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Finally a way to recycle polystyrene

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“Kevin O’Connor of University College Dublin and his colleagues heated polystyrene foam, the generic name for Styrofoam, to convert it to styrene oil. […] the scientists fed this styrene oil to the soil bacteria Pseudomonas putida, which converted it into biodegradable plastic known as PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates).” It’s about time because 2.3 million tons of polystyrene […]

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Web 2.0 Meets Beer

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I’m not big on this AJAX-y, Web 2.0, pre-bubble 2.0 crap, but I have to admit, Coastr is a pretty clever twist. Think social bookmarking (ala Flickr) crossed with Beer Advocate, plus a better web-designer. While Coastr isn’t likely to replace BA or RateBeer anytime soon, it’s a nifty little experiment. I’ve tossed a few […]

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Change Windows

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You know, like any decent OS would let you do. (I’m looking at you, too, Apple.) First, install this (This is the link I used a no nasties for over a month). XP SP2 only. This replaces a DLL that essentially locks you out from changing the Windows UI. Yeah, it’s stupid, but at least […]

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Hi, I'm a Stupid Idea

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Email + Dance Dance Revolution = dancing through your email? Note to the Washington Department of Health. Please visit One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (link to map) and inspect the cafeterias and common areas of the buildings on this campus as an apparent outbreak of some as-yet-unknown contaminant is affecting thousands of workers at […]

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