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The link of the Day

This will be a regular posting – presenting a link through a discussion of its value to me.

The Manual for Home and Farm Production of Biodiesel by SW Mathewson

A thorough but simple and well explained manual for anyone interested in Bioethenol, and who in agribusiness isn’t today.

The manual is available online at [...]

The Blogging Revolution?

I have heard it many times – blogging & social bookmarking improves communication and sharing! I’m not so sure!

I came across Afri-Gadget’s Solar Powered Donket Cart the other day and thought it was a bit debatable so made a comment on the blog. Hoping to see this start up some kind of discussion I [...]

Africa & The CDM

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) arrises from the Kyoto agreement and is essentially a mechanism that finances renewable energy projects. As part of the mechanism Designated National Authorities are established as focal points. Looking at the map below of all CDM projects Africa is clearly a looser.

Without South Africa, there are only 5 [...]

Using Someone Elses Foot

The video clip below is from yesterday’s World Rugby Cup match between Ireland and Argentina.

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One of the penalisable rules of ruby is that it is illegal to play the ball while lying on the ground. This canny Irishman saw an Argentian leg close by and used this to play the ball.

And he [...]

5 km Long Beer Pipe!

The Bars in the Veltins-Arena stadium in Germany are connected by a 5 km beer pipeline. This line is connected to bars around the stadium which is fed by a central tank.

Interesting is that a 5km pipeline of just 10mm diameter, which is pretty small to pump large volumes around, would hold 400 l [...]

Super Sport – Crumby Commentries

I have really had enough – this weekend while listening to the Sharks Cheetahs game I had to switch to the Afrikaans channel! And at the time of the Super 14 & Three Nations I switched to Wrap from Down under.

This weekend’s commentary first:

I do not need to be told over and over [...]