Books in the Age of the iPad, by Craig Mod, is perhaps the most beautiful and thoughtful post I’ve read in years. In it, Mod argues that the iPad is a universal container for rich media and what he calls “well-formed content”— I’ll let you read the article (you should) to understand what he means. He [...]
Ethereal Glow Shelters now have Solar lights! Last night, biking home from a friend’s birthday celebration, I noticed an ethereal glow from the canopies of the Quann Park dog “shelters” (they’ll shelter from a straight-down rain, or the noon sun, but not much else). With the newly-installed (I think it’s recent, anyway — hadn’t noticed [...]
‘Tis the Season On the same weekend of this NYTimes editorial on backyard gardening, the local expo center is holding Madison’s Garden Expo: The 2009 Garden Expo will be held February 13, 14 and 15 in the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. This is the 16th annual Wisconsin Public Television Garden [...]
The Promise of the Sun Early February is, in no way, Spring in Wisconsin. But yesterday and Saturday it was warm (in the 40s!). The sun was out. The snow (that had turned into dirty ice) on the roads and sidewalks was melting and forming quick little streams and rivulets throughout Madison. I have, what [...]
Unretouched light from a 7-dollar, 48-LED “bulb” I bought from dealextreme.com More Efficient Fabrication lowers the cost Researchers in England have found a way to make the ultra-cool LED for less money. Much more efficient that standard incandescent bulbs (and CFLs, with the added benefit of containing no mercury). I’ve purchased a bunch of 48 [...]
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Every little bit counts Northland College just got rid of trays in their cafeteria, following in the (carbon-lighter) footsteps of places like Dalhousie University (and I’m certain some others). From Dalhousie’s site: Aramark is saving approximately 1040 gallons (3936 litres) of water a day and approximately $13,000 worth of electricity. They’re saving a little over 900,000 trays from being washed [...]
Every little bit counts In the spirit of “every little bit helps,” folks at SPRANQ have created a laser printer typeface with tiny little holes in it that don’t affect readability, but cut down the amount of toner needed to print by 20%! It’s called EcoFont, and it looks fine at smaller font sizes. Clearly [...]
Mobile Birding App and Geologger Let’s call this idea “BirdApp” and make it for the iPhone (or any location-aware handheld computer with internet access). [Update: Apparently I didn't get this posted soon enough. There's already an iPhone bird guide App called iBird (of course). It doesn't include my Shazam-like idea to help identify birds by their song, but it does [...]
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All I need… High heat silicon spatulas – I had a great set a few years ago, but they disappeared about the time that a roommate moved out…. [Update: I'll make do with the ones on my Kona.] Nokian Hakkapelita 700X35 Bike Tire 106 Studs for winter biking. I think I only want one — for the front. That should keep me from [...]
