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The world's first solar power plant... - ...will be built in Sicily, and should be online by 2009.it will produce solar energy 24 hours a day, not just when the sun is shining. The plant's battery of parabolic mirrors will focus the sun's rays on pipes, through which runs a saline liquid that can store heat up to 550C and retain it for hours.Labels: green power
—Mike @ 08:38
Buying stamp futures - The friendly folks at the Post Office have announced the new Forever Stamp will go on sale April 12 -- buy it now and it's good for first-class postage forever, regardless of any future rate increases. Nice idea! Maybe folks will buy them up by the thousands, and will them to their descendants.
Sorry for the lack of postings here lately -- lots of fun activities and lots of extra work hours have combined to squeeze out spare blogging time. Things should calm down sometime soon. Maybe?Labels: currentEvents, services
—Mike @ 23:06
"Planet Earth" - This looks like it could be interesting -- Planet Earth: A Portrait of the Planet is an 11-episode mini-series, supposedly five years in the making, debuting this Sunday, March 25 at 8pm on the Discovery Channel.The 11-part series will amaze viewers with never-before-seen animal behaviors, startling views of locations captured by cameras for the first time, and unprecedented high-definition production techniques.
—Mike @ 22:44
A local star - My forester brother Dennis can be seen on this press video demonstrating the proper method for planting a tree.Labels: family
—Mike @ 14:19
Happy... ummm... something to me - Useless information: As of 40 days ago, I'm now officially and exactly, 20,000 days old.Labels: time
—Mike @ 22:41
How's your head? - Here's a list of suggestions and information links that summarize known ways to maintain and possibly improve brain health as we age. These include eating a healthy, well-balanced diet, exercising regularly, practicing stress management, getting enough sleep and keeping active — mentally and socially.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 21:10
Battery development details - It's been said that the main sticking point in bringing GM's Chevy Volt concept electric car to market by 2010 is the development of the battery technology that will be needed. So, how's that going anyway? According to this in-depth article, it's going very well indeed!Labels: green power, transportation
—Mike @ 16:17
March Madness, weatherman style - Yesterday it was 81 degrees and sunny here. Tomorrow forecast is for up to a foot of winter "stuff" -- snow, freezing rain, sleet, wintry mix. I think I'll pour myself a tall glass of wintry mix, come to think of it.Labels: weather
—Mike @ 16:14
D-LinkTV - I recently had to replace my wireless router, but I'm still generally Happy with D-Link products. To help educate people about networking, they've now launched D-LinkTV, which offers a wide variety of videos to help us better understand home and business networking... I think that's a great idea.Labels: technology
—Mike @ 22:14
More on the Chevy Volt concept car - The Volt is getting a lot more press at the Chicago Auto Show. This video about how the car is engineered is quite interesting. From the video:We are committed to bringing this to market as fast as we can.In a poll, 99.3% of 420,231 respondents said they would consider buying one.
--Rich Lannen, GM Engineer
And, there's even news on the battery research front, on this page.
Lots more photos here.Labels: green power, transportation
—Mike @ 20:43
Prius is (still) #1 ! - For the fourth year in a row, the Toyota Prius has been "ranked as the most satisfying vehicle overall", according to Consumer Reports. Go green!Labels: green power, transportation
—Mike @ 11:32
The Final Frontier - Star Trek continues its amazing voyages where no SciFi series has gone before -- into a fifth decade. It's just been announced that Star Trek VI will "begin filming this fall for theatrical release on Christmas Day 2008". Beam me on board.
—Mike @ 09:47
More? - There's additional reading available in the Archives.
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