Backing Up & Restoring Stickies On Mac

I just had my MacBook screen die on me, I am able to get to my files by connecting with my iMac though. I was able to save a ton of files including my stickies.

House built of hemp / cannabis

Russ Martin, the former mayor of Ashville, North Carolina, likes to joke that if his house burned down, his neighbors could party hearty. Martin built his 3,400-square-foot-home partly out of hemp, Martin used Hemcrete to build the walls of his house. Hemcrete, made by British company Lime Technology, mixes dried hemp stems with lime. Workers take the moisture-laden "shiv" and pour it into wall forms. The slurry hardens, creating a thick concrete-like wall with a high insulation value. A 12-inch-thick Hemcrete wall has an R-value of R-28.

Treating epilepsy with medical cannabis / marijuana

Josh will sift through the propaganda, fear and greed encompassing medical marijuana. Recently featured on CNN, Josh and his brothers developed a non-psychotropic strain of marijuana which is drastically reducing seizures for many pediatric epilepsy patients in Colorado. With millions facing life-threatening illnesses, Josh outlines the hurdles needed to effect social change and maps a path toward helping those who desperately need revolutionary medicine.

Videography credits
Jenn Calaway, Enhancer
Michael Hering, Lodo Cinema
Sarah Megyesy, Side Pocket Images
Satya Peram, Flatirons Films
Sean Williams, RMO Films
Anthony Lopez, Cross Beyond
David Oakley

Charlotte's Web and Zaki's Journey

The Bloom Energy Server (The Bloom Box)

For all the people that know my blog, I am sure you guys know how much I am into renewable energy.
I was surfing the net last night and found something really cool.
Maybe some of you have heard of this technology but for me I was blowen away, specially because I only heard about it last night and this is now a few years old.

The Bloom Box:
The Bloom Energy Server (the Bloom Box) is a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) made by Bloom Energy, of Sunnyvale, California, that can use a wide variety of inputs (including liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons produced from biological sources) to generate electricity on the site where it will be used.
It can withstand temperatures of up to 1,800 °F (980 °C), that would cause many other fuel cells to break down or require maintenance. According to the company, a single cell (one 100 mm × 100 mm metal alloy plate between two ceramic layers) generates 25 watts.

Bloom stated that two hundred servers have been deployed in California for corporations including eBay, Google and Wal-Mart.

Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning with Digica

In today’s uncertain world, catastrophic natural disasters cause disruption wherever they strike. Whether the incident is a hurricane, a tornado, flood or fire, the devastation can be widespread and long lasting. Businesses and their IT departments risk data loss and out of service systems. Depending on the scope of the disaster, the results can be extreme loss of business and erosion of customer confidence.

CONSTRUCTION-GRADE VS. HIGH-PERFORMANCE VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE CABLE

Construction grade cables and high-performance variable frequency drive (VFD) cables differ in several key areas.

High performance VFD cables are constructed with high strand count flexible tinned conductors. Construction grade cables usually have only 7 or 19 bare copper strands as required by construction standards

High performance VFD cables are more stable thermally at the connection points.

High performance VFD cables are more flexible.

High performance VFD cables are preferred for high frequency drive output components due to the much larger conductor surface area compared to construction grade cable.

Fire with Fire - Ross Kauffman - GE FOCUS FORWARD

 Who would dare to pit one fatal disease against another... inside the body of an six-year-old patient? The results will shatter all expectations. GE works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works.

200,000 Tonnes Diverted: Ontario Surpasses Waste Electronics Reuse and Recycling Milestone

Proving their commitment to a cleaner environment, Ontarians have reached yet another electronic waste collection milestone. Since April 2009, more than 200,000 tonnes of electronic waste has been collected and successfully diverted from landfill across the province, greater than any other diversion program of its kind in Canada.

"Waste diversion is a hot topic in Ontario. As we look at new ways to manage end-of-life electronics, it's important to recognize the success and momentum we're experiencing in electronics recycling," says Jonathan Spencer, Executive Director, Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES). "It took about three years to set up our province-wide network of drop-off centers, and then reach our e-waste collection target of 100,000 tonnes. With the help of Ontarians, municipalities and service providers, we recently surpassed the 200,000 tonnes mark in less than 18 months. That's significant progress and proof that Ontarians support electronics recycling."

How-to build a 5 gallon hydroponic DWC system with trellis for cucumbers or any plant you like

In this video I need to move my cucumbers away from my peppers. So I create a 5 gallon dwc bucket system with trellis and sight tube. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe and feel free to comment!

