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- Hate the twisty bulbs? ESL’s coming soon Mon, 16 May 11, 5:01pmThis product just got UL approval, expect it to show up for retail sales soon. What’s an ESL? Think of it as an unfocused Cathode Ray Tube or CRT. The definition at Wikipedia is: Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL)...
- Can we have our regular old light bulbs back now? Fri, 11 Feb 11, 3:06pmGreat, just great. Don’t get me wrong, I like the LED bulbs, I have several in my house. But when we get back to basics, a tungsten light bulb doesn’t require a haz-mat squad to dispose of. It’s glass, ceramic,...
- At $4.4 million per mile, a road to snow-where? Mon, 7 Feb 11, 7:00amHere in broken California, we can’t hardly get Cal-Trans to complete regular asphalt roadways on time or on budget. While this is a nice idea, and in a perfect world it might be a perfect solution, I don’t think...
- An end of an era – the incandescent light bulb Tue, 28 Dec 10, 6:29amAlso, there’s a poll at the end of this article, asking about what you might be doing for the upcoming ban in California. On January 1st, 2011, just a few days from now, California will begin phasing out the legal …...