We Energies--aka Wisconsin Electric--has a (relatively) new programme for increasing the use of renewable energy, and I urge you to check it outThe idea is that you voluntarily increase your electric bill. Yeah, that's right. Voluntary increase in your electric bill ( Read more... )

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Athena:~ eoban$ emacs -batch -l dunnet ( Read more... )

If you've ever seen Waking Life, you probably know about the part (I'd say about halfway through) where the main character is wandering about and finds the slightly chubby guy in building (I think it's a church?) and he starts talking about his dreams and how he, some time ago, discovered how to realise that he was in the dream and thus, make ( Read more... )

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One of the long-standing criticisms and praises of Slashdot is its innovative comment moderation system. It's actually a fairly common sight these days, but when Rob Malda first wrote the system, it was a novel solution to a problem of trolls and flamewars and serendipitously transformed Slashdot into one of the most intelligent discussion sites ( Read more... )

So Wal-Mart is again trying for a bank charter. Pretend you're a Wal-Mart employee (which is fairly likely-relatively speaking-considering Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the US). You go to work, at Wal-Mart. You get paid, and cash your check at Wal-Mart. You make a withdrawal from your Wal-Mart account to buy goods from Wal-Mart. ( Read more... )

Anjali and Sara look the same. Maybe Sara should get a hair cut just so they at least look a little bit different.

Just because it's indie doesnt mean it needs to be tacky as hell ( Read more... )

I saw this in both Brandon's, Sara's, David's, Pat's, and others' livejournals. I guess to be cool, I have to do it as well ( Read more... )