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By Dave, August 10, 2007 10:26 pm

Instructables KEG LATHE

Interesting idea. Can see several modifications on the basic idea for taking the tops out of barrels and drums too. Or cutting freon tanks or other metal tanks. Cool!

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By Dave, August 10, 2007 9:37 pm

Ananova – Home sweet cement pipe

Interesting concept. Wonder how his floor is built.

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By Dave, August 10, 2007 9:08 pm

Who Needs a Shopping Bag With a Mottainai Furoshiki? (TreeHugger)

Cool way to use a square piece of cloth to carry just about anything. No paper or plastic bag needed. I’m gonna download the pdf, print it out and practice these carry wrap ties on a large bandanna. Good stuff!

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By Dave, August 8, 2007 11:08 pm

Home Composting Made Easy (TreeHugger)

Interesting method of composting kitchen scraps. Makes me want to build that kiln, start digging clay and build a potters wheel. After the heat breaks I may just do so. Been wanting to/talking about it for years and at this age if I’m gonna I best get started.

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By Dave, August 8, 2007 10:57 pm

FARK.com: (2987172) What does NOAA do when you try to make sure their data-gathering sites comply with NOAA’s own rules and find most do not? Why, hide the list of locations of course. Silly question

Sometimes Fark gets the headline so right there isn’t anything else to say…

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By Dave, August 8, 2007 10:48 pm

Absolute Home

Think I will give this a try on an old machine and see how it does. Still waiting on the spirit to move me to reinstall/repair the PCLOS install on my main linux machine but with the heat making outside or anywhere except in airconditioning unavailable to me, may take a while tomorrow afternoon and play with another os/machine.

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By Dave, August 8, 2007 9:21 pm

EcoGeek of the Week: Ron Hochstetler on Airships (TreeHugger)

Interesting read. I think that airships (using todays materials technology and a nonflammable gas for lift) are a viable alternative to conventional transport. And they don’t require roads or tracks to get the product/passengers to the destination. Cool stuff!

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By Dave, August 8, 2007 6:46 pm

Boing Boing: Boycott Regal Cinemas for suing over 20-second clip

AMEN! And then fire the management after requiring them to publicly apologize! This is total and absolute bullsh!t…

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 11:56 pm

Flickr: mikest’s photos tagged with brass

Wonderful work! I love the goggles! Too cool! Too many !!! points. Too late in the evening…

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 10:15 pm

Rick Jacobs: Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters Tells California Voters: Trust in Diebold and Ye Shall be Rewarded – Politics on The Huffington Post

Wonder just how much Walters is getting paid by Diebold or their agents? Asshat!

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 10:04 pm

Don’t click here…

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 8:08 pm

Giant Lego man washed up on Dutch beach – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Weird…

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 8:04 pm

Adblock Plus :: Firefox Add-ons

If you run Mozilla (and you really should be doing so) this add-on is a MUST! If you want to escape from all the damn moving pictures and flash adds out there anyway… 😉

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 1:27 pm

MCG News: Natural signal holds promise for psoriasis, age-related skin damage

And another article from the same college with a different slant. Wonder what effects combining the two lines of research would have?

And yes, I am inside in the cool playing on the computer instead of outside doing ANYTHING in this heat.

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 1:24 pm

MCG News: Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases

Here’s a link to the actual article quoted in the previous post. Seems to be almost the same.

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 1:02 pm

Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases

An interesting bit of info. Gonna have to try using it as a topical and see if it helps. The article mentions the water not getting into the cells, wonder if alcohol would work as a vehicle to get it into the skin?

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 12:23 pm

Wenger, North America – Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knifeâ„¢ V1.0

Now THAT’S a Swiss Army Knife Maximus! Not that its useful for anything but as a collectible. Nonetheless I still lust after it. Not that I would even consider it at $1200.00 us. Implements and functions list after the fold…

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 11:07 am

Grand Designs – The Cambridgeshire Eco Home from Channel4.com/4Homes

A right interesting house. I really like the oak tree trunk stairway. Strawbale wall insulation is nice too. Well done and done well!

*update – The video is a really artsie fartsie bit of fluff. It does show a few things that are not in the picture gallery but really isn’t worth the time if you (like me, have a mac) have to download a 7.5 mb player and reboot the machine just to be able to view it.

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By Dave, August 7, 2007 10:09 am

Russell Shaw: How About A New WPA To Rebuild Our Nation’s Infrastructure? – Politics on The Huffington Post

Sounds like a plan to me.

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By Dave, August 6, 2007 11:32 pm

Stay or go? Do you read your insult in the sidebar? Does it piss you off or make you chuckle? Do you even see it? Me wants to know… 😉