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| Eye of Modok |
| Benjamin Taylor, aka Modok, explores life in Beijing, renewable energy, fair governance, parenthood, and the nature of the multiverse |
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| Is wave power the wave of the future? |
| 2008-11-06 11:56:44 |
Wave power can provide an endless source of clean cheap power.
Hey, Dude, let’s catch some waves! Surely, every surfer in the world knows the power behind those waves, as does anyone whose ever fought the undertow to swim back ashore. An Australian company Carnegie Corporation believes that waves are indeed the wave of the future, [...]...
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| Just what the heck IS biodiesel? |
| 2008-10-13 21:11:27 |
Biodiesel is the common name for a variety of ester-based oxygenated fuels made from vegetable oils or animal fats. Dr. Rudolf Diesel developed the first diesel engine to run on vegetable oil and demonstrated his engine at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris using peanut oil as fuel. One of the first wide uses of [...]...
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| Top 10 signs that the Beijing Olympics are really over |
| 2008-10-05 06:05:46 |
Blysse and Ellie play in front of the smog shrouded Bird’s Nest
Things are finally back to “normal” in the Chinese capital, including the return of some things that are not particularly welcomed. Here are the top 10 signs that the Olympics and Paralympics are truly over:
1. Security checks have stopped. I was very pleasantly surprised [...]...
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| China’s unlikely heros - The Paralympics herald a new era for China’s differently-abled. |
| 2008-09-19 07:57:13 |
German Paralympic athlete Claudia Biene, Ellie, and Blysse
At 60,000,000 souls, China’s “disabled” population surpasses that of many great nations. Until recently, despite the installation of wheelchair ramps, automatic doors, and other infrastructure upgrades mandated as part of the package to allow Beijing to host the Olympic games, along with the accompanying Paralympic games, actual [...]...
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| Goodbye (and good riddance) Fuwa… Hello Funiu!! |
| 2008-08-31 19:51:27 |
Things are finally approaching normalcy again in the capital city after the years of build up to the Olympics. Many are complaining about post-Olympic depression, which often seems genuine enough. Still others are jubilant about the cessation of invasive searches, including metal detectors and dog sniffers, just to go into their office buildings. Well, for [...]...
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