Diversions

What did you do your MBA in?

It’s important to be able to laught at your self…

Very ‘cool’ ideas at TED

Apologies for the pun. I try to keep up with all the interesting stuff that goes on over at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) and came across this great idea for a mini fridge which works with a wood burning stove, based on absorption chiller principles.

Carbon conscious - green and frugal

Slightly off topic and much more amusing than the budget (yawn), I found this gem by Dietgirl. Shauna has been blogging far longer than I’ve been reading blogs and is now a successful author to boot. In a fit of frugality she penned the following :

 I think green and frugal kind [...]

Touching base

I am still here, as my random del.icio.us postings can attest.  Back to proper blogging in a couple of weeks.  In the meantime a couple of bits and pieces worth mentioning:

I spotted the new Sponge guide for buying a greener home, and realised I had been very remiss in not joining before.  It’s very easy and all [...]

Blog call

Quiet around here this week? I’m in Patagonia on the Navimag (a boat) and there is no internet access. By the magic that is scheduling posts with ‘post timestamp’ in Wordpress I’m managing to post some posts, but not the daily offerings I had hoped.

So in the absense of anything approaching [...]

Prize up for grabs

Building have a fairly easy sustainability quiz with twenty quid in amazon vouchers up for grabs here. Question 2 is a bit vague, though…

Science vs. Reality

This applies to so much in the world.  From the ever amusing PHD.