Wind Energy: Wind energy systems generate electrical energy by capturing the power using wind turbines or windmills. From eia.doe.gov: Since ancient times, people have harnessed the winds energy. Over 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians used wind to sail ships on the Nile River. Later, people built windmills to grind wheat and other grains. The earliest known windmills … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Wind Energy
Archives for January 2009
Networks, Friends, Numbers
I was having an interesting discussion yesterday with a group of people regarding "friends" and "followers" on Facebook and Twitter to mention the two big ones. We were talking about how some people have 500 friends on Facebook but yet probably don't even "know" the majority of them nor ever will. They're all about the "numbers". They can have 500 "friends" on Facebook but … [Read more...] about Networks, Friends, Numbers
Don’t lean on your elbows
We all do it, we lean on our elbows at the dinner table (though I remember being told hundreds of times not to do that, you'd think perhaps I'd have learned that lesson...apparently not though, perhaps I didn't think it applied to leaning on my desk?). We lean on our elbows while at work at our desks. It's just something we do without any thought or regard to any effect it … [Read more...] about Don’t lean on your elbows