Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting and down right Positive Stuff
Posted in Environment, Technology on Apr 23rd, 2007
How do you generate 390 kilowatts without impacting the environment? Put 7,244 Sharp 80W photovoltaic panels on the outside of your skyscraper.
Just so you get an idea of what 390 Kilowatts represents, it the equivalent of powering 1,000 average PCs for a year.
Not stopping with solar panels, there are two dozen wind turbines that generate […]
Posted in Commercials, Heroes, Video on Apr 23rd, 2007
This is a video from 2004, but I think it’s still appropriate. A soldier returns home and finds… (4.5 minutes long)
I’m going to comment on something that I normally wouldn’t do but feel I have to since it represents something I feel very strongly about.
I’ve been reading about this tragic event and was struck by how much focus has been given to both the person who did this and what he perceived was his “world”. […]
Posted in Environment on Apr 18th, 2007
On April the 14th, 2007, more than 1,300 events were organized in the US by Step It Up 2007 to raise awareness of Global Warming.
The events were lead by a group of recent graduates of Middlebury College in Vermont by use of blogs, e-mail messages and word of mouth.
What’s refreshing is that there is a […]
Posted in Inspirational, Video on Apr 17th, 2007
Yahoo!!!! Meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who’s “My Generation”.
Lead singer Alf is 90. And he’s not the oldest - there are 99 and 100-year-olds in the band!
The Zimmers will feature in a BBC TV documentary being aired in May 2007. Documentary-maker Tim Samuels has been all over Britain recruiting isolated and […]
Posted in Humor on Apr 17th, 2007
“It’s tax time and President Bush is saving a lot on taxes this year. He’s writing off his entire second term.” –David Letterman
“Vice President Dick Cheney’s getting a tax refund of $1.9 million. How do you get a $1.9 million refund when your salary is $205,000 a year? How does that work? … Apparently, he’s […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Apr 17th, 2007
The British Government has decided that residents will be able to request a free device that shows how much electricity is being used in the home at any given moment.
Research has shown that by knowing what your usage is, typical savings may be up to 7% based on changes you can make.
According to a BBC […]
Posted in Animals, Inspirational on Apr 17th, 2007
It seems that Eric and Cathy Keesling have a feline hero on their hands.
Winnie, their 14-year-old cat nudged them starting about 1:00 am and then meowing pretty loud.
According to the video piece by WTHR’s Natalie Holzer on MSNBC, Winnie was just a typical cat until danger loomed.
From the AP Article on MSNBC:
It was a crazy […]
Oh yeah, let’s have some fun with Ping Pong. If you’ve seen The Matrix, you’ll recognize that ground breaking special effects applied to such a simple game…
Posted in Technology, Video on Apr 13th, 2007
I get such a kick out of watching we humans come up with new and creative ways to express ourselves through music. Well, I guess we’re going to move beyond human and add robots. This cute little guy is the one of the up and coming examples. Keepon (pronounced, “key-pong”), is a project by Hideki […]