"pivo" is "beer" in croatian

New concept car: a rotating egg on wheels

Consumerism as Spectator Sport

If I didn't know the guys at stuffibought.com, I wouldn't believe it. But I do know them, and it's true-- they really do buy that much stuff. If you want to get into the game of oneupsmanship stuffibought.com is sure to inspire, you can register and submit your own purchases complete with written reviews, pictures, and audio commentary to persuade others. And like Digg, Flickr, etc., it has its own little networking system so you can keep track of what your friends are buying and enjoying (or hating). Just don't try to keep up with the Lin brothers. You can't. There is no way. Forget it already.

MP3 blogs

My friends and I used to make mix tapes. Then we made mix cds. Now you can find out what complete strangers are into with MP3 blogs. And if you're tastes line up, you've found yourself a source for new music.

I see a couple of these MP3 blogs Ben is talking about have RSS feeds. But they don't look like they're set up for podcasting. But then I guess it would be weird to podcast one track at a time.

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Energy Freedom

Here's my idea. Someone please build this for me. I want solar panels on my roof. That should be easy enough. But here's what I want to do with the excess energy I don't use during the day. Through electrolysis (all I need is running water) I want to create a stockpile of H2. Any power generated from the solar panels over what I can put into my H2 tank would go back into the grid. So when the sun doesn't shine, I can use my home fuel cell for power. If I run out of H2, I can just take back from the grid. So now I'm thinking, since I have this tank of H2 sitting at my house, what's to stop me from using it to fill up my fuel-cell-powered car? Heck, I could even reform the natural gas flowing into my house for H2 if I didn't want to waste water.

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American Red Cross - Hurricane Katrina

Give what you can. It's hell over there.

American Red Cross - Credit Card Contribution