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Frugal Thermodymics Part I: Limiting Sources of Heat in the Home How to keep your home cool with basic scientific principles and thermodynamics. Save money on utilities and air conditioning with logical and simple methods.- Aquarium Lighting Advance In years gone by aquarists lit their aquariums with tungsten lights. They probably had no idea of spectrum, probably had lots of algae growth, and I would imagine the heat output would have caused problems too. Methods advance. Nowadays there are two main lighting systems, fluorescent tubes and metal halide...
- Watch The Heat From That Metal Halide Metal halide lighting is very popular with reef keepers, particularly those who keep hard (SPS) corals. This is because it is a very powerful light that can penetrate deep into the aquarium provided that the bulb wattage has been correctly selected. Metal halide is likely to be superceded before too...
- Should You Use Glass Covers On An Aquarium? Those aquarists who purchased a ready built aquarium will possibly find that glass covers are built in. They will either be ‘lift-out’ or sliding. The aquarium that’s been individually assembled by the aquarist has covers or not - another decision to be made. If it is a fish only aquarium...
Save Money And Energy With Energy Efficient Window Choices Our homes use a lot of energy, mostly from nonrenewable resources, when it comes to heating and cooling. Home heat and air conditioning are some of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions responsible for global warming and climate change. As we fight carbon emissions, it's imperative that we do everything...- 10 Tips to Save Money Around the Home Today's guest post if from is from Thrifty Homeowner. The blog documents the journey of a novice do-it-yourselfer who is always on the lookout for ways to save and to increase his home's efficiency. As the self-proclaimed Thrifty Homeowner, I'm always on the lookout for ways to save money when...
- 9 Cheap and Easy Ways To Prepare Your Home For Winter Now that Autumn has arrived, it's time to start preparing your home for winter. The news has been noting since summer that this winter's heating bills are going to be anywhere from 10% to 50% higher than last year's due to changes in the price of oil, natural gas, and...
Proper Home Heating and Cooling Maintenance If you want to keep repairs at bay, home heating and cooling maintenance are vital. Rather than ignoring your appliances until you reach the point where they cannot be repaired, it is important that homeowners worry about consistent upkeep. A little bit of simple maintenance is usually enough to save...- High bid wins vs. stand in line Gary North uses this phrase occasionally in his free twice-weekly newsletter, Reality Check. The context is that you can either go for service or you can go for price, but not both. A doctor who doesn't take Medicare patients usually gets paid -- a lot -- up front, but can...
How Efficient Are Heat Pumps Heat pumps come in three varieties: geothermal, electric, and a duel source system. These systems utilize various sources to move heat from various sources into and out of your house. Air source electric heating systems are more energy efficient than the traditional electric heating system. They come in sizes suitable...
- 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)....
- Anemones Sometimes Go For A Walk... An anemone is a superb addition to a marine aquarium. With their tentacle gently swaying in the water currents, their unique way in catching food, their breathtaking relationship with anemone fish etc it is no surprise that a lot of aquarists consider adding one to their aquarium. However.... An anemone...
- 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 Cold Is Coming..... It is that time of year again where the climate is starting to change to the colder type. It is not the type of weather I personally am a fan of. I like warm weather where time can be spent in the garden, have barbeques, play with the family etc...
- Happy New Year It seems customary, perhaps even cliché, around this time of year to look back on the year that's just past. The year 2006 will have to go down as an “interesting” one,to say the least. In spite of some unexpected events, I still managed to get to a lot of...
- What's really involved with buying your first home I remember the day I first considered buying instead of renting. I was sitting on the floor of the 1-bedroom apartment my then-husband and I shared, looking at the free newspaper I'd snagged from the laundry room. We'd just received notice that our rent would be going up, and so...
- Precious angel, Bob Dylan Precious angel, under the sun, How was I to know you'd be the one To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone How weak was the foundation I was standing upon? Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down. Ya either got faith...
- 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...
- Have you been left out of the global market rally? If you are an investor in the stock markets, definitely you would have been asking this question to yourself. Throughout last year world stock markets collapsed, economy was in bad shape and by and large every single person became poorer, networth got eroded and the world has become poor. We...
- I Blame The Children... I was sitting thinking the other day. Nowadays I try to avoid thinking too much, as in this world there is always so much to think about that I just try and enjoy ‘now’. Anyway, you know how it goes, one thought leads to another. I got to thinking about...
- What is toxic, and what is not? So, what exactly is toxic, you say? Well I might have found the perfect resource for you at WhatsToxic.com: This website is a toxics resource that will help you become an informed consumer of air, water, food and consumer products. This will decrease your exposure to chemicals that trigger asthma...
Making Home Affordable Arrives Late to the Accident Scene The government has launched a new website - MakingHome Affordable.gov - intended to help existing homeowners find out if they are eligible for government help with their mortgage. The site title - Making Home Affordable - is catchy isn't it? And so ironic. I'll explain. Paths to Borrower Salvation and...
How to Add Exterior Lighting Exterior lighting can add immediate value to your home, but there is often a lot of confusion as to how it should be added and whether or not you’ll need the help of a professional to get the job done. Whether you have questions about placement of your exterior lights...
tripping the carnival fantastic Once again one of my posts slipped past the judges and ended up in the Carnival of Personal Finance over at Free Money Finance. Check out FMF first and then read the other stuff. Mine last, since if you are already a reader of Brip Blap it's nothing new to...- How To Lose Weight While Eating Meat You Can Eat Meat Many people do not understand. You can eat meat and lose weight. As a matter of fact we should eat some lean meat for health purposes. A healthy diet should include some lean meat for iron, protein and other nutritious reasons. The problem is in our...
Tuning the Hammered Dulcimer pt 1 The hammered dulcimer is a beautiful instrument that is not widely known about, despite producing gorgeous melodies. In addition to learning new tunes on this intriguing instrument, one of the most challenging aspects of owning and playing the hammered dulcimer is learning how to tune it. The more strings that...
Should I Have Sex With My Ex? Dear Aunt Sue, I just got home for the holidays and I know there's going to be drama with my ex over the break. Everyone always says DO NOT hook up with your ex, so I figure it's probably a stupid idea, but I've been thinking about him. We broke...
