Month: April 2007

Reusable vs. disposable cups

Reusable vs. disposable cups

Here’s a life-cycle energy analysis on reusable vs. disposable cups -another data set to look at would be from washing a cup in the sink (I have a dishwasher and never wash cups in it) but that said, a lot of people use a dishwasher for everything. There are other factors like soap production, transportation […]

The week in tools

The week in tools

It is the weekend, it is time for tools from Chuck – (Tool Monger will be at Maker Faire to!) This week we looked at a “technicians’ bag” that’s perfect for assembling a basic tool kit for use around the house – just the ticket to keep tools from “disappearing” from your shop. And while […]

Gimp Running Natively in OS X

Gimp Running Natively in OS X

A lot of progress has been made toward porting the GTK+ library to OS X, and recently intructions went up on how to build Gimp for native OS X operation. That’s right, without X11 getting in your way. It’s still not ready for prime time, but I’m really excited about where it’s going. If you’re […]