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12
Jun
The landfill thing…
… is a work in progress. I’ll have it, trust me… and it’ll be pretty darn good, too.
I just finished the 7 plastics thing. Hope all you folks like it. I’ll post a link to it here soon.
Blarg… need more coffee. 
Refuse Problems in the Philippines:
- Children Living in the Garbage, Payatas, Manila, Philippines
- The Quest for Zero Garbage in the Philippines (May 2003)
Reducing Packaging:
Refuse and Recycling:
- EPA Waste Report (pdf file)
- Plastic Container Codes - The Green Guide
- Tommy Lewis Industries, Plainview, TX on MacRAE’s Blue Book Industrial Directory of Manufacturers
Computer Waste in China:
Landfills:
- The Anatomy of a Landfill
- Environmental Protection Agency: landfill anatomy
- “How Landfills Work” - howstuffworks.com
Random Silliness (I’m a SILK, by the way…):
It’s been nearly a year since Finnish casual games student/genius Petri Purho brought the amazingly simple experimental game Crayon Physics to the world, and ever since then we’ve been hungry for more. He reportedly has been working on a more highly-polished version called Crayon Physics Deluxe (see my previous post for more info and video,) but apparently one gentleman (programmer Alejandro Guillen) got a little tired of waiting…
His take on the concept is a little flash game called Magic Pen. It features roughly the same type of gameplay (as well as some of the levels lifted directly from Purho’s game,) with a more highly-polished interface, and some of the ideas last spotted in the C.P.D. video brought to fruition (pivots, other shapes, etc.) through over two dozen levels.
It’s unclear what the intellectual property ramifications are of these two very similar games being brought into existence. I’m still looking forward to C.P.D., and I hope that our Finnish friend delivers on it SOON. In the meantime, I can’t wait to really dig into this game. My wife already has like a 10-level headstart…
*Many thanks go out to the lovely and talented Juannah who brought this to my attention. She has a great blog, which YOU should go check out.
The worst part about the future is that it usually fails to deliver on its promises.
Flying cars? No.
Five-hour work week? Not for me. (Or you, probably.)
*Alien invasion? Still watching the sky… although John Edwards comes pretty close to what I’d expect to see.
Once in a while though, the future really pays off. Big and awesome-sauce:
Yep, strength-enhancing, robotic exoskeletons are here. Here’s the story (click it or ticket.)
And HERE’S a link to some streaming video of the suit in action.
While not quite to the coolness-level of this…
… or this…
… it IS nice to know that we’re on our way to the future of 1986 that both Daniel and Ripley know and love.
Can you imagine? Taking out the garbage would be FUN again. (Lift the dumpster over your head, walk to the city dump, shooting lasers at hapless passers-by, and BANG, no more sanitation collection fees. And more lasers, or possibly a cheeseburger, on your way home.)
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In sadder news (no sick humor intended, honest,) a report on EMO culture came out in today’s UK paper Daily Mail. It tells the story of a 13-year old named Hannah who took her own life a few months after wrapping herself in Emo. Here’s the link (click).
It’s a sad story, and an eye-opening look for those of us who have little to no inroads into this massive (and arguably unhealthy) cultural phenomenon. I’m not going to go so far as to say that “emo made Hannah kill herself,” (I’ll leave that to the blog pundits), but I have personally known several high-school kids (especially girls) who are into the hairstyles, music, fashion, and self-mutiliation associated with emo.
It’s gotten to the point where I really want to slap the next person who makes a joke about slitting one’s wrists.
PARENTS: Talk to your kids. Now. About lots of things. Often.
* Obviously, I’m not talking about ILLEGAL ALIENS invading. We have plenty of those. Oh look, there goes one now…
07
May
The Geico Gecko…
… eats little kids. It’s true.
He also gets more $^$%& web hits for my blog than any USEFUL thing I’ve ever written. Stupid gecko.
28
Apr
NEWS FLASH!!
The world is a crappy place.
In other news, things DO tend to get better, given a long enough timeline.
Now go watch Cloverfield. In a dark room. Without people around to spoil it for you.
Discuss.
HERE (click) is a post I wrote over at ScrewAttack about the greatest show you never saw, Firefly.
CLICK HERE to watch the entire series online for free. (Thanks to Hulu.com.)
16
Mar
It’s all over…
My youth. My free spirit. My wild oats. All of it, irreparably gone: I’m within spitting distance of making a man a cash offer for a used minivan.
Read more about the 2005 Kia Sedona LX HERE (click). Pray for me, folks. I’m not sure exactly what for… but PRAY, by all means.
EDIT: We bought the %!# thing. More info, including road test and review, coming soon.
