Three NREL Labs Recognized With ‘Green’ Certification Three National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) labs were awarded “green” certifications by My Green Lab late last year. This certification was achieved by following an extensive online evaluation of their procedures, equipm … | Continue reading
Stellar Blade is out now, and developer Shift Up has a nice surprise for those that are just started playing on launch day, New Game+. New Game+ in Stellar Blade not only lets you replay the game with all the unlocks available, there’s also new content in store. The biggest of wh … | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Sunday 2024-04-28 28-Apr-2024 – LEGO Super Mario Summer 2024 Sets Introduces New Box Art Brief Summary: ” Last month, LEGO announced some new LEGO Super Mario sets coming this August but we only had the pr” 28-Apr-2024 – Jessica Rothe hints that Happy Deat … | Continue reading
The effects of a warming world are getting harder and harder to ignore. Expert projects single factor will have caused millions of deaths by end of year: 'Nobody is counting it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Tennis game TopSpin 2K25 is out now. Publisher 2K has revived the dormant franchise developed by Hangar 13, the developer mostly known for the Mafia series. TopSpin 2K25 features all four Grand Slam tournaments, 25 playable pros (plus the ability to create your own custom tennis … | Continue reading
Using sysrq on my laptop - documenting mostly for myself. My laptop has started freezing sometimes, not sure why. Usually, I can just force power off using the power button and start it again, but it has happened twice that I had to recover the system by booting via a USB drive, … | Continue reading
Working in the Netherlands for a foreign employer? Taxsight explains how to set up the right tax structure and apply for the 30% ruling. When you become a Dutch resident, you... | Continue reading
If you want to bring your partner, family or business to the Netherlands, or you already live in the Netherlands and you want to know what your options are for permanent residence... | Continue reading
The Healing Garden is a great example of how people and plants can have a mutually beneficial relationship. Incredible before-and-after photos show landscape transformation at victim advocacy center: 'A great place to add something beautiful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
As I become more cemented in the climbing community, meeting new people and expanding my “network” of fellow climber friends and acquaintances, its inevitable that I’ll know more people who will get hurt and die from our sport. Just this weekend, I learned of two falls of people … | Continue reading
In this post I want to suggest an explanation for two sets of related puzzles. The first puzzle is why protestors go out of their way to do illegal things, and especially things that force police to remove and detain them using direct physical contact. Sure, it makes sense for pr … | Continue reading
Cases of vandalism at EV charging stations are sadly nothing new. EV driver encounters frustrating scene at local charging station: 'This must be vandalism' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
witsarut sakorn/Shutterstock Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainability reports – public scorecards detailing their impacts on society and the environment. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports outline the positive and negative effects of … | Continue reading
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Rachel’s put together a list of blog posts from folks’ personal websites that praise the small web. I see some familiar names there! [🔗 Rachel // projects.kwon … | Continue reading
"It was all the rage for a very, very short period of time." Homeowners sound off with warnings against use of popular landscaping product: 'It is literally trash' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
🥳The horrible COVID headaches are gone! 📒I got a reusable notebook: Rocketbook Fusion and some blue and colored Pilot Frixion Synergy pens in 0.5mm. It comes with a black 0.7mm and I prefer writing in blue. I really like the feel of writing on it, it's exceptional … | Continue reading
I was in Tallinn (Estonia) this week to visit my work colleagues. The team has grown since the last time we all met, so it was good to meet some of the newer members of the team in-person. I woke up on Tuesday to thick snow outside the hotel I was staying in. I managed to shuffle … | Continue reading
"We are finally in the phase of scaling up on our all-solid-state battery line." Nissan unveils plans to mass-produce EVs with next-generation battery technology to catch up to Tesla and BYD: 'A game-changer for making EV sales grow explosively' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A fine post by Ethan Marcotte called The negotiation cycle led me to an incredible essay by Alan Jacobs called From Tech Critique to Ways of Living. It references an old idea called “The SCT1” which is new to me but based on thinking by the likes of Ursula Franklin and Neil Postm … | Continue reading
Allie Phillips doesn’t want any American woman to go through what she went through. That’s why she’s running for office in Tennessee. | Continue reading
"It's sad we need signs like this." Visitor shares saddening photo of defaced botanical garden site: 'I wish people could respect nature' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Mozilla Firefox is working on new customisation options, including the ability to set a background image on the new tab page. A number of modern web browsers including Google Chrome, Vivaldi, and Microsoft Edge allows users to set a custom image as the backdrop for the new tab pa … | Continue reading
"Our findings show that the Illinois Basin can be an effective means to store excess heat energy." Engineers resurrect dead oil and gas wells in profitable move toward geothermal energy: 'It is a win-win situation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
