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Archive for July 5th, 2006

Book Crossing

A personal friend and overall great thinker once recited that books tended to reveal themselves to people at the right time and place. Some might say coincidence, I say fortune. Book Crossing attempt to engineer that experience by seeding the luck market.
The idea is simple. Register your book online and recieve a free BC-ID [...]

July 5th, 2006
Topic: Art, Mind Space, Random Act of Good Tags: , , , , ,

Student Swap

A new website has been launched by two mothers as a reaction to increasing tuition fees in the UK that allows parents to swap children. Student Swaps is exactly as it sounds. The idea is that for two families to save money they can have one child trade bedrooms with another – for free.
“The principle [...]

July 5th, 2006
Topic: Body & Mind, Good Fact, Mind Space Tags: , , , , , ,

Urban Etiquette Handbook

Being proper in an urban setting is not that hard, but it’s always fun to have a guide to see if you are doing it “right.” The New York Metro has released an Urban Etiquette Handbook. What better city than New York to write a guide like this considering they are the most polite?
The basics [...]

July 5th, 2006
Topic: Body & Mind, Direct Action, Mind Space, Tolerance Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Renewable Energy Gaining Capital

The renewable energy sector is attracting a lot of investment recently, which is great to hear. This is good news because the forces of capitalism are working in favour of our environment. Here’s some great examples of all this renewed interest in renewable energy.
Great new technological development in solar power:
“CA-based Nanosolar had raised $100 million [...]

July 5th, 2006
Topic: Energy, Environment, Good Fact Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,