plentiful, Study Says
An episode of Science Friday talking about how wind power is plentiful.
So many cool things learned from this episode:
- Research shows that bird kills due to wind turbines would be less than from coal and gas.
- One rare-earth element is necessary to build turbines: Neodymium to make the generators efficient. Worldwide there is 7x the amount we’d need if we were to build 4 million turbines.
- The Bush administration did a technical study that showed we could quite easily get to 20% of our power from wind by 2030.
- Iowa already gets ~20% of its power from wind. Damn! link
- We wouldn’t want to strive to get all of our power from wind, because then we’d have to store the power in batteries. If we balance wind with solar and hydrothermal (or other), we won’t have to worry about energy storage, and would be able to handle peak demand regardless of the fluxuations in weather. Sweet!
New Tablet
A tablet is the perfect fidgety man’s computing device. He sits in non-missionary positions – an unsafe environment for a lap-bound laptop. He shifts violently and frequently. He gets up every 30 minutes to do nothing. A tablet occupies his hands. A tablet is perfect. Specifically this tablet.
Continue readingThe Courage To Say ‘I Don’t Know’
It takes Courage to say I Don’t Know.
In the spirit of the article, I gotta be honest, within the first two paragraphs are four words whose definitions I do not know.
Continue readingHumble eBook Bundle
Another great Humble eBook Bundle
I’ve purchased the last 5 Humble Bundles. They’ve been too great to pass up. And even if I don’t consume all of the content, the money goes to excellent causes.
Continue readingNew Evidence Of BPA Damage To Reproductive Systems
Same Love
Erupt into a Bev-Rage
Picked up a Coke yesterday. My brain needed a sugar pounding. Made my beve-RAGE subside.
Enjoy this clip. I apologize in advance for Dan Halen’s racist comments.
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