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EvaporativeFridge

EvaporativeFridge
Source: madteckhead.com
This project is focused on alternatives to energy intensive, non-renewable fridges. Specific attention is currently evaporative fridge techniques.
I made something today. Bit crude but a prototype never the less.

My Sharehouse - Share House Management System - Bill Payment, Task Assignment, Reminders
My Sharehouse - Share House Management System - Bill Payment, Task Assignment, Reminders
Source: www.mysharehouse.com...
My Sharehouse is the first ever free website created to make the running of your share house a breeze. It is designed to evenly distribute responsibility and keep track of rent, bill payments and tasks for every member of the house.
Something useful?!?

Touchscreen turntables, scratching without vinyl - Hack a Day
Touchscreen turntables, scratching without vinyl - Hack a Day
Source: www.hackaday.com
While we were researching the AudioCubes, we ran into this amazing DJ system by designer [Scott Hobbs]. He calls it the ATTIGO TT, and it uses two touchscreens to simulate the turntables on a conventional system. ...
the bomb, but it still aint vinyl. o vinyl, how I miss you....*sigh*

Floating rubbish dump in Pacific Ocean 'bigger than US' | The Courier-Mail
Floating rubbish dump in Pacific Ocean 'bigger than US' | The Courier-Mail
Source: www.news.com.au
IT has been described as the world's largest rubbish dump, or the Pacific plastic soup, and it is starting to alarm scientists. It is a vast area of floating plastic debris.

A Haunting Live Soap Opera: A Surveillance ScreenSaver
A Haunting Live Soap Opera: A Surveillance ScreenSaver
Source: slorker.com
SurveillanceSaver is a screensaver which shows live images of over 400 network surveillance cameras worldwide. Yep, when your computer is idle you'll get to
twisted like ... twisties

Making energy use visible :: Architectures of Control | Design with Intent
Making energy use visible :: Architectures of Control | Design with Intent
Source: architectures.danloc...
By Dan Lockton
eye candy with a twist

Welcome | BIOTA Spring Water
Welcome | BIOTA Spring Water
Source: www.biotaspringwater...
this is da bomb

Vestergaard Frandsen :: Home
Vestergaard Frandsen :: Home
Source: www.vestergaard-fran...
Vestergaard Frandsen is a rapidly growing company founded in Denmark in 1957. We specialise in complex emergency response and disease control textiles, with a focus on waterborne and vector-borne disease.
everything seems interesting today... sorry

DIY KYOTO
DIY KYOTO
Source: www.diykyoto.com
I’m the award-winning way to help you save money and do some good for the environment. With my friend holmes, I help you cut energy use and reduce your electricity bill by up to 20%.
more things to buy

Welcome | BIOTA Spring Water
Welcome | BIOTA Spring Water
Source: www.biotaspringwater...
Word dog!

Main Page - DocuWiki
Main Page - DocuWiki
Source: docuwiki.net
It started as an offspring of the MVGroup documentary forum in order to make the contents easier to find and index as well as browsing documentaries by subject or finding related entries.
simply great

Udaipur & breathtaking Ajanta and Ellora Caves (Vodcast)
Udaipur & breathtaking Ajanta and Ellora Caves (Vodcast)
Source: www.madteckhead.com
Goodbye Rajasthan, hello Maharashtra! Our final destination in Rajasthan is Udaipur, home of James Bond, Octopussy and some beautiful castles. After an awe inspiring day trip around Udaipur looking at ...
interesting low light travel photograpgy

Jaisalmer, The Golden City of Dreams (Vodcast)
Jaisalmer, The Golden City of Dreams (Vodcast)
Source: www.youtube.com
Vodcast: Our favorite city so far, coupled with a 3 day camel safari in the surrounding Great Thar Desert. Small with 60,000 people and constructed entirely of sand stone. There is a fairy tale sand castle fort that rises up from the city. ...
Our travel vodcast on Youtube. You can also find it at http://madteckhead.com if you want to look at other interesting stuff I've been up to. Smiles. N

Pushkar Peace (Vodcast)
Pushkar Peace (Vodcast)
Source: www.youtube.com
Vodcast: Pushkar town of a holy lake and pilgrims and tourists galore (and the inevitable touts). A small and colorful change from the big smog. Pushkar was the town where we finally got over 5AM wakeup calls to photograph the sunrise :). ...
Our travel vodcast on Youtube. You can also find it at http://madteckhead.com if you want to look at other interesting stuff I've been up to. Smiles. N

