Part I of this blog series discussed LED lighting as a viable option for future lighting needs. While the use of LED lights has been primarily for outdoor lighting, there are plenty of reasons why LEDs may be a more attractive option for lighting up homes as well.
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We've talked about how to comment, but there's still some confusion about these mysterious #tags. What are they all about? Well, to put it simply: They're the most fun you could have with a comment system.
#broken, #whitenoise, #tips, #lifechanger, #whateveryouwant. You'll see plenty of these tags in the comments. Each of them links to a corresponding tagpage which is like a forum of sorts. You can contribute to one of those pages by using the box right next to the Gizmodo logo. Just enter whatever tag you want to use, be it #tips or some silly secret tagpage you decide to create and tada! You've just made a whole new tagpage linked to your tag. If you ever want to view what's on a certain tag's page, just head to gizmodo.com/tag/TYPEATAGHERE.
How can this all be fun though? Well, I asked some of the commenters in #whitenoise to share their favorite tags and what they're for. Here's what they came up with:
I'm sure there are plenty of tags that I've yet to discover—or maybe some secret ones that small groups of commenters are keeping to themselves—and that's half the fun. The tagpages are your way to have a corner of Gizmodo to call your own. Heck, you can make a tag for #yourusername if you want.
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Yesterday someone expressed sorrow about forgetting to pack books when he moved to a new city and I felt my heart break on his behalf. I can't imagine life without being surrounded by shelves of books. But should I?
Globe and Mail's Russell Smith wrote a piece entitled "A Lament for the Bookshelf," and in it he contemplates how it appears that books are slowly taking a similar path to the one CDs once took—from racks of plastic discs to libraries full of digital files. More and more people are reaching for ebook readers and sending books through email, IRC, torrents, or gifting them in the form of links.
Does this mean that old-fashioned bookworms like me a dying breed? Was it weird to head to Amazon and place an order of essential books to be shipped to my fellow book lover's doorstep? Should I have sent ebooks instead? [Globe and Mail via NYT]
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Daniele Lombardi – The bad boys of piano
March 11 – 14, 2010
Teatro Nazionale - Roma
Nuovo appuntamentocon la danza al Teatro Nazionale con il titolo “Daniele Lombardi – The bad boys of piano” I ragazzacci del pianoforte, titolo che si ispira all’autobiografia di George Antheil, The bad boy of music, spiritoso ed interessante spaccato di vita parigina degli anni Venti. Una escursione nella musica del “Futurismo” in forma di concerto pianistico, realizzazione scenica di balletto ed altre sorprese, un omaggio al movimento omonimo che prese il via dal Manifesto di Fondazione del Futurismo di Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, scritto cento anni or sono e che provocò in pochi anni una incredibile produzione in tutte le Arti in una apertura sulla modernità e la sperimentazione internazionale.
Spettacolo con l’Architettura scenica di Franco Purini, i costumi di Anna Biagiotti, la regia di Beppe Menegatti, la Consulenza musicale di Francesco Sodini, il Disegno luci di Patrizio Maggi. Interpreti dello spettacolo la danzatrice Carla Fracci, l’attrice Olimpia Carlisi, nel doppio ruolo di coreografa-interprete Ileana Citaristi nota per lo studio e la ricerca sui due stili di danza classica indiana, l’attore Italo Dall’Orto, Tadashi Endo anch’egli nel doppio ruolo di coreografo-interprete e noto per aver fuso le tradizioni teatrali di danza Orientali e Occidentali, e i danzatori Massimo Garon, ospite del Teatro, Gaia Straccamore, Guido Pistoni, Vito Mazzeo e Damiano Mongelli del Corpo di Ballo del Teatro dell’Opera. La prima rappresentazione giovedì 11 alle 20.30, le repliche venerdì 12 alle 11 per le scuole, sabato 13 alle 18 e domenica 14 alle 16.30.
I did not receive today's Daily Digest, March 8, 2010.
Is there a way to "force" a download, to call it up, so to speak. Thanks.
Libertarian Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher was one of the first prominent elected officials to call on the Military to drop charges against the three Navy Seals, on trial for allegedly punching an Islamic Terrorist in the stomach.
From the Chicago Tribune, March 8:
The charges against the SEALS stem from the alleged mistreatment of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the accused mastermind behind the 2004 ambush and slaughter of four American security contractors whose bodies were dragged through the streets of Fallujah. The SEALS captured Abed in September.
One of the SEALs, Matthew McCabe, is accused of striking Abed in the midsection, and all three are charged with dereliction of duty for failing to safeguard the detainee.
Rohrabacher and other GOP lawmakers have called the trio "heros" not criminals.
