Monday, August 06, 2007

List 10 Things you will do before you die.

Defining your goals is an excellent activity. It helps you focus your
energy toward the things you hold dear. But these things wont just
happen, you'll need to pursue them actively.

At the end of each year you will cross off things, delete and revise
things. Each week you should strive for incremental movement toward
that goal. Each day you should be concious of a single step you will
take to reach a goal.

Best of luck. And have fun!

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Declare your independence from junk mail

Direct mail contributes nearly 6 million tons of waste every year in
America (U.S. EPA). The amount of energy required to produce junk
mail is equivalent to 3 million cars (U.S. Department of Energy). And
generally, these marketing plans are aming to hit a mere 1% success
rate.

Here's information on how to remove yourself from junk mail,
telephone solicitations, junk e-mails, and credit card offers. The
opt-out information here works, I've been doing it for two years, but
I occasionally need remind them. By the way, this link will help you
remove you name and address from national mailings only. For local
mailings, just call the 1-800 number on the flyer, they invariably
have an opt-out option early in their automated response.

http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/optout.php

And for pete's sake, don't buy from direct mail!
(It only encourages them.)
Buy locally.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

WikiMapia


WikiMapia combines Google Maps with a wiki system, which feels like a geographic Flickr. Launched on May 24, 2006 and is aims towards "describing the whole planet Earth". Just checking it out for a few minutes I learned about interested previously unknown features of my neighborhood.
Go describe your world.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Flickr

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

Seriously hot bhangra

We've been so busy lately that we haven't had any time for ourselves. This is Bhangra night at the Rickshaw Stop.