Wired Magazine lists its Top 10 Outdoor Survival Tools.
They are:
10. High-Calorie Protein Bars
9. Flashlight
8. Whistle
7. Backpacker Hammock
6. Water Purification Supplies
5. Plastic Trash Bag
4. First-Aid Kit
3. Metal Cup or Can
2. Butane Lighter and Tinder
1. Knife
Reminded me of Survival kit in an Altoids tin. Wired’s survey was less concerned with space.
Get Rich Slowly is a personal finance blog started in 2005 as a part-time venture, This month, the main writer of the blog, JD, quit his day job and will blog full time. It’s not a surprise — he’s been blogging about it for awhile.
After his first week, he mentions the anxieties he’s having, such as higher utility bills (<em>It’s fine for us to leave the thermostat set at 54 degrees when nobody’s home, but when I’m trying to write, that’s too cold.</em>), income worries, work schedule and worries over health insurance. Reading his concerns and how he has prepared for them is great advice for anyone considering a free-lance, consutant or similar self-employed job.
<blockquote>I’m excited to be pursuing my dreams, and I’m committed to making Get Rich Slowly a fantastic place to find personal finance information. I just need to make some mental adjustments to my new reality.</blockquote>
Another interesting blog written by a small business person is A Thought Over Coffee, written by a coffee shop/catering entrepreneur.
The first Monday after the switch to Daylight Savings Time is the hardest. It feels like you’re getting up an hour early. But the afternoons are better.
With this year’s early switch to DST, some are saying that switching actually uses more energy, A study led by University of California at Santa Barbara says that electricity usage goes up as we spend more on cooling and heating. The basis of the study was electric bills in Indiana, where only part of the state makes the switch. The increase in electric use was between 1 percent and 4 percent, reports USA Today.
The study has led Congress to agree review the decision, after a federal Department of Energy audit of the impact, reports Earth2Tech.
USA Today: Study: Daylight saving boosts energy use</a>
Earth2Tech: Does Daylight Savings Time Save Energy?
Buzzworthy: Saving daylight, wasting power
The BBC has ended its English-language shortwave broadcasts this week, the NY Times reports.
I stopped listening to shortwave years ago, so I did not know that BBC broadcasts to the U.S. and Australia ended in 2001. If I do listen to BBC or Radio Australia, I listen through internet streaming. So do most others.
But modern modes of communication have been squeezing out shortwave services in Western countries, where programming is available on FM radio, on the Internet and on iPods with wireless connections.
Broadcasts in other languages in Africa and Asia continue.
Michael Arrington writes in TechCrunch of the difference in the entrepreneurial drive in Silicon Valley compared with Seattle.
If you want a well balanced life, Silicon Valley is not for you. But if you want to change the world and are willing to do absolutely anything to achieve your dreams, there is no better place to be than here.
The debate is over the quality of life in San Jose vs. Seattle.
Making lifestyle choices is fine, but don’t delude yourself into thinking those choices are anything but a tradeoff. If staring at lakes and skiing after work are important to you, don’t pretend to be surprised when your startup doesn’t cut it.
And here’s something for anyone considering a business, regardless of where they live.
And if you aren’t willing to take advantage of every possible advantage to make your crazy startup idea work, perhaps you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.
The Tennessean identified the farm I photographed in The old farms are disappearing.
It’s called The Wilson Farm, but it may not be around much longer. Sumner tries to save piece of is rural past.
Local historian Walter Durham said there’s little historic value in the old Comer House itself; it was built in the 1950s.
But the surrounding farmland, known locally as the Wilson Farm, includes several barns — including a unique stone barn just off Nashville Pike that may hold more historical significance than any other building on the property.
“When it was built, it was one of the early sites for breeding (Tennessee) Walking Horses,” he said.
John Belushi in University cafeterias cut waste by eliminating trays
Now it‘s live.
Charlotte Observer: Observer will outsource some ad design. Several papers have considered outsourcing editorial departments, such as the Miami Herald, which earlier this month decided not to do that. But at the same time, other papers owned by the McClatchy company have been outsourcing the ad design operations. There’s been less public outcry when it involves the ad departments. I doubt that the idea to outsource the editorial departments isn’t over.