Comments Jerome Woody has made

I want one!

On my list

Been wanting to watch that series for a while, that clip just bumped it up on my viewing schedule.

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Speaking of Super Bowl recycling

Paula Adbul will be attempting to recycle her singing career during the Superbowl half-time show, ba-dumb-dumb!On Super Bowl to be powered by renewable energy posted 1 year, 9 months ago 2 Responses

Stud training

Awesome! Time to hit the gym and get the old six pack back, then ditch this job and apply for an internship at the farm. Sorry Grist, but I think I can really make a real difference there.

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Great ideas all around

PCD sounds like a bright (and handsome) lad who likes his job and is respected by his colleagues and whoever he works for should treat him to various rounds of drinks at the next holiday party  :)

I'm amazed at Umbra's answer and all the responses to this query, I didn't know how much was involved in wondering about something that really just takes up .0001% of my daily decision process, but with all the pots my co-workers and I go through, I'm sure the energy it takes to meet our consumption is equally amazing.

I personally like the giant thermos idea, especially if I can just take a kings ransom of coffee and horde it for my own caffeine infused greediness, not to mention that although nuking the remaining java would make me feel better about things, I'm in the school of not zapping the delicious organic beans that Tom selflessly brings to the office regularly. Anyway, it's a great holiday gift idea for whoever has stake in my happiness (friends, girlfriend, mom, that's a hint!)On Umbra on reheating coffee posted 2 years ago 20 Responses

Olbermann

Love every minute of his smackdowns, but I wished he used more of that passion when he commentates on NBC's "Football Night in America", especially for the hated Patriots "camera gate". Go 'hawks!On One show for dumb guys and one for smart guys posted 2 years, 2 months ago 3 Responses

Power use for device check mechanism

You know, I've been thinking about that. I know that some device chargers initiate a device check, and will not charge unless the device is "approved" to be charged. You see this allot in AC adapters for laptop devices (Dell is notorious for doing this). I wonder if holds true with mobile phones as well (especially "smart" phones). But a line test would be an interesting experiment to do. You've found out yourself of various devices around you place that use wattage, I personally am curious about similar things around my apartment. On Unused mobile power adapters still use energy posted 2 years, 6 months ago 5 Responses

Technorealism

It's been interesting to see these discussions over the last 48 hours. I will have to admit that the Technology Review article and my corresponding
post about it is a bit "cheerleaderish", a trap that many technocrats tend to fall into. But I would like to assert that within the context of eco-technologies, there has been a slow but steady paradigm shift in the increase of research and development, or at the least, media attention to it.

I believe that people who are dialed in and know what's at stake in all this will not "avoid" any personal or community change on their part, and just want to wait until some miracle technology comes out of the techno-ether to save      
their skins. Remember, it was the use of industrial based technologies that got us in this mess in the first place, and if we are to learn anything for this period in human development, it that we all should be mindful of the external effects any technology will have on the eco-system.

That said, current and future technologies will have a role in solving this crisis. As part of the "triple threat" of policy and lifestyle change, technological change must and will happen. And I think as technology users, I believe that we at least have to be aware of what's out there in development, and add that knowledge to whatever personal and community based commitment we place on ourselves to help out.  On The seductive lure of toys that promise solutions without change posted 2 years, 7 months ago 39 Responses

Thor from "The Ultimates"

"Ultimate Thor" is more cooler, kookier and progressive than most Marvel Heroes.On And I'm not talking about the Green Lantern or Green Arrow posted 2 years, 8 months ago 7 Responses

Good question

Janis:

To answer that, it's good to compare the Z1 to a server of similar capacity. For example, the Dell PowerEdge 840 workgroup server was designed to do pretty much the same jobs as the Z1 (small business level file serving, email, low to mid-traffic web server, etc).

According to Dell's Spec Sheet, the PowerEdge 840 runs at 420 Watts, almost ten times that of the Z1 (it's not toaster difference, but what is?). To Dell's defense, the Spec sheet does not give any information regarding energy saving features that may come bundled with the machine, but at risk of being to presumptuous, I doubt they can beat 1 Watt in idle mode.On British-built server up for big award posted 2 years, 9 months ago 6 Responses

Green SLC

MSNBC profiled the majoy of Salt Lake City and his move to along with other majors in other cities to get off the pine bench and initiate some green solutions without federal mandate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16271791/

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