Politics
House #1 A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas — add on a pool, a pool house and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill
Humor
Turn regular bathwater into a colorful goo that kids can play in!
Misc
I have often wondered about the many “opt out” registries I have heard about on TV and online. The World Privacy Forum has compiled their list of 10 most important “opt outs”. This list has been scrubbed of scams and scammers. As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting
Personal
Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says
Gadgets
If you’ve shopped for an HDTV, a PlayStation 3, or an HD-DVD or Blu-ray player, you’ve probably heard about HDMI. It can seem like just one of many connections on televisions or home-theater receivers. But HDMI is more than a port on the back of a TV (and
Misc
Alexander Rose from the Long Now Foundation write about a recent visit to the LDS Geneology vaults at Granite Mountain outside of Salt Lake City. Wired Magazine did an extensive article on this in 1999. Since I began working on the 10,000 Year Clock project, and associated Library projects