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Snow on Claremont Avenue in Oakland/Berkeley hills

December 7, 2009
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“Progressive” thermostats to save energy

September 12, 2009

Sitting in my cold, air-conditioned classroom the last week, while it was 85-95ºF outside, a design for a new thermostat came to me. Currently, thermostats cool (or heat) a building to a desired temperature. My new design would create a floating target temperature, that moves up and down as the outside temperature changes. The goal [...]

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Great “raw” video footage from typhoon in China

August 9, 2009

The video below is just “raw” footage from CBS News. There is no narration, just a collection of images. I really enjoy this format, you can focus on the images and not on what the newscaster is saying. Powerful. Typhoon Slams China Sun Aug 09 11:26:08 PDT 2009 “CBS News RAW”: Millions evacuated the area [...]

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