If you’re like me you have to know how everything works. To be honest, I don’t understand how some people stumble through life without understanding how everything works. Take Fall colors for example. In many regions the trees change every year yet most people are completely ignorant of the chemical mechanism by which this occurs.

Basically, […]

Well, it appears that enough people bitched about this (including the mayor of Chicago) to cause BP to rethink its plan to expand its refinery in Indiana. They’re still going to expand it but now they’re saying it won’t increase the volumes of mercury and ammonia that they dump into the lake.
Chicago Tribune Story
So […]

I have a formula that governs my response when a merchant gets my goat. Minor incidents such as a restaurant fucking up my order or a rude clerk at the supermarket result in a 3 to 6 month boycott, depending on the severity of the infraction.
Today I add a business to the list of places […]

Sometimes I wonder how often people actually pause to think about what they’re doing. Actually, that’s a lie. I don’t wonder about that at all because I know for a fact that most people don’t.
Take Fiji brand bottled water, for example. It’s bottled in Fiji, loaded onto a big ass boat and shipped here where […]

It will be found in Dubai….
You see, they built this man-made island for rich people to occupy…

Now think about what will happen to that island if sea levels rise.

I’ve been trying to figure out an easy way to build a charging box. I lack access to power tools so it has to be easy-ish.
Basically, I’m talking about a box which houses a smart power strip  in a bottom section with the power cord sticking out the back and all of my gadgets that […]

I live in Chicago but I work out in the suburbs. In the ‘burbs I regularly see the signs of environmental awareness. Houses put recycling bins out each week, the streets are cleaner, some gas stations have e85 as an option, et cetera.
In the neighborhood where I live, on the other hand, I can guarantee […]