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Green power

Green power, originally uploaded by raoulpop.
One of my most popular photos at Flickr. Taken at Cabin John Regional Park, in Potomac, MD.

Pork’s dirty secret: It’s one of America’s worst polluters

Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters : Rolling Stone.
I’m shocked beyond belief by what I read in Rolling Stone magazine today, in the article pointed about above. Let me quote a few excerpts to draw your attention to the crimes that have gone unpunished for the [...]

National Arboretum

This past May, Ligia and I visited the National Arboretum here in DC. We try to go there at least once a year. The grounds are huge, and they have both outdoors and indoors facilities. Admission is free, and the grounds are open from 8 AM to 5 PM daily, every day of the year [...]

Scary stuff is happening in China

As I look at these truly scary images of pollution in China, I realize how big a problem pollution really is over there. For most of us, China’s this big country over there in Asia, sort of communist but not really, with plenty of human rights abuses under its belt, but still more decent than [...]

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-23

Ford Transit Connect Concept http://tinyurl.com/2ocuml #
Soft, Squeezable, Huggable Phone http://tinyurl.com/23r2mn #
Metamophing Computer Interfaces http://tinyurl.com/257j95 #
Another Touchscreen Phone But Wait, This One Has A Surprise! http://tinyurl.com/yqo8rp #
All Ears: 1943 http://tinyurl.com/287ywt #
Terminal Tip: Safari 3.1 brings true one-window mode http://tinyurl.com/2c5meo #
Breakaway: Headphone Jack Manipulation http://tinyurl.com/343hnt #
Tete-a-Tete: 1922 http://tinyurl.com/2kheo2 #
Fake Steve Jobs goes to town on businesses that [...]

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-14

Cool Mods - The Mac Mini Pro Mod http://tinyurl.com/354cn8 #
Process Your HDR Images Using Photoshop http://tinyurl.com/2t44c4 #
The Mechanics of the Man Hug http://tinyurl.com/2r98sd #
WTD 433 (Spot on) http://tinyurl.com/23twg5 #
Acer unveils Aspire 8920G HD home-theater laptop http://tinyurl.com/2oprho #
Gulfstream introduces G650 flagship business jet (Another toy for rich executives…) http://tinyurl.com/2vkvs7 #
World Class Style From New Delhi, India [...]

Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-11

Actual use for the WD My Book Pro: harvest hard drives to use in Drobo. Pretty much the only thing it’s good for. #
Bread and Coffee: 1909 http://tinyurl.com/2n5vga #
Firefox 3 may not be as fast as Safari, but at least it won’t mess up post formatting in WordPress. #
Precocious: 1923 (Check out the mud-covered feet…) [...]

Ways in which companies waste money and energy

I want to focus in on a few, very specific ways in which companies waste money and energy. I see the following things happen daily in the workplace. They’re not specific to any company. Chances are that if you visit any American company, they’re probably doing at least one of these things.
Lights are left on [...]

Condensed knowledge for 2007-09-19

A bit of a health theme to this edition of condensed knowledge:

A new CPR technique was discovered. It’s called OAC-CPR (Only rhythmic Abdominal Compression). As its name implies, you only press on the abdomen, eliminating the risk of broken ribs, mouth-to-mouth, and fatigue from pushing so hard. Definitely worth looking into this!
Prozac found in the [...]

Moved my ideas to ComeAcross

Until now, I housed the various ideas I published online at my personal site. I decided to move them here to my blog, and I did just that today. I could not have done it without the Import/Export functionality in WordPress, and even more importantly, without the Redirection plugin from Urban Giraffe. That plugin is [...]

Proper disposal of old electronic equipment

Frank Gruber of SomewhatFrank.com posted a neat video made by GOOD Magazine to his blog. The video’s enclosed below, and you can also view it directly on YouTube. It documents first hand just how electronic waste is “recycled” in countries like China or India. Besides unmitigated pollution to the air, ground and water, the workers [...]

Some interesting documentaries

Here are seven interesting documentary-type videos found on YouTube:
You’ve probably heard that Geek Squad technicians snoop around on customers’ hard drives and copy photos and other files for their own use. But have you also heard that they overcharge ridiculously for simple little repairs? Have a look below:

The metro bridge over the river Tyne at [...]