http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ "The Trouble with Normal is it Always Gets Worse" -Bruce Cockburn en Vox Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:55:23 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-my-web-presence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-my-web-presence.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-my-web-presence.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:55:23 -0400 I'm blogging about my on-going journey to establish my web presence at my other blog. The 2 posts that pertain, in particular are: What's a web presence? What's my problem?There will be more posts. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-my-web-presence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100fad6b4c4b90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> design web http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/im-moving-on-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/im-moving-on-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/im-moving-on-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:36:26 -0400 I've become conflicted about maintaining my blog here at Vox. No offence to the Vox staff; this is certainly one of the best blogging services I'm aware of. But there's something about blogger that appeals to me. I'm test driving it, at http://... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/im-moving-on-maybe.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100fad6af6d400005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> design blogging about http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sequestering-and-reusing-carbon-in-cars.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sequestering-and-reusing-carbon-in-cars.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sequestering-and-reusing-carbon-in-cars.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:22:51 -0500 Georgia Tech has a cool idea: they want to capture carbon emissions in a car, and recycle it into new fuel not based on petroleum. Existent sequestration techniques don't address physically small sources of carbon emissions - but these sources ap... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sequestering-and-reusing-carbon-in-cars.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398dc79840002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> carbon transportation automobile sustainability sequestration http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-energy---without-the-hot-air.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-energy---without-the-hot-air.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-energy---without-the-hot-air.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:43:12 -0500 There's a book soon to be published by David J.C. MacKay, a Cambridge University professor, called Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. There's a draft available for free at http://withouthotair.com/. The site has a number of other interest... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-energy---without-the-hot-air.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100f30f5a39010001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book energy sustainability mackay http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/using-hot-asphalt-to-heat-buildings.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/using-hot-asphalt-to-heat-buildings.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/using-hot-asphalt-to-heat-buildings.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:54:32 -0500 The Chicago Tribune (2 Jan 2008) reported that the Dutch engineering firm Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV is working on a way to extract heat from street asphalt via pipes embedded in the road. Heat is gathered in water passed under the asphalt and stor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/using-hot-asphalt-to-heat-buildings.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398ce0d020003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> buildings roads solar energy heating http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-for-fuel.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-for-fuel.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-for-fuel.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:17:33 -0500 Believe it or not, Ecotec is apparently going to run a truck that runs on processed chocolate through parts of Africa. Three tons of wasted chocolate were used to make 396 gallons of biofuel. Apparently, burning that biofuel does less damage tha... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/chocolate-for-fuel.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398ca68920005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> chocolate biofuel http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/what-do-sustainable-designers-need.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/what-do-sustainable-designers-need.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/what-do-sustainable-designers-need.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:14:30 -0500 What do designers need to design sustainable products? There are many analytic tools out there. SDTC's STAR process and Okala are just two. It's been made evident to me that engineers take to these tools easily enough. I would wager that gener... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/what-do-sustainable-designers-need.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398c906db0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> heuristic sustainable design method http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/green-energy-from-eels.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/green-energy-from-eels.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/green-energy-from-eels.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:06:51 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398b3c598000100e398c7bc5e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398b3c598000100e398c7bc5e0001-50si" alt="デンキウナギでクリスマスツリー　Electric eel powers Christmas tree" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On the weird side of things: There's an electric eel in Japan that is powering the lights on a Christmas Tree. Say it with me: D'oh! I ain't kidding. See this treehugger article and the youtube video. Does anyone know of eels feel pain when th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/green-energy-from-eels.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398c7e6f00003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> green energy christmas tree electric eel http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-buildings-meeting-at-york-university.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fil Salustri) http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-buildings-meeting-at-york-university.html?_c=feed-rss http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-buildings-meeting-at-york-university.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:39:04 -0500 This is my first post, so be gentle. On 26 Nov 2007, I attended part of the Sustainable Building meeting held at York University and run by the Canadian Standards Association. Here's a few notes and ideas from that session. Note: Any problems i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://filsalustri.vox.com/library/post/sustainable-buildings-meeting-at-york-university.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b3c598000100e398c1d3ea0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tools sustainability lifecycle assessment