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Technology and the Home.

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Percy Kwong

OK, call me a geek, call me “one who lives in excess..”, or just call me a spoiled brat, but when I’m home, I like to have all the media I want when I want it. (wow.. that last sentence had quite a few commas).  I like to have movies, music, and whatever else I…

An Internet Service Done the Way It Should be.. Coop!

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Percy Kwong

I’ve been reading alot about bandwidth caps, p2p throttling, etc.  It’s all over the news and it’s just not getting any better.  So.. being the business-minded individual I am, I started looking at / pricing out just what it would really cost to offer relatively decent Internet that was free and untethered.  Here’s what I…

Biodiesel

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Percy Kwong

With Gas Prices Reaching $4.00 per gallon, I’m thinking of switching 2/3 cars to Biodiesel.  I figure I could put a biodiesel processor in my shed and basically save myself a whole bunch of cash.  A 100 Gallon processor would be about $1500.00 (alot less if I build it myself).  Cars, they’re cheap enough.. A…

Gas and Electric Reductions

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Percy Kwong

Well, I can say that it’s pretty ugly.  Gas + Electric more than $1000.00 a month.  I wondered if I could do anything about it, so I took a look at a few things and figured, why not give it a shot?  Worse Case, I hate the implementations and I undo my actions. I went…

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