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Archive for June, 2006
Homemade Air Conditioning and Alienation in New Jersey
I was looking online for some tips on cooling off (it's not the heat, it's the humidity, as they say) and found a university student's account of building an air conditioner using nothing but a garbage can, a large fan, copper tubing, vinyl tubing, zip ties, clamps, and water. MacGyver...
Read More Reduce and Reuse!
Forgot to mention that this Saturday, June 24, Freecycle New York City is hosting a FreeMeet. Their Web site describes it as their way of "helping to reduce New York's waste and promote reuse with a day of giving (and getting). Bring your usable, but unwanted goods and come see...
Read More The Last Frontier
Of course, once I sit down to write in my blog, I completely forget what it was that I wanted to write about.
I've been thinking about swimming lately, probably because it's been so hot. The weird thing is that I haven't really swam (swum?) in years, and I don't really...
Read More Awake Late
I was just telling a friend earlier that I think my resistance to caffeine is waning. We were chatting over coffee--I had my last sip of the stuff around 10:30 p.m.--and here I am, nearly 3 a.m., and I'm just beginning to feel tired. Caffeine, exercise, big meal late, I...
Read More I’m a Crispy Noodle
I received this fortune today:
"You are the crispy noodle in the vegetarian salad of life."
(And of course, it would so happen that other people have received this fortune and already posted about it online. Scooped again!)...
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