Daily Archives: April 2, 2008

If you’re going to set up a wiki (or anything like it) take the time to do it right

Had a conversation with a coworker the other day about the sorry state of our “intranet” at work. Drupal was set up prior to my having started there and to date nothing has been done to make it worth using. … Continue reading

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Things are growing!

Wow. Already have lots of lettuce starting to pop up in the containers. Cucumbers too. I didn’t think I’d be seeing stuff come up so quickly Its exciting to see stuff coming up! Gotta get my butt outside soon to … Continue reading

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Lake County, Illinois Rain Barrel Program

Just an FYI for those who live in the Chicago area and don’t have a rain barrel program in their town/county. Lake County has extended their rain barrel ordering deadline until April 23rd (for a early May pick-up). More details … Continue reading

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Feasible solutions to oil consumption? Romm is only partly right.

I read Jospeh Romm quite a lot due to his posts over at Gristmill and usually I like what he has to say. Yet in his newest Salon piece he makes a doozy of a mistake when he notes that: … Continue reading

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