Yosemite’s goin’ green!

During a recent trip to Yosemite, I was excited to see and use a few of the toilets geared toward water conservation that until my trip I had only read about. The restrooms at Crane Flat Campground now have dual flush toilets, and the Curry Village dining plaza has waterfree urinals. [Read more →]


Vista Does Suck

I came across this post “It’s Official: Vista Sucks” and I have to agree.  I bought a laptop last December.  Leary that it came with Vista installed I figured if it’s too slow I could always wipe the hard drive and install XP.  Even still, since it was to be my first hands on experience with Vista, I was anxious to see what it was like.  It does look nice, but man is it slow and a bit of a pain to figure out where things are located being so accustomed to XP[Read more →]

19 Cool Features of Google

Here’s some cool things you can do with Google:

  1. Browse the universe
  2. Search nearby
  3. Get directions by business name/category
  4. Get directions for using public transportation
  5. Create your own maps
  6. [Read more →]

Green Tip: Remove Bottle Caps When Recycling Plastic Bottles

Although plastic bottle caps are recyclable, they are made of a different type of plastic than their counterpart plastic bottles, thus they require a different recycling process.  So recyclers DO NOT even bother to recycle any bottles with caps.  So please get in the habit of removing the caps before you drop the bottle in the recycle bin. [Read more →]

Recycle Your Car’s CO2 Emissions

Origo CO2 Recycling

At this year’s Green-Car-Guide Live!, Origo Industries revealed a new technology designed to capture and recycle a vehicle’s CO2 emissions and produce fuel that can be used to re-power your car or even power your house. [Read more →]