Comments on: Energy saving idea.. if at first you don't succeed.. http://sparxmind.com/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/ Escaping Thoughts - Posted Daily Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sparx http://sparxmind.com/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/comment-page-1/#comment-62 sparx Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:45:21 +0000 http://www.sparxmind.com/2007/08/03/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/#comment-62 I know.. I thought about drapes. But I thought it'd be a fun project to create a heat barrier, rather than just a light barrier. *sniffle* I just wanted a project. Have you tried the daylight/sunlight or natural spectrum or whatever they're called bulbs? GE makes some CF, and I had a 40watt bulb that was blindingly bright. I'd give those a try, I think they might be just what you're looking for. Walmart carries them. I use netvibes.com. I don't know why, the presentation is just more appealing than the 'Folder/Item' view that all the other feed readers throw out there. And now... wait for it... there's a 'subscribe to comment' checkbox! :) I only look at the page logged in as myself, and I thought there already was a subscribe link for all of you. Ugh. Thanks for pointing that out though. I know.. I thought about drapes. But I thought it'd be a fun project to create a heat barrier, rather than just a light barrier. *sniffle* I just wanted a project.

Have you tried the daylight/sunlight or natural spectrum or whatever they're called bulbs? GE makes some CF, and I had a 40watt bulb that was blindingly bright. I'd give those a try, I think they might be just what you're looking for. Walmart carries them.

I use netvibes.com. I don't know why, the presentation is just more appealing than the 'Folder/Item' view that all the other feed readers throw out there.

And now… wait for it… there's a 'subscribe to comment' checkbox! :) I only look at the page logged in as myself, and I thought there already was a subscribe link for all of you. Ugh. Thanks for pointing that out though.

]]> By: spudart http://sparxmind.com/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/comment-page-1/#comment-58 spudart Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:14:54 +0000 http://www.sparxmind.com/2007/08/03/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/#comment-58 Oh speaking of RSS, what do you use to read your feeds? I use NetNewsWire. It rawks. I also been using the IM bot feedcrier for feeds that I want immediate notification about. I just added sparxmind to the IM list. :-) Hey dude, i'd like to have email notifications for your posts when new comments are left. Doesn't WordPress have a plug-in for that? The rss feeds are fine, but the email subscription thing is a bit easier. Otherwise I'm gonna have like 100 feeds for your site running. :-o Oh speaking of RSS, what do you use to read your feeds? I use NetNewsWire. It rawks. I also been using the IM bot feedcrier for feeds that I want immediate notification about. I just added sparxmind to the IM list. :-)

Hey dude, i'd like to have email notifications for your posts when new comments are left. Doesn't WordPress have a plug-in for that? The rss feeds are fine, but the email subscription thing is a bit easier. Otherwise I'm gonna have like 100 feeds for your site running. :-o

]]> By: spudart http://sparxmind.com/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/comment-page-1/#comment-57 spudart Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.sparxmind.com/2007/08/03/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/#comment-57 Hooray! I have not turned on my air conditionar either. (why am i spelling things with "ar" lately?) Dude you need to get some drapes. Chicks like drapes. I'd like to find some high lumen output compact fluroscents that are neutral in color. The yellow-cast ones are fine, and i use them all over my apartment. But when i do tabletop photography, i also use the compact fluros, cuz I can hang a paper towel over the light to soften the light. And the fluros are cool enough where I don't set my place on fire. But I don't like the yellow cast on my photos. They should make a neutral one. And high lumen output too! Maybe I'll blog about this. Hooray! I have not turned on my air conditionar either. (why am i spelling things with "ar" lately?) Dude you need to get some drapes. Chicks like drapes.

I'd like to find some high lumen output compact fluroscents that are neutral in color. The yellow-cast ones are fine, and i use them all over my apartment. But when i do tabletop photography, i also use the compact fluros, cuz I can hang a paper towel over the light to soften the light. And the fluros are cool enough where I don't set my place on fire. But I don't like the yellow cast on my photos. They should make a neutral one. And high lumen output too! Maybe I'll blog about this.

]]> By: sparx http://sparxmind.com/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/comment-page-1/#comment-43 sparx Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:16:01 +0000 http://www.sparxmind.com/2007/08/03/energy-saving-idea-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/#comment-43 Well if that isn't the oddest thing.. I was catching up on my rss feeds before turning off the laptop, and lifehack had this post: http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/keep-your-home-cool-on-the-cheap-285669.php Which is essentially what I've just described, and just done.. even with the magnet idea. Except in that case, magnets were an acceptable solution. Ugh. Has anyone else ever posted an idea, and then a few minutes later read an almost identical idea somewhere else? Well if that isn't the oddest thing.. I was catching up on my rss feeds before turning off the laptop, and lifehack had this post: http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/keep-your-home-cool-on-the-cheap-285669.php
Which is essentially what I've just described, and just done.. even with the magnet idea. Except in that case, magnets were an acceptable solution.

Ugh. Has anyone else ever posted an idea, and then a few minutes later read an almost identical idea somewhere else?

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