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ehmeegee: rhamphotheca: GRIST.ORG: Just stick this portable...

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:15:47 +0100

rhamphotheca:

GRIST.ORG: Just stick this portable outlet to your window to start using solar power

by Sarah Laskow

We have seen a lot of solar chargers in our day. And among of all of them, this is the first one we’ve seen that we will definitely run out and buy as soon as it’s made available in the U.S. It’s a portable socket that gets its power from the sun rather than the grid. You plug into a window instead of into the wall. It’s easy.

That was the whole point, according to the designers, Kyohu Song and Boa Oh: “We tried to design a portable socket, so that user can use it intuitively without special training,” they write.

It is really simple. The portable socket attaches to a window like a leech to human skin. On its underside, it has solar panels. The solar panels suck energy from the sun. The charger converts that energy into electricity. You plug in to the charger.

Even better, the charger stores that energy. After 5-8 hours of charging, the socket provides 10 hours of use. You can pop it off the window, stick it in your bag, and use it to charge up your phone with solar energy, even if you’re sitting in a dark room.

(via: http://grist.org/list/just-stick-this-portable-outlet-to-your-window-to-start-using-solar-power/)

(photos: Kyohu Song and Boa Oh)

YOU GUYS.

WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE.

Photo

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:06:21 +0100

fishingboatproceeds: wilwheaton: Somebody made this, and now I...

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:03:51 +0100

fishingboatproceeds:

wilwheaton:

Somebody made this, and now I have something in both of my eyes.

(via The Wisdom of Wil - Imgur)

It’s not about what you love. It’s about how you love it.

edwardspoonhands: it’s a cat in a cup! For the office

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:00:50 +0100

edwardspoonhands:

it’s a cat in a cup!

For the office

thedailytennant: 10 and 11 chilling on set This picture makes...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:19:06 +0100

thedailytennant:

10 and 11 chilling on set

This picture makes me so happy x

betterthanfine: Can’t Help Falling In Love, Fleet Foxes :)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:51:58 +0100

betterthanfine:

Can’t Help Falling In Love, Fleet Foxes

Humans of New York

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:18:26 +0100

I just discovered the Humans of New York blog - and I love it.

humansofnewyork: After I took her photo, she stuck her cheek...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:17:37 +0100

humansofnewyork:

After I took her photo, she stuck her cheek out for a kiss. After I gave her one, she said: “Isn’t love great?”
“Yes it is,” I replied. Then she leaned in and said:
“But sex is better.”

humansofnewyork: “We were just at the playground and my...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:17:20 +0100

humansofnewyork:

“We were just at the playground and my daughter tried to get on the tire swing with another child, but the mother shooed her away. So I was just explaining to her that she shouldn’t spend energy on people who don’t want to accept her, because some people are just dicks. Whoops, sorry baby, Mama just cursed.”

humansofnewyork: “Right after she learned to walk, she started...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:17:00 +0100

humansofnewyork:

“Right after she learned to walk, she started strutting.”

900-yearsof-timeand-space: iamsmoshlocked: afadingoctober: do...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:56:48 +0000

900-yearsof-timeand-space:

iamsmoshlocked:

afadingoctober:

don’t ask questions just press play and delve into a new respect for the sherlock fandom

Before this clip came into my life I missed it so bad

SCREAMING

edwardspoonhands: lizziebennetdiaries: The End Thank...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:39:14 +0000

edwardspoonhands:

lizziebennetdiaries:

The End

Thank You

Remember to Like and Reblog

Link to Video http://bit.ly/TheLBD100
Subscribe on YouTube at http://bit.ly/LBDsub
Check out the merchandise at http://bit.ly/LBDmerch
Watch the Playlist from the beginning at http://bit.ly/LBDplist

AAAHHHHFEELS

The end x

other-wordly: pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nAGreek script...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:34:22 +0000

other-wordly:

pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nA
Greek script | σωφροσύνη
note | To everyone who is thinking “I want to get there” and also to everyone who is thinking “I’ll never get there”—you will. Even if it’s a battle, keep fighting, because you are good and strong and valuable, and your happiness is worth it.

fishingboatproceeds: mydrunkkitchen: I could not love John...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:47:26 +0000

fishingboatproceeds:

mydrunkkitchen:

I could not love John Green any more.

I could not love Hannah Hart any more.

(This is a video I made last year discussing marriage equality.)

Adding my love into the mix

Video

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:37:54 +0000

Photo

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:26:48 +0000

"Sometimes you’re 23 and standing in the kitchen of your house making breakfast and brewing coffee..."

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:25:06 +0000

“Sometimes you’re 23 and standing in the kitchen of your house making breakfast and brewing coffee and listening to music that for some reason is really getting to your heart. You’re just standing there thinking about going to work and picking up your dry cleaning. And also more exciting things like books you’re reading and trips you plan on taking and relationships that are springing into existence. Or fading from your memory, which is far less exciting. And suddenly you just don’t feel at home in your skin or in your house and you just want home but “Mom’s” probably wouldn’t feel like home anymore either. There used to be the comfort of a number in your phone and ears that listened everyday and arms that were never for anyone else. But just to calm you down when you started feeling trapped in a five-minute period where nostalgia is too much and thoughts of this person you are feel foreign. When you realize that you’ll never be this young again but this is the first time you’ve ever been this old. When you can’t remember how you got from sixteen to here and all the same feel like sixteen is just as much of a stranger to you now. The song is over. The coffee’s done. You’re going to breathe in and out. You’re going to be fine in about five minutes.”

- The Winter of the Air (via rainydaysandblankets)

ellieinindia: The views from my new home in Kolkata,...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:10:09 +0000

ellieinindia:

The views from my new home in Kolkata, India…

Feeling very proud of my little sister… who I will transfer some sponsorship money to tomorrow! To find out more about what she’s up to and why she’s worth sponsoring, have a look at her blog.

Yup.

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:07:29 +0000

Yup.

other-wordly: pronunciation | ‘o-fing

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:08:53 +0000

other-wordly:

pronunciation | ‘o-fing