Thirst
Providing an ever-growing world population with safe and reliable drinking water supplies is the challenge of the century. Want to learn more? Have a look the this award-winning presentation. Continue reading
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Termites to the Rescue
Lisa Margonelli over at the Atlantic has a very in-depth article on termites, cellulosic ethanol and low-carbon energy supplies. Will termites solve the climate crisis? I don’t know, but it sure is a fascinating topic!
Here’s an excerpt from the article “Gut Reactions”: Continue reading
Exploring the Abyss
The New York Times‘ Science Section features an interesting article today on the development of a new submersible for exploring deep ocean ecosystems.
“The new vehicle is to replace Alvin, which was the first submersible to illuminate the rusting hulk of the Titanic and the first to carry scientists down to discover the bizarre ecosystems of tube worms and other strange creatures that thrive in icy darkness.” Continue reading
Our Beautiful Planet
Satellites help us appreciate the beauty of our planet. But they also help solve many of today’s most pressing scientific issues. Have a look at this collection of amazing images over at NASA. Continue reading
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. Continue reading
Amazing Carbon Dioxide Animation
My friend Andy Jacobson, who works at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, CO, has put together an amazing animation of the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Continue reading
My First Scientific Publication
After a few years of struggling with slightly (?) unorganized editors at “Ecological Modelling”, my first paper is finally in press. The article that I co-wrote with my Master’s advisor Noel Urban is a modeling study of bacterial dynamics in lake sediments. Continue reading
Colored directory listings on Mac OS X
Update: I am reposting these instructions from my retired other blog, www.darnteuton.com, since others are linking to the post and I am noticing tons of hits in my log files. When first setting this up, I was using Mac OS 10.3 and it worked like a charm. Now I am running Mac OS 10.5.4 and it still works great. So enjoy! Continue reading
GTD and Thunderbird
UPDATE: This entry is a re-post from my currently retired other blog darnteuton.com. In January 2006, I was actually using Thunderbird instead of Apple Mail, but times have changed. By now my Getting Things Done setup is firmly in the capable hands of the wonderful application Things, which interacts quite smoothly with Apple Mail on Mac OS X Leopard. Nonetheless, for those still seeking GTD-bliss with Thunderbird, see below for my old implementation (I can’t guarantee it works with newer versions of Thunderbird, but feel free to try and let me know in the comments). Continue reading