The First De-extinction: Alberto Fernandez-Arias at TEDxDeExtinction

Alberto Fernández-Arias, head of the Hunting, Fishing and Wetland department in Aragon, Spain worked with his team in 2003 to bring a bucardo (a species of wild goat) back from extinction using cloning methodology. It was the first successful de-extinction. Unfortunately, the cloned bucardo only survived 10 minutes and died of respiratory failure. Fernández-Arias is committed to using current technology to ensure a more successful de-extinction.

To learn more about de-extinction, please visit Revive & Restore (the organizer of TEDxDeExtinction) here: http://longnow.org/revive/

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Scientists Implant False Memories into Mice

Scientists expect it will aid understanding of "past life" experiences, memories of alien abduction and psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia.

Bringing Back Weird Extinct Animals

An extinct frog that hatches its young inside its stomach might be making a comeback thanks to science! In this DNews video, Anthony shows us this amazing little amphibian and how scientists are bringing it back from the dead.

Backyard Garlic Growing

Sorry I have not posted in a month May was super busy for me, I was planing to post a lot in may and ended up only making one post. Anyways its june 9th now and I have sometime to post so I am back.

the last month I spent a lot of time looking into solar power, growing food and things that would serve useful if we one day had to go off grid, I have even been trying to figure out a way to stay online and fully powered in the event something should happen. So here is my 1st post it is a simple one. HOW TO GROW GARLIC you can grow a year supply of garlic very easy.
Until 3 days ago I always thought Garlic was a summer crop, but you actually plant it in Sept and harvest in June.
Here are a few videos that teach you how to grow Garlic very easy and simple.

Build a portable power pack with nothing but Wal Mart components.

Build a portable power pack with nothing but Wal Mart components.

Only $25 if you have a spare/free car battery.

Use a Group 24 marine deep cycle battery for best results of course.

EverStart Marine 24DC - $58 (as of 07/01/2011)

Battery terminals not needed if you use a marine deep cycle.

They normally have small lugs with wingnuts included.

Parts:

Marine battery box - $9.00

12v accessory socket - $5.00

ATO fuse holder - $3.00

Two battery terminals - $7.00 (not needed if you have marine batt.)

Two ring terminals and a butt splice - $cheap

Tools:

Combo wire stripper/crimper - $4.00

Check out my other videos to see this pack power a large woodgas cook stove.

‪Building New Experiences with Glass‬

Timothy Jordan gave developers at SXSW in Austin, TX a sneak peek at the Google Mirror API, which is what they'll use to build services for Glass. With the presentation, we set out to help developers and entrepreneurs start imagining what they could do on Glass.

‪Motherboard TV: The Thorium Dream (Documentary)‬

30-minute film on the grassroots movement to make thorium nuclear power a reality.

Ontario generates 10 million tonnes of waste annually

Ontario generates 10 million tonnes of waste annually. We generate a lot of waste. In fact, when compared to other provinces, Ontario is amongst the worst, generating almost 10 million tonnes of waste annually. Of that, only 25 per cent of all the materials we discard go into the recycling system. And despite the efficiency and success of the blue box program, we throw out a lot of materials that must stay out of landfill and still have value if recycled.

Researchers print flexible electronic tattoo directly onto human skin

From the research lab that brought us stick-on electronic tattoos, and recently the stretchable battery, we now have the first electronic sensor that has been printed directly onto human skin. These sensors can directly measure skin hydration and temperature, and electric signals from muscle and brain activity.

The skin-printable sensors, created by the Rogers research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, are a natural evolution of the lab’s electronic tattoos. The electronic tattoos are circuits that are affixed to an elastic polymer backing, which is then stuck to the skin (pictured above). Like temporary tattoos, though, these electronic tattoos are easily washed off in the shower or swimming pool, making them unsuitable for extended use. Now, by removing the polymer backing and printing the sensor directly onto the skin, the researchers have made a device that is one thirtieth as thick and better at conforming to the natural bumpiness of skin. ”What we’ve found is that you don’t even need the elastomer backing,” John Rogers tells Technology Review. “You can use a rubber stamp to just deliver the ultrathin mesh electronics directly to the surface of the skin.”

‪How To Win At Chess (BBC Documentary)‬

Something for you to watch on this gray sunday

‪How to Turn an Old PC into an Epic Router‬