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What is a green roof and should you install one?

Green roofed structures date back thousands of years, even before the concept of housing as it is known today was birthed. The earliest green roofs came in the form of sod roofs above caves. Plants were used on top of the caves for ceremonial and agricultural purposes. Over time, sod roofs lost their value due […]

The Present Should Be Signed

When I wrote The Future Will Be Signed almost six years ago the latest in AI advancements was Google Duplex. If you’re like me and have never used Google Duplex, it’s a feature of Google Assistant that could make calls on behalf of a person and automatically perform a task, such as booking restaurant tables. […]

Flagstaff, Arizona is an excellent vegan town to try

Flagstaff, Arizona draws outdoorsy folks and is known as one of Arizona’s more progressive and laidback towns — which bodes well for vegans. I spent a few days in Flagstaff and didn’t run out of delicious, plant-based places to eat. It’s an attractive town to visit in its own right, though many people find themselves […]

Hidden Garden House showcases a design dictated by nature

Today’s architecture is no longer about creating the best space just for humans, though of course that has to be a factor. It’s also about preserving and living in harmony with the natural world. But being harmonious with nature presents a unique set of challenges. The Hidden Garden House by RAD+ar (Research Artistic Design + […]

What does the art of carbon-free gardening mean?

Outwardly, gardens look like sustainable spaces that help absorb excess carbon from the atmosphere. While this might be true, not all gardens help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. Some gardens contribute to carbon pollution. Unfortunately, most gardeners are not even aware that their gardens are a source of carbon and other greenhouse gas pollutants. Even so, […]

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 FALLOUT!

On this week’s episode of the Android Central Podcast, Shruti Shekar, Jerry Hildenbrand, Andrew Myrick, and Nick Sutrich discuss all the fallout from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023, the anticlimactic nature of annual events, review the Galaxy Z Fold 5 & it’s issues with pulse width modulation, discuss Andrew’s nightmare attempting to get his Galaxy Z […]

Eat healthy and locally-sourced foods at Sweetgreen

Whoever says fast food is unhealthy for the body and the environment hasn’t been introduced to Sweetgreen, a chain restaurant dedicated to changing how we view food production, consumption and waste.  What is Sweetgreen all about? In short, Sweetgreen represents a new era of fast food — one that focuses on healthy ingredients and local […]

CloudWatch dashboards and alarms on Mac instances

CloudWatch is great for observing and monitoring resources and applications on AWS, on premises, and on other clouds. While it’s trivial to have the agent running on Linux, it’s a bit more involved for mac instances (which are commonly used as CI workers). The support was announced in January 2021 for mac1.metal (Intel/x86_64) and I […]