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Landing Past Peak Oil

August 11th, 2010 Jobe Roberts 3 comments

There is a path to freedom. Grow a garden, plan for next spring. Support your local community.  Get connected to nature and live. This wonderful inspiration comes from Peddler's Wagon

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Peak Oil = De-Globalization + Re-Localization?

March 24th, 2010 Jobe Roberts 4 comments

It's quite possible that the world's peak oil production has already past us.  Soon the demand for oil could exceed supply.The World's peak oil production rate is believed by many to be when we hit 77 to 88 Million of barrels per day.  After that, it gets more expensive to suck oil out of the ...

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How to Fix Your Skittles Leak

March 16th, 2010 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Dyson Re-Invents the Hand Dryer

January 24th, 2010 Jobe Roberts 11 comments

Wow!  What a wicked wipe this new Dyson hand dryer seems to be.  I anxiously await my first close encounter with the new amazing Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer. Most of us are used to the rather lack-luster experience of drying our hands with one of those old school hot air hand dryers you find in public ...

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Augmented Reality : Is it Real or is it Surreal?

January 7th, 2010 Jobe Roberts 1 comment

In the not too distant future you will be able to identify your surroundings by simply pointing your phone's camera at what you see. What you see through your view finder will be enhanced with spatial data pulled from the interweb.  Already available is the Apple iPhone 3Gs app named Nearest Tube which should help ...

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Why was Parliament Prorogued?

January 6th, 2010 Jobe Roberts 3 comments
Prorogued for..

Talk about déja vu eh? It seems like only last year we had one of these.  So why are we having another prorogued Parliament?  Is it because the government is trying to avoid something? Or is it because it's time to take a break and watch the Olympics? No, no, folks, Parliament was prorogued so that ...

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Catnip vs Organic Catnip vs Mint

January 2nd, 2010 Jobe Roberts 3 comments
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This catnip comparison is to demonstrate the difference between real catnip and mint.  Sometimes, even though the package might be labeled 100 % pure catnip, it just ain't.  Here's how you can tell.  If it smells like mint, chances are it's mint not catnip.  Although mint and catnip are in the same family, they're quite ...

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Geo Surfing the Twittersphere with TrendsMap

December 27th, 2009 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Real time mapping of twitter keyword trends mapped out around the world. Small oddities to consider with these maps, the tweets seem to be identified by internet service providers, so there are groups of words around major cities such as Montreal but zooming down to small towns or neighborhoods won't provide more detail.  These are high ...

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Twitter Time Travelling

December 18th, 2009 Jobe Roberts No comments
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With Trendistic you can monitor keyword tweet trends over a period of time. Very much unlike true time travel, Trendistic is far more like a machine that counts every time someone tweets keywords, plus it notes the time that the keywords occurred. Who knows, maybe there's some pattern to the trends that will enable you to ...

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