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• Roundups: Ecomodo - The Best of Treehugger

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger: Once there was a little paper company in Finland called Nokia. They started making plastic boots, and that didn't work out too well, and then decided to give mobile phones a shot. That worked out so well that they now have the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship, held each year in Savonlinna, Finland. Power usage is

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• Roundups: Man Stuff - The Best of Uncrate

  Published: August 2, 2007, 1:40 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Man Stuff, Roundups, Uncrate

  This week at Uncrate: We reminisce about the old days in a Happy iPod T-Shirt, stay cool under a Tucci Razor Shade, and keep our information protected in the Passport StrongHold Bag. We also long for a test drive in the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, listen to some Zeppelin on the B&W Zeppelin, and upgrade our luggage to the Puma Urban Mobility

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• Roundups: EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

  Published: August 8, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger:The Delft University of Technology has built a solar-powered mouse, testing whether super-functional, well-designed renewable energy products can encourage users to go green; it seems to us that your hand covers the mouse most of the day and at night the lights are out -- perhaps it's best for casual computer users. In

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• Now Presenting..

  Published: August 16, 2007, 1:37 am

  Tags: Roundup Of Roundups, Karl Rove, Crap

  Roundup of Rove Roundups (dedicated to Pete Abel)Over at Barbarian Blog MrGumby2U asks, "Might the Republicans finally have gone too far? Will the American people at long last recognize that the Republicans have no sense of decency?" prior to beginning his roundup. Psst... The answers are probably and no. (Unless your taking about

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• Roundups: EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger: We discover that lowering the frame rate on your iPhone (or other video-playing gadget) will magically extend your battery life. Solar power goes on the road, as this guy uses the power of the sun to blog about his trip, as it happens. While we're on the topic, check out these solar-powered industrial strength routers

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• Roundups: EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

  Published: September 11, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger: Gasoline-powered cars are probably the most inefficient devices we all use almost every day, but no electric cars that actually resemble conventional cars exist yet. What to do? Convert your ride to electric power; we'll show you how. Solar powered lights at your house: you know you want some. Volvo dances up to its

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• Blog Roundup: Something For The Kiddies

  Published: September 10, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Blog Roundups

  • Zagat reveals some cheap eating destinations for undergrads. Because poor college students go to Zagat-rated restaurants. [Zagat Buzz] • BAB takes us to the candy shop. [Bay Area Bites] • Vodka wars! Vodka wars! [Serious Eats] • Michael Bauer discusses restaurant design flaws. Here's one that we get annoyed with: the

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• Roundups: Man Stuff - The Best of Uncrate

  Published: September 13, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Man Stuff, Roundups, Uncrate

  This week at Uncrate: We stay classy (and drunk) with the Wine Flight Set, decorate our cubicles with some General Mills Kubrick Figurines, and keep our lawns trimmed with the Husqvarna Automower. We also hit the links office-style with My Mini Golf Course, surf the asphalt on the WAVE Street Surfboard, and impress our poker buddies with some

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• Blog Roundup: Stylish Plates, Cute Puns ... Fashionable Chefs?

  Published: September 13, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Blog Roundups

  • Fancy plates in restaurants are fun to look at, but can often be impractical. Just try cutting a whole-leaf Caesar salad in a deep-sided bowl. [Between Meals] • Bloggers love the puns, and when a McDonald's employee put extra, extra salt on a policeman's burger, the comedy pyramid just flourished. [The Grinder] • Chefs and

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• Blog Roundup: Traveling Through

  Published: September 17, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Blog Roundups

  •The doughnuts of the Pacific Northwest sure sound mighty tasty. [Bay Area Bites] •What's so American about the American edition of The River Cottage Meat Book? Apparently, not much. [An Obsession With Food] •Cafe Gratitude didn't quite live up to its mission recently. [Becks & Posh] •A fistfight in the kitchen does not

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• Roundups: EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger

  Published: September 18, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger: We revisit Potenco's ingenious pull-cord generator, get some hands-on experience with it and get up close and personal with its human power generation goodness. Unipixel has developed a new design for a handheld display that it claims is 60% more efficient than conventional displays, one that would almost double the

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• Roundups: Man Stuff - The Best of Uncrate

  Published: September 20, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Best Of, Man Stuff, Roundups, Uncrate

  This week at Uncrate: We take our home theater literally with the Woofer Speaker System, tailgate like a champ with the Freedom Grill, and keep our magazines at the ready with the Umbra Magtable. We also hit the links in our own Berline Cadillac Escalade Golf Cart, keep our office organized garage-style with the Craftsman 6-Drawer Rolling Cabinet,

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• Blog Roundup: This Charming Man

  Published: September 21, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Blog Roundups

  •Morissey says: meat is murder and you can't eat it around him. [SFist] • We're pretty sure the Mozzer also believes that eggs are murder, but that shouldn't stop you from raising a chicken. [Curbed SF] •We sure wouldn't mind a dark and stormy and some lomo embuchado right about now. [Gastronomie] •Our lust for the Old

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• Blog Roundup: So Emotional

  Published: September 24, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Blog Roundups

  •Summer is over, which is sad news indeed. [Bay Area Bites] •Don't be too sad, though, because the newly crisp weather is a perfect excuse to make consomme. [An Obsession With Food] •Cafe Gratitude's owner responds to an unpleasant incident from last week. [Becks & Posh] •Guys, there are apparently some awesome burritos

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• Roundups: EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger

  Published: September 25, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Best Of, Ecomodo, Roundups, Treehugger

  This week at TreeHugger: The ultimate in cutting edge technology: a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle, converted to run on electric power -- wonder what Herbie would think of that? DIE Moto, the diesel-engined super-motorbike, broke the land-speed record for a compression-ignition engine two-wheeler, zipping along at 130 mph. Lastly, when you think

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