I've been doing a fair amount of research into kitchen goods and cooking techniques for the past couple of months and I've come up with a few favorite items I thought I might take a moment to talk about. So far I've been most interested in stove-top cooking methods, and haven't looked too closely at baking at all, so if I leave some things out that ( Read more... )

Recently I've been putting a lot of thought into what exactly it is that I want out of a house, and I've been trying to remember everything I can from my time as an architecture major about design.  Part of this has involved me watching a lot of those staging/home renovation/home buying shows on television, and being generally disgusted with people ( Read more... )

I just saw the best t-shirt of all time.  It was solid green with the following text written accross the chest:

"Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator"

Here's to eating pie on pi day.

Mac vs PC featuring Mr Bean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h1VQBfLDLA

I carry a lot of things in my pockets and on my person, but I've put a lot of thought into what I take with me out into the world.

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Did you know that every building in Spain is required to have a solar panel on it?  So far they plan to reach 3,000MW produced annually by solar power by next year, and 10,000MW by 2020.

Also, check out the PS10 Solar Power Tower.  It's an 11 megawatt solar power plant.  By 2013 they plan to be producing over 300 megawatts from a bunch of these ( Read more... )

I've been thinking for the past couple of days about the differences between various distribution models and the ways in which either a centralized or distributed production system might be better for certain types of goods.

For instance, regarding food you basically have two options: Either you produce large amounts of food at a single location and ( Read more... )

Just try and stop me from making one of these.

http://science.discovery.com/videos/brink-home-with-kip-kay-make-a-powerful-flashlight.html

Here is a fun little video that shows the process of spinning and weaving by hand.

In case you were curious, the spinning wheel she is using is a Lendrum double treadle folding wheel, and the loom is some sort of rigid heddle loom, possibly a Kromski Harp.