Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Oil Drum: Europe | Concentrating Solar Power

Stumbleupon Review of : http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2583 150 MW of parabolic trough CSP plant at Kramer Junction, California. The statistics are quite startling. Every year, each square kilometre of hot desert receives solar energy equivalent to 1.5 million barrels of oil. Multiplying … Continue reading

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Wildfire – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stumbleupon Review of : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Deerfire_high_res.jpg

Stumbleupon Review of : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Deerfire_high_res.jpg

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bukowski.net/vault/poem1984-07-19-this_is_free_take_it_and_feel_better.jpg

Stumbleupon Review of : http://bukowski.net/vault/poem1984-07-19-this_is_free_take_it_and_feel_better.jpg This is free, take it, and feel better – Charles Bukowski Tnx k

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redditAll: alien artist blog: website needs traffic? an empirical study of

Stumbleupon Review of : http://reddit.blogspot.com/2007/11/website-needs-traffic-empirical-study.html We wanted to meet some of our users, but just the 4 of us wouldn’t be enough of an incentive, so an open bar was necessary — Wired even offered to pick up the tab. … Continue reading

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Thumbnail Page

Stumbleupon Review of : http://hacks.bunty.tv/d/stumblethumbs/ Browse the pics on my blog by thumbnail. e.g. Or don’t, it’s up to you really. Don’t see why you would actually. In case you do, sorry about the design, it was more proof-of-concept than … Continue reading

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Spluch: The Wooden Car with a Split Personality

Stumbleupon Review of : http://spluch.blogspot.com/2007/11/wooden-car-with-split-personality.html A Ukrainian man gave up his job, sold his two other vehicles and spent one and a half years in his garage to create his dream vehicle. His literally half-modern, half-retro car has a wooden … Continue reading

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ConsumerReports.org – Gift card pitfalls

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/shopping/shopping-tips/gift-card-pitfalls-12-07/overview/gift-card-pitfalls-ov.htm For the imaginationly challenged: try $Cash$ – the gift card with no expiration date!

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ALTphotos Photography Community :: For Creative Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.altphotos.com/Gallery.aspx?a=Photo&photoid=92376 [ My Lake – Tania Koleva ]

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What Future? Street Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo: V. Abuses

Stumbleupon Review of : http://hrw.org/reports/2006/drc0406/5.htm So anyway… the other day I got this thumb-solicitation for a site. Normally when I get these I just oblige: I visit, and thumb them down. But this one was different. It made me stop … Continue reading

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