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facing jail time for vegetable garden

This is supposed to be the land of the free

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Philosophy for staying healthy

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it... Don't waste on exercise.Everything wear out eventually....

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First electric bill after a month with an electric car.

Today we got our first bill of our utility company while having our fully electric car.I placed a kill-a-watt unit in between the "trickle charger" (120 volt 12 amp) and the mains to keep track of...

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web server log files

I just found this in one the log files of one of my servers:74.63.221.49 74.100.111.212 - [18/Jul/2011:18:45:44 -0700] "GET HTTP/1.1 HTTP/1.1" 404 345 "-" "Toata dragostea mea pentru iEdi"A google...

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Our oldest chicken is no longer with us

We started in april 2010 with 2 chickens: one brahma and one orpintonThe brahma got snagged by a coyote and since the orpington always seemed to verbally complain about everything we called her...

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New pet toy

Yeah! A new toy !Tastes funny ...What am I supposed to do with it anyway ?Something like this ?Woohoo!!!

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July stats

From the useless information department:The month of July was _hot_Gave us 110 eggs (month before was 89)Our coffee machine used 10 kWh (about $1.25) of electricityOur office (printer/scanner/2 laptops...

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Essay: The Story Behind Our Food

The Story Behind Our Foodlink*update*Sorry for the missing link ;-)

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honey laundering

Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery ShelvesA third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal...

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we haven't the faintest...

Bought at our local TraderJoe, just because of the label ;-)

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Cal and mouse game

Yesterday, unknowingly I brought a field mouse home. It was in an abandonded hive that I took home. Cal was fascinated by the mouse.

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Did You Know Reading Food Label Can Be So Tricky?

Did You Know Reading Food Label Can Be So Tricky? 1. Look Out for Hidden MSG! Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), “the miracle flavour enhancer” often associated with Chinese foods, is known to be neurotoxic...

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holiday spirit

People in socal know how to get up the spirit of the holiday. Complete light shows on their homes, and on their car:

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full load

Los Angeles skylineLA Honey Company Today we drove to LA Honey to buy 100 supers of deep or super bee boxes, for expansion of existing hives. Together with 1000 frames it is about a truck full! Some...

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car rental: my story with Hertz

Today turned out to be a "not so usual" day It started that the last coffee beans went into the coffee machine.Since I can not start without coffee in the morning, we drove to the people of beacon...

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New solar panels/inverter online

Since 8th of Feb I have new solar panels and a new inverter online.Yesterday I finally managed to "talk" to it via a rs-485 interface.With the aid of some people I managed to upload the data to...

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Fast charger cable for EV

Finally finished yesterday:The cable with fast load capability for our EV (electric vehicle)It used to take up to 17 hours to recharge our EV when the batteries were depleted using the supplied trickle...

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april stats

The month of April in numbers:Egg production: 118 (-12% compared to last month)Number of laying hens: 6 (-15% compared to last month)Total electricity used: 662 kWh (normally would have paid $122 for...

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is this for real ?

I still read a lot about "world news" on non-us websites (in my native language) If what they claim here is true, it is not good (TM) 6 corporations control 90% of the media

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I hope it is a troll

One day to stay at home and don't go out on the street: Jesus, Take The Wheel dayif this isn't a troll, it's insanity

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Love Your Food Everyday

Former McDonald’s Honchos Take On Sustainable Cuisine It would be great when this would become a success:lyfekitchens

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A nice afternoon

photos are not clickablePlaying with waterBlowing BubblesLooking the ball out of the waterWho can blow the most bubbles ?Measuring the depth of the waterAnd afterwards, something to eatDessertNot to...

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nobody can produce a computer mouse (by its own)

Interesting speechyoutube movie

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holiday train

On the first of December, the holiday train visited Camarillo.We had never heard of it before and thought it would be fun to watch.Unfortunately it was raining that day.Luckily the train had stopped...

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