October 8, 2006

There were 2 posts published on October 8, 2006 (this is page 1 of 1).

Oklahoma!

I’m in Oklahoma tonight and for the next three days, getting a new partner trained on the product. It’s my first visit to Oklahoma, which is surprising when I think about it. I’ll have to fill out one of those “states visited” maps sometime to see what I’ve got left. It isn’t much.

The flight on Southwest was wonderful as usual. The guy next to me remarked out of the blue about how puzzling it is that some airlines’ flight attendants are always so grumpy while Southwest’s are always so cheerful. I had to agree. Southwest makes flying fun. I’m always smiling when I step off their planes.

N&O Covers Self-Powered Homes

The News and Observer’s John Murawski had a nice feature about local folks generating their own electricity. That hack. I swear he steals his ideas from MT.Net.

Fortunately, I never talked about the cool wind turbine available from Amazon.Com. For 800 bucks you can crank out 400 watts! Wind power gives you the biggest bang for the buck when it comes to getting off the grid. If you live in a windy climate, a wind turbine is definitely the way to go. In fact, I can think of at least one person who might love to put one on his beach-bound RV.

Amazon also sells a much bigger turbine that kicks out 900 watts for $2,300. And of course the best thing about buying from Amazon is that the shipping is free.