It's hardly a new option, but I've got to give the thumbs up to Australia Post's Express Post Platinum, which got me out of a document delivery jam yesterday when
On August 1, at REI stores and at the REI web site, trail runners and hikers from newcomer Environmentally Neutral Design (END) go on sale for between $60 and $90 a pair. Recycled content sneakers END, a start-up in
I have a lot of issues with granite countertops, the cherry on top of the McMansion sundae; they are heavy, expensive and cost a lot to ship. I have heard stories of Brazilian granite being shipped to China for
In Hersh’s most recent article, he reports that this meeting occurred in the wake of the overblown incident in the Strait of Hormuz, when a U.S. carrier almost shot at a few small Iranian speedboats. The “meeting took place in the Vice-President’s office. ‘The subject was how to create a casus belli between Tehran and Washington,’” according to one of Hersh’s sources.During the journalism conference event, I asked Hersh specifically about this meeting and if he could elaborate on what occurred. Hersh explained that, during the meeting in Cheney’s office, an idea was considered to dress up Navy Seals as Iranians, put them on fake Iranian speedboats, and shoot at them. This idea, intended to provoke an Iran war, was ultimately rejected:Watch it:HERSH: There was a dozen ideas proffered about how to trigger a war. The one that interested me the most was why don’t we build — we in our shipyard — build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats. Put Navy seals on them with a lot of arms. And next time one of our boats goes to the St...
A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the first Olympic games, researchers said on Wednesday. The Antikythera Mechanism was retrieved from a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901, an example of the technological prowess of the ancient Greeks. Researchers reporting in the journal Nature said they had now discovered that the device, made at the end of the 2nd century BC, used an intricate set of bronze gearwheels, dials and inscriptions to set the games' date. The ancient Olympic Games, which marked the start of a four-year timespan called an Olympiad, began on the full moon closest to the summer solstice, which meant calculating the timing required expertise in astronomy. Using three-dimensional, X-ray technology, researchers deciphered tiny inscriptions buried inside the device's fragmented brass pieces that pointed to its Olympic role.
I've got a theory: no one can create a better search engine than Google, simply because Google does not only search websites, but - through its domination
The American Fitness Index has been released by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), complete with sexy interactive graphics; San Francisco is first, Seattle is second, Boston is third. (complete list is below the fold) And, to nobody's
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Japan continues to hunt hundreds of whales each year in our backyard, the Southern Ocean, on the pretext of scientific research. Bluetongue Brewery wants Aus...
Disposable batteries bad. Rechargeable batteries good. Human-powered recharging of batteries excellent. Weighing only 90g (3oz) this wind-up charger, comes with adaptors to fit many models of mobile cell phones including Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and Siemens. You’ll get either 30-60
Wildlife Warriors Worldwide is the new name of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Conservation. The name was changed to better reflect the broad group of people, corporations and foundations who will be supporting the exciting conservation programs. Steve is now involved as our patron, along with Terri, and we are lucky enough to receive support from Australia Zoo to cover our administration costs..., that way public donations can be applied directly to the conservation and preservation of wildlife.
Over at the TipNut blog, they've rounded up 20 supposedly disposable items and how to reuse them, in ways both common (newspapers for kitty litter liners) and unique (greasing
Tomm Stanley is the author of The Big Tree at George and Charlotte's House and Going Solar. He has provided us with some great green tips thus far and we are happy he has submitted another video for our