Jaipur (Pink City), Sunrise, Agra (Sights) & Shopping
Jaipur (Pink City), Sunrise, Agra (Sights) & Shopping
Source: www.youtube.com
The adventures continue with sunrise at Jaipur, the pink city. The Taj Mahal in Agra, and a Fort in Fatehpur Sikri. Includes some shopping in Jaipur and nature photography at Tiger Fort. All round our best effort at a vodcast to date. ...

www.madteckhead.com
www.madteckhead.com
Source: www.madteckhead.com
Jaipur (Pink City), Sunrise, Agra (Sights) & Shopping

The adventures continue with sunrise at Jaipur, the pink city. The Taj Mahal in Agra, and a Fort in Fatehpur Sikri. Includes some shopping in Jaipur and nature photography at Tiger Fort. All round our best effort at a vodcast to date. Well worth a look.

www.madteckhead.com
www.madteckhead.com
Source: www.madteckhead.com
My spiff new travel vodcast, live from India... on occasion ;)

India Adventure Bliss by Nathan & Ellie
India Adventure Bliss by Nathan & Ellie
Source: triptracker.net
Ellie & Nathan continue their overland adventures within India. Spending 2 and a half months making our way from north to south... that's about the extent of our plans at this stage ;).
Great site, complete with map, text and photo integration for your viewing pleasure. Now If I can just get these dodge computers to upload my photos. Hmm...

Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports
Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports
Source: www.sleepinginairpor...
For travellers looking to save money on travel expenses, why not consider sleeping in the airport, train station and other strange places? It's free!
haha... for those disorganized travelers over summer

Idea Lab - Clean Air Act - Environment - Pollution - Lead - Gasoline - Crime Rate - New York Times
Idea Lab - Clean Air Act - Environment - Pollution - Lead - Gasoline - Crime Rate - New York Times
Source: www.nytimes.com
Was getting the lead out of gasoline a factor in the drop in crime?
well who would have thought. lead = brain damage. What else are fumes from car responsible for... bring on the hybrids!

Argentines 'auction' (via eBay) votes online
Argentines 'auction' (via eBay) votes online
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
One of the voters, Martin Minue, a doctor from the northern province of Rioja, told a newspaper it was his way to protest against useless politicians.

Cheat Neutral
Cheat Neutral
Source: www.youtube.com
Follow the founders of cheatneutral.com to the BBC, Parliament and the high street as they try to convince the public and the media to take them seriously...

The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
Source: www.wired.com
And so the clock starts and the taillights flare, and they're off again, strapped down, fueled up, and bound on an outlaw enterprise with 2,795 miles of interstate and some 31,000 highway cops between them and the all-time speed record for crossing the American continent on four wheels.
Not my usual thing, but a good read if you like gadgets and fast cars.

Dust Echoes
Dust Echoes
Source: www.abc.net.au
The new black...

Sticking it to l'homme: Canadian co-op forms own ISP : Page 1
Sticking it to l'homme: Canadian co-op forms own ISP : Page 1
Source: arstechnica.com
Some ISPs simply discourage end users from offering WiFi connections to neighbors; most explicitly rule it out in their terms of service. But a small Canadian ISP called Wireless Nomad actually requires it.
An ISP Co-op... Great idea! Australias ISP's are so up tight!

Chinese internet censorship machine revealed - Internet - www.itnews.com.au
Chinese internet censorship machine revealed - Internet - www.itnews.com.au
Source: www.itnews.com.au
The Chinese government has instituted an elaborate system for Internet censorship that employs tens of thousands of censors and police responsible for maintaining control over the flow of information, a report released by international free press advocates showed..
Wow... scary.

Flash » The End of the World
Flash » The End of the World
Source: www.albinoblacksheep.com
haha... it is really no laughing matter... but I can't help it.

Deconstructing Dinner
Deconstructing Dinner
Source: kootenaycoopradio.co...
Produced and recorded in the studios of Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia, Deconstructing Dinner reports on current issues throughout the world of food, with a primary focus on local, regional and provincial issues.
Should be interesting... they do say that food brings people together after all.

