Sunday, September 25, 2005

Tree Tree. [BrainFuel] 9:50:18 PM

No One is To Blame - Howard Jones This is the song right now. Why this song? I have no idea - but the Summer/Fall 2005 song comes to us from Howard Jones. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002H2F/ref=m_art_li_2/103-3582884-8264622?v=glance&s=music So over the next couple of weeks, simply listen to this song and you will be among the very top coolest people! - Editor No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones You can look at the menu, but you just can't eat You can feel the cushion, but you can't have a seat You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim You can feel the punishment, but you can't commit the sin CHORUS: And you want her, and she wants you We want everyone And you want her and she wants you No one, no one, no one ever is to blame You can build a mansion, but you just can't live in it You're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win Some break the rules, and let you cut the cost The insecurity is the thing that won't get lost CHORUS You can see the summit but you can't reach it It's the last piece of the puzzle but you just can't make it fit Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain CHORUS No one ever is to blame No one ever is to blame 8:14:54 PM

Literature, Found in a Box Literature, found in a Box. This is one of the very few books where I only got to page seventeen. [The Cartoonist] 4:44:48 PM

Networks of Energy Microgrids Networks of Energy Microgrids. BBC Technology -- Small networks of power generators in "microgrids" could transform the electricity network in the way that the net changed distributed communication. That is one of the conclusions of a Southampton University project scoping out the feasibility of microgrids for power generation and distribution. Microgrids are small community networks that supply electricity and heat. They could make substantial savings, and emissions cuts with no major changes to lifestyles, researchers say. Electricity suppliers are aiming to meet the UK government's Renewables Obligation, requiring them to generate 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2015. Microgrids, say the researchers, could easily integrate alternative energy production, such as wind or solar, into the electricity network. They could also make substantial savings and cuts to emissions without major changes to lifestyles, according to lead researcher, Dr Tom Markvart. "This would save something like 20 to 30% of our emissions with hardly anyone knowing it," he told the BBC News website. "A microgrid is a collection of small generators for a collection of users in close proximity," explained Dr Markvart, whose research appears in the Royal Academy of Engineering's Ingenia magazine. "It supplies heat through the household, but you already have cables in the ground, so it is easy to construct an electricity network. Then you create some sort of control network." That network could be made into a smart grid using more sophisticated software and grid computing technologies. As an analogy, the microgrids could work like peer-to-peer file-sharing technologies, such as BitTorrents, where demand is split up and shared around the network of "users". (09/25/05) [Synergic Earth News] 4:39:09 PM

Portmeirion, Snowdonia & Wales Portmeirion, Snowdonia & Wales. Dyfrlliwiau a printiau'r arlunydd Rob Piercy o Borthmadog, Gogledd Cymru. Yn cynnwys lluniau o Eryri, Portmeirion, Ardal y Llynnoedd a'r Alban. [The Cartoonist] 9:14:10 AM

Mr. Bali Hi - En Route to Cleveland Tiki Pinball Serendipity. When my wife and I decided to build our home tiki bar, we both agreed that it had to have a pinball machine. Since I managed an arcade for a couple of years, I have a lot of experience restoring and repairing pins, so I figured I'd pick up something old and cheap, then fix it up. Well, thanks to Jaime over at the Nonist, my plans changed slightly when he sent me the above image of the backglass art for a 1973 Bally pinball called...wait for it...Bali Hi! I knew immediately that this was the one-true pinball machine that the Tiki Gods themselves had decreed be enshrined in my bar. Unfortunately, this particular machine is quite rare, only 80 units were ever built, so I had resigned myself to a long and arduous search, but lo and behold, all it took was a bit of Googling and the pinball of my tropical-fever dreams was staring me right in the face on eBay! There was only one catch: the seller lives in Cleveland, and he's unable to ship it to me here in Western Wisconsin. Well, to make this long story short, after exchanging a few e-mails with the gentleman, I decided that I was just going to have to bite the bullet and embark upon a 1400-mile roundtrip to Ohio next weekend to bring Bali-Hai back to the place ordained for it. Yes, I've gone completely insane. Thank you, and goodnight. [Eye of the Goof] 8:51:55 AM