The state of New Mexico in the US have taken things into their own hands and setup a range of incentives to encourage and promote the use of renewable energy, especially solar energy.

Hydrorunner technology promises to increase fule efficiency in internal combustion and diesel engines by at least 84 percent.

Great article on how to keep your photos looking sharp.

A company in San Francisco called MyFarm offers a home garden service where they grow fruit and veges for you in your backyard for a weekly fee.

Animoto lets you upload your images and music and then compiles a music video for you, it’s great!

Finally some handy sites to talk you through installing multiple browser versions for testing:

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesign/multiplebrowsers.shtml

http://mbappliance.colinfinck.de/

“A high serum level of transmonounsaturated fatty acids, presumably reflecting a high intake of industrially processed foods, is probably one factor contributing to increased risk of invasive breast cancer in women.”

Transfat is created naturally in the rumen of cows and sheep, so meat products and dairy foods contain trans-fat in small amounts. However trans-fat is also created by combining a vegetable oil with hydrogen under high pressure. Manufacturers love this hydrogenated oil because it keeps things crispy.
Australian manufacturers are not required to label the amount of trans-fat on their products, hopefully this will change in the future. Denmark has moved to banish trans-fat from all products, and many other European countries are following suit. The US has introduced measures requiring products to be labelled with the percentages of trans-fat and Canada is moving to ban trans-fat from all products.

How can you avoid trans-fat? Look out for these products: cakes, cookies, crackers, pies, bread, animal products, margarine, fried take-away foods (check the oil that is being used), potato chips, corn chips, popcorn

http://www.virb.com/amplifier

Flow.ers

http://amp.tumblr.com/

This is hardly the only place where low-income people suffer from a lack of choices and information. Their options have been limited because legitimate companies have been reluctant to enter the markets that serve them.

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Marketing/Strategy/A_grassroots_approach_to_emerging-market_consumers_1866_abstract

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Financial_Services/Personal_Financial_Services/Extending_financial_services_to_Latin_Americas_poor_1955_abstract

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Financial_Services/Banking/Financing_Latin_Americas_low-income_consumers_1956_abstract?gp=1

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Financial_Services/Banking/Succeeding_in_Latin_American_banking_An_interview_with_Banco_Itaus_CEO_1868_abstract?gp=1

15 great tips for Candlelight photography

How to colourise black and white images

The best tip…”Capture an image with a sharp foreground and the rest will follow.” and many others

Some inspiring underwater photos

We’ve had alot of rain in Brisbane the last few days, here are some fantastic rainy day photos

A way to monitor your competitors website for changes using Page2rss.

A commentary on Google’s investment in a genetic mapping company and the possible implications.

A home ethanol system (by the guy who invented the Wii fit system) which reduces the cost of fueling you car to around 50 cents per gallon.

And, finally, a way to instantly print your digital photos

Some useful links I’ve found in the past few weeks:

Zamzar is a free online file conversion tool, no need to download or install software, and it converts a huge range of image, video, document file formats.

If you ever lamented the number of cars on the road with one person in them, then you’ll like TripShare. It’s an Aussie service to get more people sharing their car travel and sharing the costs.

Work on your photos online using Picnik, another service where you don’t need to buy or download any software.

With the crazy amount of content up on the net at the moment, Popurls  is a great way to quickly find the most popular Urls at the moment

MailFreezr is a service that lets you create an email to someone, and then store it for as many years as you want, when it is then sent to the person. You’d want to make sure the recipient’s email address stays the same over the next 10 years..

We need this service in Australia - BookSwim is a netflix style service but for books..pay a monthly fee, get the books posted to you, and then post them back when you’re finished.

Zazz sells on thing, one day at a time, at a discount price.

This is awesome - a way to convert your own document into a magazine