Great idea.
Portland has replaced a section of its existing water supply network with Lucid Energy pipes containing four forty-two inch turbines. As water flows through the pipes, the turbines spin and power attached generators, which then feed energy back into the city’s electrical grid. …
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Here’s a design that won an award from NASA Tech Briefs.
Engineer and inventor Glen Lux has built dozens of vertical axis wind turbines trying to find ways to improve on traditional horizontal axis products.
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Thanks Warren.
Surprisingly — for the first time — I used a bike sharing program.
BRILLIANT.
Citi Bike provides locals and visitors with a healthy transportation option. Fun, efficient and convenient.
There are docking stations everywhere close to South Beach. It works.
Often you need a phone app to use these things. But for Citi Bike, instead, you can rent with a credit card (expensive) or travel to their office to purchase a fob.
That fob is only $35 / month for unlimited use. Both for locals and tourists.
By comparison, the Miami electric scooter sharing program is a mess. Scooters abandoned randomly all over town. Companies include Bird, Bolt, Jump, Lime, Lyft and Spin.
Click PLAY or watch GIRLS GONE WILD CITIBIKE on YouTube. 🙂
Dana always called the snooty grocery chain Whole Paycheque Foods, and I wouldn’t walk in the door.
What?! … No Diet Coke?
But in South Miami Beach where food of any kind costs $10, the best deal I can find is the food court at Whole Foods.
I spend $6-9 dollars for a great, tasty meal. Soups are good too.
Pizza excellent.
For another opinion, read Exposing the dark side of the Whole Foods food court.
For coffee I go to McDonalds.
And Subway is still quite a good alternative for about the same price as my buffet.
I went decades without a watch ‘cuz TIME ain’t the boss of me.
When I finally got around to trying Apple Watch 3, I was instantly hooked. It’s an essential part of my life now. I can’t live without a smart watch.
LOVE IT.
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Having broken two Apple Watch 3 faces already, when I decided to upgrade the 5 I paid the extra for Apple Care. It covers everything for 2 years.
The normal warranty is 1 year and does not cover cracked glass, the most common way to break it.
In addition, for even more protection, I added an OtterBox Exo Edge Rugged Apple Watch Case.
Watch a video on that product.
Initially I thought the much cheaper Apple Watch 3 would do everything I need.
… Until Rene Ritchie convinced me to upgrade to the 5. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
How much does it cost?
If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.
Get a Casio. 😀
For 2020 I’ll travel with two lightweight tripods:
In fact, I can use either for GoPro or camera.
If I want to cut weight and only take one on a hike, it will likely be the more durable splat.
My phone clamps in the past have been plastic and untrustworthy. The GripTight PRO costs CAD$63 and looks super durable. I don’t want my phone falling.
The arm is for panning video up and down, or side to side.
Of course I also have GoPro mounts for helmet and bike.
Brave is open-source. Based on the same platform as Google Chrome. HTTPS Everywhere. A much better experience than Chrome.
In fact, many are switching away from Chrome as Google bungled 5-years ago in a decision to make Chrome work on the Android platform. Far ahead at the time, Chrome has fallen behind other browsers.
I was surprised how easy it was to switch.
I recommend you turn off the default Brave Rewards program and notifications. Those are annoying.
My search engine is DuckDuckGo as it was on Chrome.
Brave … is safe, fast, secure and crypto friendly – which Chrome isn’t so much.
According to developers, Brave is trying to fix the internet.They introduceed a system that block ads and ad trackers by default, eliminating the need of ad block extensions. …
The Brave browser is fast. The browser’s impressive speeds are due to lack of default lack of third party ads. …
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