nicad/nimh/lion
Paul and I were trying to remember what the specs on each type were, luckily there’s a webpage.
What is the difference between NiCad, NiMH and Lithium Ion batteries?
Batteries in portable consumer devices such as a laptop, camcorder, cellular phone, etc., are typically made using either Nickel Cadmium (NiCad), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) or Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery cell chemistry. Each type of rechargeable battery chemistry has its own unique characteristics:
NiCad and NiMH:
The main difference between the two is that NiMH battery (the newer technology of the two) offers higher energy density than NiCads. In other words, the capacity of a NiMH is approximately twice the capacity of its NiCad counterpart. What this means is for you is increased run-time from the battery with no additional bulk or weight. NiMH also offers another major advantage: NiCad batteries tend to suffer from what is called the “memory effect”. NiMH batteries are less prone to develop this problem and thus require less maintenance and conditioning. NiMH batteries are also environmentally friendlier than NiCad batteries since they do not contain heavy metals (which present serious landfill problems). Note: Not all devices can accept both NiCad or NiMH batteries.
Lithium Ion
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) has become the new standard for portable power in consumer devices. Li-Ion batterys produce the same energy as NiMH battery but weighs approximately 20%-35% less. This is can make a noticeable difference in devices such as cellular phones, camcorders or notebook computers where the battery makes up a significant portion of the total weight. Another reason Li-Ion batteries have become so popular is that they do not suffer from the “memory effect” at all. They are also environmentally friendly because they don’t contain toxic materials such as Cadmium or Mercury.
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Thermochemical and biochemical conversion
First it was turkey parts, then pig waste and now straw added to the camels back. Thermochemical and biochemical conversion make use of natural processes such as enzymes, heat and pressure to create oil from garbage so one day landfills may become the new domestic oil fields.
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Teacher freakout!
There are goofy news items every day, but once in a while you have some story that transcends them all.
Teacher accused of ordering student thrown from window is quite possibly the silliest story I’ve seen this year. It’s beyond the Onion. Teacher enters class and takes photo of students, one student objects, teacher makes a disparaging remark about the way the student looks and student hits an emergency button, then the teacher orders two boys to throw her out the window (where she suffered injuries). Best line about the boys “they threw the girl out the window because they did not want to be written up for disobeying a teacher.”
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Back to the Future!
For sale on ebay:
‘You never will again in this accurate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine made famous in the Back to the Future movie series. This recreation was painstakingly researched for nearly 5 years before construction. Dozens of original photographs, details, and interviews with the original vehicle builders and collectors were compiled to make sure no detail was left un-accounted for. All of the interior and exterior Time Machine components were made to last, but at the same time not damage the integrity of the original vehicle. (…) Motion picture parts replicated through archival photos and extensive research; working interior and exterior lighting system including the “Flux Capacitor”, “Time Circuits” and exterior “Flux Dispersion Banding.’
Update
“The guy who put up that Back to the Future DeLorean for auction is actually not the one who made it, and apparently he’s using the creator’s copyrighted photos of the car without permission, which previously resulted in a similar auction being taken down…also, according to the creator, he sold it to the guy because it had “a totally junked frame”. The info is here.
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Well Gross
MrPromo is an Internet-based custom signage supplier to McDonald’s restaurants. You apparently need to prove that you’re a real McD’s to actual get an order fulfilled, but it’s really fun to poke aorund on the site and see all this disembodied greasebomb promo material and graphic elements.
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Movable Type
All of a sudden ( for the past 2 months ) people have been hitting me up to make their websites/blogs better. Bah, I’m not a web designer, I use movable type it’s not hard to master, its like greymatter and a dozen other ready-made content management solutions. Looks like everybody just loves my idea. Good to know, emulation/imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Jenn is all hyped about the phone book, first time she.s had her name in one, heh, she.s so energetic lately. It.s so cute.
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Waste not Want Not.
How much of the Earth’s resources do you use?
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.4 PLANETS.
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Heh, nice.
Got an email from a buddy of mine saying that he’d picked up a funny laptop case.
I had to share this find. I recently purchased a high-quality computer sleeve from a small boutique manufacturer. I was checking if it could be washed. The photo is the attached tag with the washing instructions in both English and French. The English is exactly what you would expect and so is the French, for the first 6 lines. The last three lines of French are most interesting. “We are sorry that our President is an idiot. We didn’t vote for him.” Given recent strained relations between our two countries, it’s good to see that not all Americans agree with the current administration.
