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Category: Energy
December 17, 2009
October 5, 2009
December 16, 2008
Green — new tradition or excuse?
I am starting to see a disturbing trend with my friends. I am getting electronic Christmas cards all in the name of being green and leaving a smaller carbon footprint on the earth. While I applaud them for sending me anything at all, it distresses me to read that they are sending an electronic card […]
November 30, 2008
Thinking Green
I’ve been researching different aspects of gardening and occasionally I run into a gem I just have to share. I’ve been searching for information on vertical gardening. I ran into a link that mentioned both the AeroGarden and Patrick Blanc and I just had to check. Someone had posted, on an open blog, comments on […]
November 20, 2008
Save Money, Save Jobs
I work at a very progressive company. They totally support and promote employees working from home. This allows them to occupy two buildings instead of three or four. It saves on rent, it saves on resources. Their buildings are ‘green‘ and hold the LEED Silver Certification. It may not impress you, but impresses me. Recently […]
November 7, 2008
On the topic of programming…
Brilliant! Just brilliant! I am writing a post instead of commenting because I have a different spin on the whole programming issue to get off my chest. My partner-in-crime on this blog is truly brilliant. She has spoiled me horribly over the years by using the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) method. Now I’m a […]
October 22, 2008
September 25, 2008
Don’t save me from myself
In 2004 my home flooded. Not just a little either. Not as bad as New Orleans in 2005 and not as bad as Galveston in 2008. But it did flood bad enough to require moving out and rebuilding. What I learned from this experience is you have got to act quickly and you cannot rely […]
September 25, 2008
Two percent versus twenty percent
I keep hearing the US only has two percent of the world’s old, yet we use 25 percent of the world’s oil. This is SO apples and oranges. We don’t use 25 percent of the world’s oil. We use 25 percent of the world’s oil production which is a totally different thing. We need to […]