My family moved into its first home just over a year ago. The previous owners weren’t concerned at all about energy conservation, judging by the excessive use of track lighting. We also discovered a lot of extra “air conditioning” around windows, doors and the attic. Sadly, I didn’t have much time to deal with the [...]
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Climate change is front and centre in the news again today, with the announcement of the Nobel Peace prize being awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This Monday, October 16, 13,734 bloggers at latest count including myself reaching an audience of nearly 12 million will unite together to put [...]
Read MoreI’m not getting much blogging done here lately because I am focused on getting people to vote for change in the upcoming electoral referendum in Ontario, Canada. Elections Ontario is trying so hard to be neutral, in my opinion that it is not doing its job to educate voters, so it’s up to ordinary citizens [...]
Read MoreData centres consume vast amounts of energy, and the situation is only getting worse. Luiz Andre Barraso of Google stated in a published paper last year that every gain in performance has been accompanied by a proportional increase in overall platform power consumption. ZDNet UK reports that the average energy costs of running a data [...]
Read MoreThe following editorial is my first entry as a temporary columnist on SooToday, a local online newspaper here in Sault Ste. Marie. People of Ontario, this might be the most important vote you’ll ever make. On October 10, we the people of Ontario will be given a historic opportunity to change democracy for the better, [...]
Read More#plone is the online chat room where people hang out to learn, help and talk about their favourite CMS Plone. There are always lots of people online and it’s a great resource for anyone new to Plone who needs some immediate help. And if your brain is slowly turning to cheese on a Friday afternoon, [...]
Read MoreI found this funny captioned photo (original at LOLnptech.org), taken at the recent Plone4Artists / Multimedia sprint. Hint: the sprint was held at the Christian Science Monitor. Technorati Tags: funny, jazkarta, plone
Read MoreSaveDarfur is organizing a weekend of prayer and action Dec. 9-10 to demand government leaders take immediate action to stop the genocide in Darfur. Congregations are being asked to sign up to a letter to President Bush as part of the weekend activities. From the web site: “Nobody knows the exact number” of those killed [...]
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