Now another libertarian-leaning Republican has come to the defense of the Seals.
From Sarah Palin's Facebook page:
Stand Up for SEALs Standing Up for Us
First the Obama Administration opened up the possibility of prosecuting CIA interrogators doing their jobs seeking information from terrorists. Then they tried to go after the Bush Administration lawyers who acted in good faith to protect us in the months after 9/11. Now some of the military brass are court-martialing three brave Navy SEALs for allegedly throwing a single punch at Iraqi terrorist leader Ahmed Hashim Abed. This is wrong. The Washington Times got it right: Save the SEALs.
These brave warriors belong in combat, not in the courthouse. They captured the most wanted terrorist in Iraq. We may never know how many other heroic missions they undertook on behalf of our country. The charges should be dropped, and they should be returned to their unit – with our gratitude for their service.
Stand up for the SEALs who are standing up for us!
- Sarah Palin
Maybe sleep deprivation finally got to me or maybe these are really the cutest Android pillows I've ever seen. I just wanna grab a pair and snuggle up for a quick nap.
The pillows measure twelve by twelve inches, are handcrafted, and can be purchased for twenty bucks a piece. [Etsy via Technabob]
Americans have the impression that Democrats are the AntiWar Party
From Eric Dondero:
During the 2008 campaign, at the height of American concerns over winning the War in Iraq, and well into 2009, the two parties were completely tied on the polling question which party is better able to handle National Security. Now a brand new poll released Monday, shows the GOP has opened up a "massive gap," over the Democrats on that same question.
From the Washington Times, March 8:
On the national security front, a massive gap has emerged, with 50 percent of likely voters saying Republicans would likely do a better job than Democrats, a 14-point swing since May. Thirty-three percent favored Democrats.
"The erosion since May is especially strong among women, and among independents, who now favor Republicans on this question by a 56 to 20 percent margin," the pollsters said in their findings.
A May 2009 survey by the pollsters found the public saw the Democratic and Republican parties as equally able to handle national security (41 percent trusted Democrats more, and 43 percent trusted Republicans more.) On conducting the war on terrorism, the two parties were tied at 41 percent.
The poll finds other devastating news for the Democrats.
In the wake of the Ft. Hood shooter, and the Christmas Day bomber, and growing concerns among Americans over Islamic Terrorism, the poll finds, an even wider gap.
"Keeping America safe": Democrats now trail by 13 points (34 percent to 47 percent.) The gap was just 5 points in July 2008.
Gays in the Military has become a cause celebre' among Democrats. The Obama administration has recently allowed female sailors on Navy submarines. Under Obama, "multiculturalism," and recruiting and retaining Muslim recruits is now amongst the highest of priorities of the Armed Services. And now these same poll numbers show Americans believe the Obama administration and Democrats to be less friendly to the US Military, than Republicans.
And the margin isn't even close.
"Ensuring a strong military": Democrats trail by 31 points (27 percent to 58 percent.)
Dems take classes to learn how to "Talk Tough!" on Terror
So how are the Democrats in Congress reacting to the harsh news of this new poll? They're sending some of the members in tight races to a "National Security class," to learn how to "talk tough" on terrorism and on other key national security issues. The "Third Way" class is being run by national security moderate Rep. Jane Harmen of California, along with consultants and pollsters. Ironically, Harmen had been shunned by the administration and leftwing Democrats in 2008 and 2009 for views judged "too rightwing," on foreign policy matters.
Attendees to the class learn how to use key phrases that will win swing voters concerned about Defense-related issues.
For example, Democrats learn how to say "I’m going to fight for American interests abroad." Whereas a Republicans would generally say, "I’m going to fight to defend American values."
Responds Ken Spain, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee in Politico:
"The fact that Democrats have to train their own candidates on how to talk about defending America is an indictment not just of their candidates but of their policies, as well. Our candidates’ message is simple: Stop treating terrorists like common criminals, don’t import terrorists into our communities and listen to our military and intelligence officials instead of attacking them."
Scientists have developed a new type of semiconductor structure—using microscopic crystals called magnetic quantum dots—that could more than double current hard drive storage capacity. That's just for starters.
The crystals themselves aren't new; they've been around for over a decade in computer chips, solar cells, and LEDs, according to CBC News. This particular application, though, is unprecedented:
The new work, reported today in the journal Nature Materials, describes a class of quantum dots that not only control electrons, but also have good magnetic properties allowing them to read the electron's spin.
The research team claims it's the first successful synthesis of magnetic quantum dots above room temperature.
