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My Google Reader Trends

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Thank god it doesn’t list how many hours I spent reading all those RSS items… jeez…

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To be fair a lot of this is scanning for items to list on GreenDeals Daily.

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I’m in Ottawa

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m back in Ottawa now, it’s cold and snowy here but I actually enjoy the change.  In Louisiana you don’t feel time passing as well because there aren’t huge differences between the seasons.  Don’t get me wrong though, after a few weeks of this I’ll be all set to head back to the warm south (and Emily of course!).

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Merry Christmas from Emily and I down here in Louisiana!

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December 19th: Canoe Trip!

December 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

IMG_5800.JPGEmily and I went on a lovely canoe trip in the Atchafalaya Basin a couple of days ago. The weather cooperated and it was incredibly beautiful and serene. I still can’t quite figure out why I’m going back up to Canada for the holidays…  Check out my Flickr page for more photos from the trip.

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Required Watching for Anyone Who Uses Products

December 15th, 2007 · No Comments

b000r2gdos01mzzzzzzz.jpgI just finished watching Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky’s documentary Manufactured Landscapes. It depicts the massive scale of industry and resource extraction in places like China. Scary and beautiful.

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BibMe: A Tool I Wish I’d Known About 5 Years Ago

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

bibmelogo.jpgThis would have been handy in school - BibMe lets you type in a bunch of ISBNs and automatically formats a bibliography in any one of several popular styles.  This type of citation management tool has existed for a while but this one is easy and free.  I hate to think of the number of hours this would have saved me if I’d known about it in school.

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GreenDeals Daily on Crave & Gizmodo

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

envirosaxtimer.jpgI find it really odd what gets picked up and linked to and what doesn’t - and this is no exception.  My review of the Envirosax Shower Timer got linked to by two very popular blogs: Crave and Gizmodo.

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All-clear!

November 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Today was the last day of hurricane season, woo! - and a gorgeous day to boot!

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It was us or them

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

picture-1.jpgEmily and I started hearing noises and seeing mouse droppings in our house a couple of weeks ago.  So I went to the store and picked up a few of these neat humane traps - the “Mice Cube”.  There a little one-way trapdoor that keeps the mouse from escaping once it ventures inside to eat a delicious peanut butter cracker.  Well, after a week of no success and having the mouse saunter out into the middle of the kitchen floor to see what I was watching on TV twice, we decided more drastic measures were necessary.

victor_rat_trap_big.gifOn my second visit to the store I picked up some of these good old mouse-killin’ traps.  20 minutes after setting them up we heard a snap, 20 minutes after that another snap.  After a week of trying with the ethical traps the classic trap solved our mouse problem in 40 MINUTES.  I haven’t seen or heard a mouse since.

Now to be fair the killer traps were placed in a new spot we hadn’t tried with the other traps, a spot that must have had more mouse-traffic than where we had tried before.  Perhaps though, there’s something to be said for a design that hasn’t changed much in over 100 years.

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Envirosax Reusable Shopping Bags

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Envirosax are sturdy, colorful, reusable, polyester shopping bags that roll into a neat little bun when not in use. Here’s our video review:

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