July 2011

PEak Dirt

26 July 2011

Then, there’s what Grantham calls “the real bugbear” — soil. We don’t often hear predictions of markets in soil or wars fought over soil, but soil erosion caused by deforestation becomes a vicious circle, he writes. History is rich with examples of erosion, mainly due to plowing.
via FT Alphaville » Grantham on looming peak dirt.
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How To Stay Cool In Hot Weather

22 July 2011

With the Heat Dome sitting on top of the Eastern US there is going to be a lot of heat related issues.
You need to stay cool or you’ll suffer from Heat Exhaustion or even Heat Stroke. If you stop sweating you are in trouble.
1. Stay Hydrated
The most important thing is to drink plenty of water. [...]

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Drought Creating Surplus Of Cattle At Auction, Beef Prices May Jump « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

21 July 2011

“I’m holding right now, but I don’t know, if I don’t get some water, can’t hold, can’t keep on a holding,” said Larry Springfield, a cattle raiser in Springtown. “They’re out of feed, they’re out of pasture, they’re out of water, so what else are you going to do with them.”
via Drought Creating Surplus Of [...]

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Human Space Flight Web Gallery

20 July 2011

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon!”
–Brandt Paul
Human Space Flight Web Gallery.
Happy Apollo Day!

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Can I Take My Kindle to the Beach? – What to Do if Sand Gets in Your iPad – Popular Mechanics

19 July 2011

For spots out of reach, we recommend getting a shaving brush or another with similarly soft bristles, such as a toothbrush, which will allow you to get into the tiny cracks and sweep out sand without damaging circuits. Soft bristles also ensure that you don’t scratch important components.
If brushes can’t get everything, move on to [...]

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The truth about NASA’s space tech spinoffs – Technology & science – Innovation – msnbc.com

18 July 2011

“We didn’t know that by building the space shuttle main engines we’d also get a new implantable heart device,” Lockney said. “There’s also a bunch of stuff we don’t know we’re going to learn, which leads to serendipitous spinoffs.”
via The truth about NASA’s space tech spinoffs – Technology & science – Innovation – msnbc.com.
 
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Working Iron: A Primer on Blacksmithing | The Art of Manliness

15 July 2011

150 years ago most census records showed that a fifth of the respondents listed their occupation as blacksmith, including my 3rd great-grandfather, Roger Farrer.  I don’t know what Grampa Farrer fabricated every day, but if he was like most smiths, he was making everything.  Horseshoes were a small part of the job.  He was more [...]

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The End of Our Love Affair with Cars – WSJ.com

14 July 2011

But cars didn’t shape our existence; cars let us escape with our lives. We’re way the heck out here in Valley Bottom Heights and Trout Antler Estates because we were at war with the cities. We fought rotten public schools, idiot municipal bureaucracies, corrupt political machines, rampant criminality and the pointy-headed busybodies. Cars gave us [...]

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Are you Ready To Die?

12 July 2011

Not in some abstract and quick way like a car crash or something, but slowly because of a terrible disease, cancer, ALS or stroke.
Do you want to be dependent on machines for the rest of your life?
Could you stand not being able to take care of yourself and need others to do everything for [...]

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It Beginning To Look A Lot LIke Canning Season

11 July 2011

We hit the store over the weekend, and the canning displays have arrived.
What is really neat are the starter kits they have now. If you are getting started in canning, it used to be you needed a pot and racks and jars and all the rest. Even a kit with the pot and everything was [...]

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