The breakthrough came after two years of research, when the team was able to get the right concentration of manganese combined with the germanium matrix of the quantum dot. Makes perfect sense! But however high-level the science, the end result is clear: a new breed of semiconductor could be on the way, bringing with it speed, efficiency, and storage increases bordering on the exponential. The only question now is how long? [CBC News]
Tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM PST Cisco Systems will be making an announcement which will "forever change the Internet." This means we've got a nearly all night to speculate, make bets, and daydream of life changing technologies. [ZDNet]
According to Microsoft, Pivot's "a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online," enabling "spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of [invisible] patterns and links." According to me, it's awesome.
Pivot allows you to create and access data collections made from massive amounts of web information in a visual way. It keeps the same interface independently of the content of the collection, allowing you to dive in the data with ease, zoom out, reorder the collection in any way you want, filter data with one click, and establish relationships between different data sets with ease.
To do this, it uses meta-information within an open XML structure to make those collections—which vary in complexity. Then it allows the user to manipulate the data view using Seadragon, a display technology specifically designed to move around titanic amounts of data and graphics in real time.
Like Windows Phone 7 or Natal, Pivot shows that Microsoft is using those research doublons in creating truly amazing stuff these days. Download and try it in your PC now. Unfortunately, there's no Mac OS X version yet. [Microsoft Pivot]
The fiscal conservative ticket of John Kasich and Mary Taylor now have a commanding lead over embattled incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland.
From Rasmussen late last night:
Republican challenger John Kasich has extended his lead over incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland to 11 points in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Ohio voters finds Kasich leading Strickland 49% to 38%. Six percent (6%) prefer another candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.
Last month, Kasich held a six-point lead - 47% to 41% - over Strickland...
Ohio is currently suffering from an 11% unemployment rate. Kasich and Taylor (current State Auditor) are promising a lean budget and a reduction, and possible elimination of the state income tax to boost economic growth.
Critics have charged Strickland with special favors for unions, cronyism in state appointments, and even covering up of Ohio voter fraud to help Obama's presidential campaign.
What, you've got a broken, old computer, but what you really want is a shiny, new hookah? Well, with a little bit of effort you can turn that old gadget into some peculiar-looking smoking paraphernalia. [Instructables via Nerd Approved]
Good day to all CR4 Members,
I'm no expert on Sewage treatment plant but given a task to conduct preliminary plant sizing. I can easily arrived on the flow rate (m³/day).
Does anyone of you gents have rule of thumb on the plant space? say m²/m³ of sewage? I know that the plant space will b
Today the EPA approved a permit for surface coal mining in Ohio. This is a big blow to the environment, to future generations of Americans, and to the natural resources of the United States.  This is our country, but it seems that Big Coal and other polluters feel they own it, and can ruin our country however they wish.
Read more about this ruling and listen to Lisa Jackson speak at the National Press Club at Climate Files Radio.
The press release for this decision is here.
EPA Approves Ohio Surface Coal Mine — “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded its review of a Clean Water Act permit application for Oxford Mining Company’s proposed Kaiser Mathias mine in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and has approved the project.”
This is the EPA not relying on science for its decisions. This is the EPA stalling a real decision on surface coal mining, while global warming continues to escalate and the government officials spin their wheels in Washington. Lisa Jackson claims the EPA cannot regulate coal mining. That’s not ‘Yes We Can’, that’s a weak excuse to allow coal lobbyists to continue their choke-hold over the federal government. They are selling out future generations for more coal profits.
It’s time we take our country — literally — back from the polluters.
I want to know which cars use the PM camshafts
There have been allegations that someone's been supplying online retailer Newegg with fake Intel Core i7 processors and then proceeding to threaten anyone who reports on the issue. Here's what Newegg has to say:
Newegg is currently conducting a thorough investigation surrounding recent shipments of questionable Intel Core i7-920 CPUs purchased from Newegg.com.
Initial information we received from our supplier, IPEX, stated that they had mistakenly shipped us "demo units." We have since come to discover the CPUs were counterfeit and are terminating our relationship with this supplier. Contrary to any speculation, D&H Distributing is not the vendor that supplied us with the Intel Core i7-920 CPUs in question.
Newegg's top priority is to proactively reach out to all customers who may have been affected to ensure their absolute satisfaction. We have already sent out a number of replacement units and are doing everything in our power to resolve the matter promptly and with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers.
We have always taken pride in providing an exceptional experience for each customer, and we apologize for any inconvenience to our valued customers. We take matters like this extremely seriously, and are working in close cooperation with Intel and the appropriate law enforcement authorities to thoroughly investigate this incident.
Kudos to Newegg for handling the entire matter so well and apparently taking good care of the customers affected.
