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Donate to the Red Cross(Updated)
Help Out. Additional ways to support American Red Cross efforts can be found here:
American Red Cross Social Media
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Consider Giving Your Time and Resources
Below are two differnt organizations that are requesting donations to assist with the Spring storms and International events. I thought now would be a good time to help make these available:
American Red Cross Release:
http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_314_7844,00.html
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) Disaster Response Page:
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/Umcor/work/emergencies/
Earthrace – Powerboat to Circumnavigate the Globe (2.0)
Check out : EarthRace
latest news from http://www.EarthRace.Net
Sagunto, Spain, 27 June 2008, 13.24 GMT: Earthrace, the world’s fastest eco-boat, has smashed the world speed record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe, knocking almost 14 days off the previous record.
The boat crossed the finish line in Sagunto at 13.42 GMT on Friday 27 June, having taken 60 days 23 hours and 49 minunutes to travel around 24,000 nautical miles fuelled by biodiesel to demonstrate the efficiency of, and draw global attention to, the potential for alternative fuel sources.
“This fantastic team of people and our astonishing boat have broken the record by a massive margin, said Pete Bethune, New Zealand skipper and owner of Earthrace, “I finally feel that all the sacrifices made, especially by my wife and daughters, have been worth it. I don’t even know how to begin to thank all the individuals and companies that have supported us along the way, some of them since the very beginning over five years ago. Without them, none of this would have been possible”.
The goal of Earthrace is to set a new world record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe, running 100% renewable biodiesel fuel, and with a net zero carbon footprint. The amazing Earthrace boat will make the attempt starting from Sagunto in Spain. Earthrace is also undertaking a two year promotional tour, visiting 100 great cities around the globe. The crew meet local people, talk about their experiences, and most of all connect with people about the need to get renewable fuels into our energy mix and to inspire them to do something themselves to minimise their impact on the environment.
Excellent Blogs: Blogs
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It’s Not (just) the Clothes that You Wear, but Where You Make Them
The Shack – Worth Reading
To borrow and paraphrase from the book, “It’s Complex in it’s simplicity”. Excellent story of God, The Son and Holy Ghost as reveled to a tired and burdened father. It’s remarkable how the story is told. Regardless of faith or belief , it’s worth reading.
Here is a sample: Read the Forward
Instructables – Made a Post
The kids and I started a garden this year. Going all in we needed to start some seeds.. So we teamed up and built this Grow light. It’s all fired up for our ‘non-herb’ plants. Please kids use your powers for good!
I present to you …Tah-duh.. Bamboo Grow Light 3000 ( patent pending dealer has no incentives to retain..)
Instructables – Firefox Pranks
FROM INSTRUCTABLES
Read the Firefox Pranks! instructable by clicking here.
Using add-ons in Firefox to enhance your experience is boring. For April Fools’ Day, lets make the experience a little more bizarre.
Since these add-ons were meant to be installed on a victim’s computer you’ll only need two things:
– a victim who uses Firefox as his or her regular browser
– access to the victim’s computer
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How to Make Simple Computer Games
From Instructables.com. Pretty good little posting on using a free download IDE to make a video game. Find the post here.
Download the program from the same location or Here.
UPDATE: – Second Posting by author Here.
Designing RedditRiver.com Website
Peteris Krumins walks you through a tutorial for the building of a plain text version of Reddit.com using Python. Great step-by step and how-to!