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Composting 101 - How To Compost Without Much Effort (zip)

Composting 101 was written to give you an easy to understand way to start composting. With our easy guide, you'll be saving 20-30% of your trash from the landfill and using it to make rich, natural fertilizer for your garden. According to the EPA, America produces approximately 220 million tons...

Tags: Indiana, Trash, Landfill, Garbage

Software downloads 2007-07-03

No more donations for me.

No more donations for me.Landfills were never a real option!Recycling of old hardware ought to have been the order of the day from year dot. It seems it has taken quite a while for techies IT pros and others to come to the conclusion that "we" and I include myself...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, landfill

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

When PCs pollute

When PCs polluteOrganizations Must Managed IT Disposal ProcessOutsourcing IT disposal makes sense for most organizations. With any process, it is important to establish an independent set of checks and balances to ensure compliance. If an organization fails to maintain proper oversight, outsourcing IT disposal can actually increase the...

Tags: Taxes, PC, recycling, landfill, tax

Discussion threads 2005-08-17

Making paper waterproof--and writable

Making paper waterproof--and writableVolleyball nets?Not to be distracted by minutia in the article, but "They say the process can be used to spray a waterproof, writable surface on . . . volleyball nets and other items." Will they also come out with a Sharpie fine enough to write on...

Tags: landfill, storage

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

Additional Resources

Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic

Lack of RFID standards leads to media panicActive vs. Passive RFID DevicesIn addition to the comments above, it was not clear from the article I read whether the researchers were testing only active RFID or both active and passive RFID. The author of the article I read also implied...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Dana, RFID, RFID Standards, media

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

More than 1 billion PCs now in use worldwide

There are now over a billion PCs in active use, according to analyst firm Gartner, with the number predicted to double by 2014. There are now more than a billion PCs in active use worldwide, according to analyst house Gartner. On Gartner's...

Tags: PC, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, Desktops, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, PCs, hardware, Gartner

News items 2008-06-23

Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of Microsoft

Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of MicrosoftWin 7 TricklesMaybe it's only a trickle, but it's enough for me to know that it's going to be compatible with pathetic old VISTA. That's a big coffin nail to me and only tells me I'm right to be so interested...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 info, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Windows 7 info starts to trickle out of Microsoft

According to Chris Flores, Director of Microsoft's Windows Client Communications Team, if your hardware runs Windows Vista, it will work with Windows 7. The post, published on the Windows Vista Team blog, begins by regaling us with tales of how great and successful Windows Vista has been. Work...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.

The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off...

Tags: Bear, Global Warming, Bloomberg News, Wetzler, Kivalina, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Forget the paperless office dream, but how about a paperless living room?

Like several high tech innovations Zinio began as a digital service aimed at B2B. But it worked, so it's inevitably grown to become a global, consumer-oriented service as well. If it works at work, just think how you can use it at home. And then...

Tags: Magazine, Zinio, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Biofuels, the debate continues

Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...

Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-13

Behold the used printer cartridge--a green project

HP and the State of California are dealing with the printer cartridge. Have they found a way to prevent thousands of these babies from going into landfill? That's their goal. he State of California is the second largest government in North America, bhind only the behemoth that...

Tags: Cartridge, California, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-07

The Big Apple bites off Apple logo

The Big Apple bites off Apple logoApple vs. Big AppleI'm a fan of Apple, buasn't NY been known as The Big Apple for longer than Apple's been around? Come on. The logos don't look that similar to me.RE: The Big Apple bites off Apple logoYeah they look nothing...

Tags: Apple Inc., Big Apple

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Of+DVDs+and+documents

Of+DVDs+and+documentsOf course open source folks hate choice.The fact users have a choice in their OS and software is what has kept open source from going anywhere on the desktop.Face it, this entire thing was nothing more than open source advocates believing they had found a way to do an end...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), DVD, Consumer electronics, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., moderator

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Ecobloggers bring the landfill home

Ecobloggers bring the landfill homeShould Stop Breathing, TooAll that CO2!

Tags: landfill home, Ecobloggers

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

(Photos: Cracking open the Iomega Zip drive)

(Photos: Cracking open the Iomega Zip drive)NEW Use for a Zip driveSince I am the unfortunate owner of several basically useless ZIP drives both external and internal I was hoping someone has come up with an innovative use to reuse these rather than just the landfill. I am seeing...

Tags: Iomega Zip Drive, Iomega Zip, Iomega Corp., Cracking Open, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

A quarter of Apple iPhones may be 'unlocked'

A quarter of Apple iPhones may be 'unlocked'Locking into a single carrier was a bad ideaLooks to me like Apple made a mistake by locking themselves with a single carrier.I suggest they burn their contract and start over.A new age, you'll find it hard to lock inwhen freeing up is...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

The ulterior green IT motive: Extend PC lifecycles

The ulterior green IT motive: Extend PC lifecyclesA dual core would last a typical user 5 years, easily...I know users who have ancient single core systems for 8+ years but wanted the new gadgets and tools.My quad core system will last a while indeed. Once I go 64-bit (that's...

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Extend PC, Extend PC lifecycle, ulterior green IT motive, green IT motive, Green IT

Discussion threads 2008-01-26

Some fun green tech for gassing up soda and fizzy water

I realize the topic of today's diary doesn't exactly fit into the category of green IT, but it IS technology that happens to have a green purpose so I'm thinking of it as green tech. It's also something that is so darn logical that I can't believe someone didn't start...

Tags: Green Technology, Bottle, Proposition, Retail, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Could Windows 7 be the best Windows yet?

Given all the feedback that Microsoft has had from Vista users both negative and positive, could Windows 7 be the best version of Windows yet? Vista is turning out to be a bit of an enigma. While sales seem strong, users seem far from satisfied with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Aero, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-22