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Project - Multi-Use Solar Powered Outdoor Lanterns For $16. Since we are moving into an actual house in a month, we are very excited to have some outdoor space to call our own and to relax in. In our apartment building, we are not even allowed to put a plant on our stoop, never mind a chair or one...- Using a UV sterilizer in a reef tank What is the sterilizer? It is a container, usually in a near tube shape, in which an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescent lamp is contained. The lamp emits light at around 254 nm. The lamp is constructed of quartz glass to prevent the UV being absorbed as it would be if ordinary glass were used. The lamp is in a container of its own to shield it from the water, and then there is an outer container. The space between the containers is very small allowing full penetration of UV light. The water is passed between the outer and inner containers by a pump or power head.
- Antique Lighting Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Lamps Whether you are trying to restore an older home and would like to keep it in the period style, or you just appreciate older light fixtures, antique lighting has much to offer. There are many different styles from Victorian, to Art Deco to Modern...
How To Pick the Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb There's something about compact fluorescent (or CFL) bulbs and the light they put out. The light looks different from what we're used to with energy-wasting incandescent bulbs. Why is that? And is there a CFL that comes close to the light quality of incandescents? There are two ways to...- Greening Our New Home - So Far, So Good...Mostly. So here we are in week #4 in our new home, 1000 miles away from our old home. Back in California, we had our "green-ness" down pat - we knew where the good stores were, we knew how much water we were using, we watched our energy usage and knew what to expect when the utility bills showed up. But now it's a different story as we have to re-learn the different ways we can be green here in Taos, NM. Starting over is both very exciting...and a lot of work at the same time.
Home Security - Don't Make Yourself a Target In 2004, the Justice Bureau released the statistics that nearly one in six homes were burgled, that 75% of all crime was related to property and that in 90% of the burglaries the burglar gained access into the home. Every 3 seconds a property crime occurs, and every 15 seconds...
Berkey Light-The GO Anywhere GLOW Anywhere Water Purifier [caption id="attachment_704" align="aligncenter" width="223" caption="So powerful, this system is able to remove red food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs. Virtually no other system can duplicate this performance. "][/caption] Constructed of a shatter resistant, high impact strength non BPA copolyester; the system comes complete with...
Simple Tips to Make Money on eBay There's a lot of sugar in this little sugar bowl. It's a Fiestaware sugar bowl with lid (I think the color is chartreuse--color is critical in glassware.) It is going to make me 8 to 10 times what I paid for it. And I have fifty-seven more pieces that...
How I Sold My House In a Down Market. WE SOLD OUR HOME! Words cannot express the joy and relief my wife and I feel. We were certain we would sell our home in time (by following the points laid out in this post), but we were getting very tired of the disruption to our life from numerous...
My First Real Life Green Energy Project: Switching Home Lighting to CFL Bulbs. I've finally decided to exchange all of my standard light bulbs for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. I realize I'm a few years late in joining the Going Green energy movement, but after spending the last two weeks reading about everyone's retirement accounts being in the crapper (Moolanomy and No...
- What Lighting Should You Use Above The Refugium A refugium can be made from many things in the aquarium but for the concept of this article we shall classify a refugium as an area which contains a sand covering and macro algae being grown. This type of refugium allows for two things to be completed : 1. A...
- Link hopping: Home improvement & energy saving changes edition It's taken quite a few years to get our house looking more like we want it. We've been actively working at ways to save energy in the process. One of the changes that we made that had the most immediate noticeable effect was switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)....
Multiplication For Kids - Learn Times Tables now! After the experience I had teaching our phone number to my son, my wife commented that she had seen several products that claimed to use mnemonics to teach the multiplication tables to kids. Did I think we should get one? At first I thought, "I could probably develop something myself." ...- Are We Creating A Home Or A Habitat? At first glance it seems a strange question to be asked. We’re concerned with marine aquariums, so what is meant by ‘home’ and ‘habitat’? It’s pretty obvious that whether the marine aquarium is a reef or fish only system there’s going to be livestock in it. So we need to...
