Archive for July, 2008

How Much Electricity Does a Mac Use?

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I wrote an article for O’Reilly Media’s DigitalMedia Mac Center titled…
How Much Electricity Does a Mac Use?
I measured a bunch of electronic devices including a MacBook and iMac using the inexpensive P3 P4400 Kill-A-Watt measureing device. The results were, IMHO, quite interesting.

ExtremeTech Writer Reports on Converting His Home to Solar Power

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Interesting real-life report from ExtremeTech’s Loyd Case…
Going Solar: The Install
…where he describes the experience of converting his home to run mostly on solar power.

PC Magazine: 8 Geeky Ways to Save Gas

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

PC Magazine’s title was good enough to get me to read this article
8 Geeky Ways to Save Gas
The only thing that struck me as odd about this tech geek oriented article was that it did not suggest switching to a gas-friendlier geek-appealing hybrid or bio-diesel car.