DOE Solar Decathlon Delayed Due to Rain and Clouds

Well the Department of Energy is sponsoring a Solar Decathlon that started today in Washington where teams of college students are competing for $100,000 by showing how solar energy can save money and use less energy.

Unfortunately, the weather is cloudy and rainy which is wreaking havoc on the competition.

Oh, and here's the entry from the City College of New York Team.  It only cost $450,000 (cost includes parts and materials only since the students did the labor) and has the potential to produce 8 kilowatts of energy - but not today 'cause of the cold and rainy day.

 

Liberalism on display.  Support of a failed technology to combat the phony issue of human caused climate change.  And spending $450,000 to win $100,000.

I'm happy Mother Nature has a sense of humor and decided to rain on their silly and wasteful competition.

Duh, Hey Everybody Lookie At Me

What an idiot.

Friday Afternoon Fun: Where White Men Went Wrong

A Little Competition for Micorsoft Office Applications

I'm always one to support competition and I recently found a very nice alternative to Microsoft Office. It's called Lotus Symphony and what makes it interesting is it's FREE! It's in beta but it's pretty polished.

I assume most of us who write blogs are a bit geeky and enjoy playing with new "toys" so I thought it would be worthwhile sharing this one if you haven't heard about it yet. I downloaded it this past weekend after listening to a Leo Laporte podcast and have been using it instead of my Word and Excel 2000 and I am very impressed.

I always like trying new open source products like Open Office.org and Mozilla products because they seem to be on the cutting edge of developing new technology and push Microsoft to improve their products.

Give it a try.

Troop Withdrawl Proposal

A Different World

Kinda corny but I heard this song the other day by former American Idol contestant Bucky Covington . I like the song and the memories it gave me about the world I grew up in which is so much different than today.

We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint
No childproof lids
No seatbelts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets
and still here we are
Still here we are

We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside
Playing outside

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

School always started the same everyday
the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray
not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed but that was alright

We turned out alright

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

No bottled water
We'd drink from a garden hose
And every Sunday,
All the stores were closed.

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world

It was a different world