Come on, people. If you make it to age 73 you should be allowed to do any drug you want as long as you’re not driving or wandering around in public.
Archives for September 2006
Kitchen, CV Joints, Yadda Yadda
I’ve been a bit more than busy lately. Between my car’s CV joints being shot up front, the complete kitchen overhaul, and the rest of life’s little surprises, I’ve not been real motivated to write.
September 18, 2006 – 1:48 pm
8 glasses of water per day!
Said in my best De la Soul voice: GARRRRBAAAGE. I love how this stuff perpetuates itself. Another one dead.
Kidney specialists do agree on one thing, however: that the 8-by-8 rule is a gross overestimate of any required minimum. To replace daily losses of water, an average-sized adult with healthy kidneys sitting in a [...]
September 12, 2006 – 12:03 pm
Compact Flourescent Light Test
As I wrote yesterday, I did pick up some CFL bulbs. Here’s a comparison of a standard incandescent 60W bulb (GE Reveal) and CFL 13W (GE Energy Smart “60″). Click each image for an 800×600 version.
I can tell you from having changed this light (in pics) in my most used room, there is [...]
September 12, 2006 – 10:34 am
Not your parents’ lightbulb
There’s a fascinating and well-written article at FastCompany.com. The topic is Compact Flourescent Lights (CFLs) which have been dismissed for many years due to poor performance. Apparently all of that has changed as of late and modern CFLs work incredibly well. The quoted lifetime is 5-10 years and energy savings are in [...]
September 11, 2006 – 4:00 pm
Amaznode Amazon product similarity visualization
Amaznode is a visualization of products similar to your search query. I’ve found it much more useful than Amazon’s offerings for exploring products or topics similar to the one I am interested in. Give it a minute to populate itself once you enter a search term. I tried “forced induction” this morning [...]
September 11, 2006 – 12:49 pm
