Monthly Archive: April 2004

Apr
25
2004

nicad/nimh/lion

Paul and I were trying to remember what the specs on each type were, luckily there’s a webpage. What is the difference between NiCad, NiMH and Lithium Ion batteries? Batteries in portable consumer devices such as a laptop, camcorder, cellular phone, etc., are typically made using either Nickel Cadmium (NiCad), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) or …

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Apr
24
2004

Rockin Game

Paul actually hooked me up with a decent game, leet.

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Apr
23
2004

Thermochemical and biochemical conversion

First it was turkey parts, then pig waste and now straw added to the camels back. Thermochemical and biochemical conversion make use of natural processes such as enzymes, heat and pressure to create oil from garbage so one day landfills may become the new domestic oil fields.

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Apr
23
2004

Teacher freakout!

There are goofy news items every day, but once in a while you have some story that transcends them all. Teacher accused of ordering student thrown from window is quite possibly the silliest story I’ve seen this year. It’s beyond the Onion. Teacher enters class and takes photo of students, one student objects, teacher makes …

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Apr
23
2004

Back to the Future!

For sale on ebay: ‘You never will again in this accurate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine made famous in the Back to the Future movie series. This recreation was painstakingly researched for nearly 5 years before construction. Dozens of original photographs, details, and interviews with the original vehicle builders and collectors were compiled to …

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Apr
23
2004

Well Gross

MrPromo is an Internet-based custom signage supplier to McDonald’s restaurants. You apparently need to prove that you’re a real McD’s to actual get an order fulfilled, but it’s really fun to poke aorund on the site and see all this disembodied greasebomb promo material and graphic elements.

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Apr
21
2004

Movable Type

All of a sudden ( for the past 2 months ) people have been hitting me up to make their websites/blogs better. Bah, I’m not a web designer, I use movable type it’s not hard to master, its like greymatter and a dozen other ready-made content management solutions. Looks like everybody just loves my idea. …

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Apr
19
2004

Waste not Want Not.

How much of the Earth’s resources do you use? IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.4 PLANETS.

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Apr
19
2004

Stink Eye

Do I detect a stink eye ? I think I do..

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Apr
19
2004

Ninja.

You are now a Ninja. (too much ninja gaiden for me I think)

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