Study Skills for Children With so many distractions in the home – TVs, radios, computer games, the sounds of traffic outside and the general commotion in the home, children are likely to develop poor study habits and skills. As a parent, this poses a problem, especially if you’re getting too many letters from...- Stress Is One Of The Biggest Killers As the title of this post say stress is one of the biggest killers to both fish and corals in the home marine aquarium. Next to this will probably be bad maintenance and mis-management of the aquarium and last but not least will probably be laziness. I remember as a...
- The Banded Coral Shrimp There are a few shrimps that find favour with reef aquarists. Two favourites are the cleaner shrimps Lysmata amboinensis and Lysmata grabhami. Another is the banded coral shrimp, often called the banded boxing shrimp, properly called Stenopus hispidus. Have a look: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stenopus_hispidus_1.jpg Where the common name comes from is partly...
- Saving money by avoiding processed food Processed food is all around us, making the temptation to take advantage of it great -- especially considering the busy lifestyle that so many of us lead. You may feel frazzled or short on time, and the thought of cooking dinner after a long day seems overwhelming, so you pick...
Snacking Without Ruining Your Diet One of the major reasons that people have difficulty keeping on their diets is the urge to snack. For many of us, it's hard to get through the day without having at least one snack. However, that one snack can easily turn into ten and before you know it you're...- Is it ever possible to have too many eye creams? Is it ever possible to have too many _____________? You fill in the blank. I know we talk at POL about how many perfumes are enough already. The sky's the limit with some things. Yesterday I asked myself, is it ever possible to have too many eye creams? Well, actually,...
- NBA Finals Set-Magic vs. Laker's With the NBA finals set with the Laker's- Magic match up, it's time for me to pick a winner. I'm still not sold on the Laker's this year, even though they routed Denver in their last game. I like the underdog role of the Magic again in this series. The...
alas, problogger, we hardly knew ye photo credit: piccadillywilson You may recall that I was going through a rapid-fire decision process related to my choice, for lack of a better word, of a job. I had a startup contact me, an offer of an officer position with a investment bank and a new contract position...- Danger And The Saltwater Aquarium What wonders our reef or fish only aquariums are. There can be no argument that they are a thing of beauty, with inhabitants created by nature. To sit and watch a marine aquarium is to enjoy calm. Diving or snorkelling on the wild reef is very similar on a large scale. Nature is showing off, anything I can do you can't do better. Colourful fish in swarms against a blue background and under a rippling silver sky. Corals in many colours, some swaying to the music of the sea. What an idyllic scene.
Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 110. The miracle of vinegar, baking soda, and boiling water comes to the rescue! Our shower drain had gotten clogged up yet again, and instead of heading to the store to buy toxic chemicals to clear it out, I unclogged it the natural way - dry baking soda, add some vinegar,...
You are Now Getting a Stimulus Check from the Government Every Payday Theoretically speaking that is. This is to clear up some confusion regarding the recent "tax cut" that became effective April 1, 2009. You will not be getting a physical check as was done previously. The tax reduction is reflected in your paycheck withholdings. Everyone with earned income is eligible...
making a choice and moving on If you're older than 3, you've probably had your fair share of worries here and there. You've worried about whether you should play marbles or chess, whether you should try out for the basketball team or not, whether you should ask Susie or Phyllis to the prom or whether...- Tips For Getting Your Website Listed Treat Yahoo as both a directory AND a search engine. Yahoo offers a number of different search results. Part of their search results come from an actual search engine, and some of their results come from human editors, called surfers. Every Yahoo directory submission is viewed by a person. (Search...
Preparing For your Triathlon With the Right Gear Most people who are facing the concept of their first triathlon are wondering what type of gear and equipment will best suit them. Depending on your skill level, your budget and what equipment you currently own, your needs for the right gear will certainly be difficult. Assuming that budget is...
