— unpredictable thoughts

Mak­ing a macro lens and a light for the iPhone | Hi, I’m Colin Devroe.

So this is one of the most ana­log hacks I’ve seen in a while. Sorta looks like a pirate or a borg. Colin must have been really bored. Or maybe cre­ativ­ity just over took him and this is what hap­pened. Either way I’m dig­ging it.

Check out his post : http://cdevroe.com/notes/iphone-macro-light/
You can also take a look at some of his iphone pho­tos at flickr. This link will take you to a macro shot of an m&m you’ll like it.
Check out the m : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdevroe/2278326372/

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Tags: Col­in­De­vroe, iphone, macro lens, hack, super hack, cam­era, fun

“One SEPTA rider con­sumes about half the amount of oil than that of a pri­vate com­muter. Imag­ine what a bus­load can do.“SEPTA also has been work­ing to min­i­mize the envi­ron­men­tal impact of its fleet.

It oper­ates 32 diesel-electric hybrid buses and plans to add 400 more by 2011. These are 30 per­cent more fuel effi­cient and emit sig­nif­i­cantly less car­bon monox­ide and car­bon diox­ide, accord­ing to SEPTA. Other buses have been retro­fit­ted so they can use cleaner, ultra low-sulphur diesel fuel.

SEPTA’s new theme: ‘Go Green’ | Philadel­phia Inquirer | 02/26/2008

Ok so who knew?

I hate buses, I love trol­lies. I want more trol­lies. I hate the noise that buses make and the smell when the engine isn’t run­ning clean… the heat from the engines. I hate buses.

But, at least some­thing pro­gres­sive is hap­pen­ing. And if rid­ers are up maybe we can get some­thing bet­ter than a bus — like a trolly.

So, when do we make the taxis hybrid?

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Tags: SEPTA, trans­porta­tion, green, philly, philadel­phia, nixon, buses