It’s made by the designer Tom Bihn. It rocks.
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American Patriot
London is a breathtakingly old city, packed with history. Lest you forget this fact, the city is filled with buildings adorned with plaques that tell you when Samuel Pepys lived there, or which novels Charles Dickens wrote while residing at that address. There are plaques not just for obvious London suspects like Gilbert & Sullivan and Winston Churchill, but for foreigners like Frederic Chopin (who gave his last public performance at #4 St. James Place) and Karl Marx(who lived at 28 Dean Street while writing Das Kapital). George Frederick Handel has a plaque at 25 Brook Street, and next door at 23 Brook Street is a plaque to Jimi Hendrix–as if some cosmic force has ensured that musicians in London are arranged in strictly alphabetical order.
Even amongst this distinguished company, there is one plaque in London that is unequelled for the pleasure it gives to all who behold it. It is a tribute to a great American patriot, and it cannot help but stir the noblest feelings in all those of my countrymen who have the privilege of gazing upon it.
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That is an actual, unretouched photo of a plaque that adorns a historic building on Gloucester Place, a few blocks south of the Baker Street tube station.
I don’t know who wrote the text that emblazons it, or when. I don’t know if there’s any significance to the fact that it’s about twice the size of Ben Franklin’s plaque. What I do know is that it serves as proof that history is not always written by the winners. Sometimes, it’s written by whoever has access to metalworking equipment.
My favorite part is the logo of the interlocking British and American flags. Thanks to that graphic, even a passerby who’s never heard of Major General Arnold can know that, whatever the man did, it must have been something great for the cause of Anglo-American friendship.
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Spring Cleaning!
So we spent the whole day (7 hours straight) cleaning the storage room, and now we’re hyped with self-fulfilment.
Wellm gotta run, Jenn’s friend Heidi is over, so board game time!
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Send in the clones
What the hell is up with all the recent genetic labs going public with cloning activity? Pretty crazy stuff.
Genetic Savings and Clone is the first company to offer domestic animal cloning to the consumer. For just $50,000 you can have an exact replica of Fifi or Snowball. The company’s founder claims this is a boon for loving pet owners. Others aren’t so sure.
Godsend Institute offers up this explanation of their cloning procedures. Since Dolly, several scientists have cloned other animals, including cows and mice. Now, at Godsend, we have pioneered a technique that allows a cell nucleus from a recently deceased child to be implanted within a human egg, allowing a mother to carry that child to term again.
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Bike Bike Bike
Finally got around to picking up a new bike. Picked up a 2003 Specialized Hardrock Cr-Mo. Not a bad bike at all. Course, I got the yellow one. The only diff between that picture and my bike is the RST fork on it, need to upgrade that.
I like it, hooked up with Firlotte there by accident, which was cool.
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Why Music Sucks..
How you remind me of someday. What you are hearing is Nickelback’s “Someday” in your left speaker and “How you remind me” in the right.
All of those left shocked please raise their hands.
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Sickness part 2
Damn, its been near a month now, and the doctors tell me its just a virus and suck it up. Well fuck. I’ve been sick as hell, sinus’s full, throat sore, and heacaches non-stop for a month, and i’m just supposed to deal with it? Fucking Hell.
Oh, and the best part, no medication! yay.
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Dr. Who – Updates
Christopher Eccleston has been chosen to be the scruffiest Dr Who ever.
Another great tv-show modernised, I hope they do a good job with this one, it’s by far one of my most favorite tv shows of all time.
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Underwood Case Mod
Oh dear sweet crap. I would so love to build one of these and send it to Stephen King, he’d probally die from laughing though. Thats the type of case modding I love, fuck thats funny as hell.
Speaking of mods, this one is for PaulFirlotte.com, he has a problem with leds, so I figure he’ll love this
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Send your future self an email
FutureMe lets you address an email to yourself and set a date in the future to have it sent — pass an email to yourself in ten years reminding yourself about your vow to never, ever drink peach schnapps again and see how well you’re faring.
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Tron
While we’re speaking of the 80’s, I”d like to post this, I found it while looking for cool movie costumes. This guy made himself an incredibly faithful reproduction of the costumes from Tron, including the glowing piping around the seams. Yupp, you guessed it, this guy is a virgin.
RobDurdle.com 
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