The Zombie Nation Webcomic - Zombies Defined What defines a zombie? What can cause a zombie? Where does the idea of a zombie even come from? These are the questions that keep me up at night. So far I have been unable to find any satisfactory answers (Nerds arguing back and forth doesn’t count). First we need a definition, but we need a more inclusive definition than “If it’s fast, it’s not a zombie.” So here is “Zombie Carter’s Unified theory of Zombiism.” My Zombie Definition Main Entry: zom·bieVariant(s): also zom·bi \ˈzäm-bē\Function: nounEtymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghostDate: circa 1871 1. Yeah! Look, I realize that you all love George Romero, and “Night of the Living Dead” is a super nifty movie. I think we can all agree that he did the world a great service by showing us the “abject horror that awaits us all” and how we’re all going to die painfully. Zombie Subspecies Classification Project Biological Zombies Metaphysical Zombies Chemical Zombies Energy Zombies
Newsletter August 22 is Earth Overshoot Day - Footprint Network News Dear Global Footprint Network friends, Today, August 22, is Earth Overshoot Day, marking the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. We are now operating in overdraft. Earth Overshoot Day (from a concept devised by the UK think tank new economics foundation) helps conceptualize the gap between what nature can regenerate, and how much is required to support human activities. In the past year, severe economic and environmental crises have reverberated across the globe—ranging from the European debt predicament and extreme weather events to grain shortages, groundwater depletion and overfishing—affecting many among a world population that has surpassed the 7 billion mark. “Nations around the world, and particularly in the south of Europe, have started to painfully experience what it means to spend more money than what they earn,” said Dr. Today, humanity is using the equivalent of just over 1.5 Earth’s worth of ecological resources and services.
Forget WiFi, Connect to the Internet Through Lightbulbs - Technology Whether you’re using wireless internet in a coffee shop, stealing it from the guy next door, or competing for bandwidth at a conference, you’ve probably gotten frustrated at the slow speeds you face when more than one device is tapped into the network. As more and more people—and their many devices—access wireless internet, clogged airwaves are going to make it increasingly difficult to latch onto a reliable signal. But radio waves are just one part of the spectrum that can carry our data. One German physicist, Harald Haas, has come up with a solution he calls “data through illumination”—taking the fiber out of fiber optics by sending data through an LED lightbulb that varies in intensity faster than the human eye can follow. Haas says his invention, which he calls D-Light, can produce data rates faster than 10 megabits per second, which is speedier than your average broadband connection. Photo (cc) via otto-otto.com
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Raising Money With Grants Looking for information on grants for small businesses? We take a look at raising money with grants. There are many business grant programs that are worth checking out, including government grant programs (e.g. SBIR) and private and nonprofit grant programs. STTR Small Business Grants - Learn how to win an STTR federal funding grant to fund your business.