Supermarket Flashmob
Supermarket Flashmob
Source: www.youtube.com
On Wednesday 14th March around 50 Manchester students attempted a mass freeze frame in Sainsbury's, fallowfield lasting four minutes. Five cameras captured the event.
O the serenity...

100 Person Flashmob Randomly Chasing After People
100 Person Flashmob Randomly Chasing After People
Source: www.youtube.com
This TV-show name is "Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga deru Terebi" (TV taking heart with Genius Takeshi, known as Genki TV). TV host is Takeshi Kitano. This clip is called 'Troop of One Hundred', where a 100 people chase after random strangers and you see their reactions. ...
O so funny... my tummy hurts.

Cigarette additives - SourceWatch
Cigarette additives - SourceWatch
Source: www.sourcewatch.org
Following is a list of the 599 potential cigarette additives that the five major American cigarette companies submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1994. The list used to be confidential, and
Haha

Languages Racing to Extinction in 5 Global "Hotspots"
Languages Racing to Extinction in 5 Global "Hotspots"
Source: news.nationalgeograp...
Experts are warning of a "global extinction crisis" of the world's languages and have identified five hotspots where tongues are vanishing most rapidly.Video: ...
If languages are a medium for thought this is not such great news... (like most news). Seems we might be loosing valuable ways on knowing embedded in languages as metaphors and so much more. Booo... to Globalisation, Yay to localization!

Vote For My Photo Contest Entry
Vote For My Photo Contest Entry
Source: apps.facebook.com
I submitted this photo to a Facebook photo contest, and need all of you to vote for me so I can win! The top prize is a $25 Amazon gift card.
This is my first Contest Entry. Please vote or share the item if you have time. Thanks Nathan.

Paul Hawken "The Long Green" Seminar About Long Term Thinking
Paul Hawken "The Long Green" Seminar About Long Term Thinking
Source: video.google.com.au
Set an hour aside when you have a decent concentration span and are feeling a little academic... but well worth the watch

Internet Uses 9.4% of U.S. Electricity, According to Uclue Research
Internet Uses 9.4% of U.S. Electricity, According to Uclue Research
Source: www.prweb.com
PR: Equipment powering the internet accounts for 9.4% of electricity demand in the U.S., and 5.3% of global demand, according to new research from Uclue.com. (PRWEB) September 25, 2007 -- Equipment powering ...
Do the maths and find out what the environmental impact is of having the internet around is. ;p

Police wiki lets you write the law - New Zealand, world, sport, business & entertainment news on ...
Police wiki lets you write the law - New Zealand, world, sport, business & entertainment news on ...
Source: www.stuff.co.nz
Due to a new wiki launched by New Zealand police, members of the public can now contribute to the drafting of the new policing act. "People are calling it 'extreme democracy' and perhaps it is," said NZ Police Superintendent Hamish McCardle
More power to the people!

Gentrification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gentrification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Gentrification, or urban gentrification, is a phenomenon in which low-cost, physically deteriorated neighborhoods undergo physical renovation and an increase in property values, along with an influx of wealthier residents who may displace the prior residents.[1][2]
How is West End changing over time? What will the phenomenon of gentrification leave in its place will there be a new West End somewhere else? What is good and bad about the process?

Just some food for thought...N

From The Magazine : Radar Online : Cory Doctorow imagines a world in which Google is evil
From The Magazine : Radar Online : Cory Doctorow imagines a world in which Google is evil
Source: www.radaronline.com
"Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him." —Cardinal Richelieu
*Cough* Facebook *Cough*

What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
Source: www.youtube.com
Two thirds of all energy generated in the UK's nuclear, coal and gas fuelled power stations is lost as waste heat - that's enough heat to meet the whole of the UK's heating and hot water needs. Greenpeace ...
Informative short piece... quite relevant to Oz

My Photoblog :: The Darkroom @ lightfootphotos.com
My Photoblog :: The Darkroom @ lightfootphotos.com
Source: www.vuvox.com
Some inspiring photos of mother nature at her best (and various other thing) from Travels aboard. Just a sample visit the Photoblog, for more photos & high-res images visit lightfootphotos.com/photoblog. Let me know your thoughts!
Some of the choice photos from our 20,000km over land to Germany last summer. Passing through Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, China, Russia, Lithuania and Poland. You can use them under a creative commons license (with permission).

madteckhead.com
madteckhead.com
Source: madteckhead.com
Online I live here. Drop by sometime.

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