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  Kerf, Gullets, and Swarf

  03.08.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  No, this isn’t Scottish cuisine we’re talking about (though I do like haggis…) nor is it a law firm from Lord of the Rings. No doubt if I don’t get to the point quickly you’ll be entering them into your favorite search engine to find out what these odd words are – though with the […]

• Innovation

  Goodbye Gary

  03.04.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Goodbye Gary

  D&D Rulebook Photo Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons passed away today at age 69. He had apparently been ill for some time and finally succumbed to that illness in his Wisconsin home. Mr. Gygax had a big influence on my life since I spent a fair amount of (wasted?) time playing D […]

• Humor, Innovation

  Vinegar Birth Control

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  A little humor in the user generated content of the wiki at answers.com. Curiously, it’s not vinegar that kills people, it’s people drinking vinegar for birth control that kills people…How’s that for mixing metaphors?

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  DIY Steam Engine

  02.16.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on DIY Steam Engine

  Artist’s rendering of Hero’s aeolipile Quick, who invented the steam engine? Thomas Newcomen? James Watt? Or a hero? The answer is Hero of Alexandria (sometimes Heron of Alexandria) around 60 A.C.E. He created a hollow metal globe with small angled exhaust points 180 degrees offset and mounted it in a frame allowing free rotation of […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Shallow Survey Success

  02.15.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Shallow Survey Success

  Here at MeV, we’ve been shallow temperature survey fans for some time, see the first article we wrote on the subject from the 2007 Stanford Geothermal conference. Well, this week, the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy is releasing information on the discovery of new geothermal resources by shallow temperature survey (and other confirming means.) […]

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