We Don't Have Time has created an app that lets you see which banks are investing in fossil fuel expansion or green energy. The post Is Your Bank Financing Fossil Fuel Companies? This App Lets You Find Out. appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Hence Kertajaya/Shutterstock A lot of the recent talk about maritime issues in Southeast Asia has focused on issues such as security, the Blue Economy, law enforcement and climate change. But there’s one maritime challenge that’s gone underdiscussed: underwater heritage. We are c … | Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced this Sunday that it will begin building new terminals at Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai's second , to make it the largest in the world, once completed, with capacity for more than 260 million passengers . | Continue reading
"They probably ate enough to shock [it] to death." Homeowner shares before-and-after photos after letting goats loose in yard overrun with invasive species: 'I need to find this service in my area' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Improving performance for your test suites is one of those things that can easily get overlooked when starting a new project but gets increasingly crucial as the test suites grow. a faster test suite results in less time waiting for the tests to run which saves time during develo … | Continue reading
The fossil skeleton in a secluded alcove of the cave. Rob French/Museums Victoria Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a fossil? On a two-year retrieval mission … | Continue reading
Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the … | Continue reading
(Lord's day). In the morning to my father's, where I dined, and in the afternoon to their church, where come Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Edward Pepys, and several other ladies, and so I went out of the pew into another. And after sermon home with them,... | Continue reading
If you live in a part of the country vulnerable to hurricanes, now is the time to prepare for this year's hurricane season. Scientists raise concerns about 'ominous warmth' in Atlantic Ocean and how this will impact hurricane season: 'It doesn't bode well' first appeared on The C … | Continue reading
The Kobo Clara Colour e-reader is one of the year’s most essential releases. This is the first time the Canadian company has ever employed Colour E INK technology on e-readers. Public acceptance of this product is critical for the long-term viability of the Kaleido 3 e-paper for … | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: I wonder how many miracles get boring if you just grant god an extra dimension? Today's News: | Continue reading
Initially available for B2B customers in the city of Kathmandu, Gogoro Battery Swapping is scheduled to be available to consumers later this year. Gogoro’s entrance into Nepal is an extension of its India commercialization and utilizes Gogoro’s new India-made CrossOver GX250 Smar … | Continue reading
So a lot of us are wondering what to do now that Toketaware has announced the sunsetting of the iThoughts mind mapping app for Mac and iOS. It’s very sad to see it go, but I expect the current version to continue working for a few years to come. That said, I tend to favor softwar … | Continue reading
On my last trip to Warwick, the local (RER) train I boarded broke on its way to the CDG airport, after hitting something in a tunnel just three stops short of the airport, with so much delay and misleading communication that I missed my flight. While a minor issue for me, since I … | Continue reading
"I want to live in the house across the street so I can look out my windows to see this lovely garden." Local resident sparks conversation after sharing striking differences in neighbors' lawns: 'My smile instantly dropped' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The official codename for Ubuntu 24.10 has been revealed. Although Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has have only just been released the pace of development marches on. Ubuntu developers have already begun bootstrapping the base on which the next short-term release, which is scheduled for releas … | Continue reading
There are some Americans at this Sydney coffee shop next to me. I order large here, because their coffee is small. Congress voted for Ukraine aid! Fucking finally. We’ve lived here for two years, and I’m still not used to their bacon. It’s really good, but it’s not bacon? No, I c … | Continue reading
The Bigme InkNote X Color is an absolute beast in the guise of an E Ink Android tablet. It has got the specs that leave the competition in the dust. That’s at least on paper, it must be said. Or, are things different in the real world? Let’s find out in this review. Style and […] … | Continue reading
The more things change, the more they stay the same, perhaps? Manuel Moreale writing the other week about blog post comments: I’m not a fan of comments in general and I think commenting on something should be done in one of two ways: 1. Privately via email or via direct messaging … | Continue reading
It's an amusing scene, but it's a troubling one, too. Video capturing fishermen's attempt to bait wild sea lion raises concerns: 'And this is what happens when you feed wildlife' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I’m very happy with this particular episode of the podcast: Neil Jhaveri founded Mimestream, a macOS email app for Gmail users. Stephen and David talk to Neil about his time at Apple, Mimestream’s roadmap (including an iOS version and supporting non-Google services), and email’s … | Continue reading
The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast is so good. This came to me via Marty and I'm so glad he thought to post about it. I love The Lonely Island and the first four episodes of this show are great. Each episode they talk about one of their digital shorts from SNL starting wit … | Continue reading
The second week of work being super busy 🥱 This coming week is the first week of our new on-call/host-of-the-week, so there's going to be a lot less context switching and (internal) customer support Meant there's been a fair bit less free brain time outside of work as it' … | Continue reading
If you’re planning on visiting Disneyland Paris for the 2024 holiday seasons, the dates have been released for the Disney Halloween Festival and Disney Enchanteed Christmas events. Disney Halloween Festival The Disney Halloween Festival returns October 1 through November 3, 2024. … | Continue reading