| Blathering for Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
01:24: Mikal shared: A Mad Engineer at SciFoo
- I'm helping out at SciFoo this weekend. Exciting!
01:26: Mikal shared: Amazon rolls out smaller, lighter, WiFi-only Kindle for $139
- I love what's happening in the ebook market. These things get more tempting every day. I have a Sony PRS 505, which makes it hard to justify another ebook reader. Must be strong...
01:30: Mikal shared: Chevy Volt: No $5K rebate, carpool-lane access for CA buyers
- There is an interesting general point buried in this article. Catalytic converters need to be hot to operate effectively. A hybrid kicks the engine in and out, which means the catalytic converter can cool down unless counter measures are implemented. This increases the amount of time the catalytic converter isn't operating, and therefore the amount of pollution produced by the engine when its on.
posted at: 08:30 | path: /blather | permanent link to this entry