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My name is Donovan Watts. I am the Founder of Getting Sites Built, a web design agency.. we plan, design and build websites. Donovan's thoughtStream is my weblog. For kicks, I hoop. 
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Dave has discovered the Kyocera KR1 Router I've been talking about: "Scott Beale has a cool EVDO router, so you can have wifi where ever you are."[Scripting News]
Since there is no Mac OS X installer available for the Nokia 770, we are embracing the geek within and installing Ubuntu Linux on the PowerBook G4. See you on the other side. Oh wait. Perhaps it will do us no good because the flasher is only available for x86 machines, not PPC. Oh well. I think I'll check out Ubuntu anyway.
Took off with the Team in the Bullet. The Bullet is my Pop's silver truck. She's like a shark; sleek, silver and mean! Kinda the anti-Daisy. We'll be taking the shark up to Washington soon and we're out performing some tests. Thanks to the Radio Shack 140W inverter, we'll have all the power we need for the iPod and laptop. It's plugged into the Shark's gill, just underneath and to the right of the steering wheel. I'm typing this entry at a parking lot in Claremont, CA. Using the Verizon card, we're getting decent speeds; 433kbps down/132kpbs up. A/C is blowing strong. I believe that a connection to the net and our power requirements are going to be just fine.
Becoming a producer of clean energy.
Andy Baird, Lazy Daze owner and producer of clean energy says..
In the dead of winter I used only $35 a month of electricity on average. And for at least nine months out of twelve, the solar panels on my roof generate all the electricity I need, so it doesn't cost me a cent. That free power runs all my lights, my music system, my computer gear, my breadmaker, even my microwave oven. And it doesn't use up coal, oil or natural gas, or require nuclear powerplants.
Solio, dPod's portable, renewable power source that draws energy from sunlight, storing it in an internal battery, and using it to charge dPod is soaking in the sun today. This little gadgets purpose in life is to soak up the sun and then, when it's full, it gets plugged into dPod, our magnificent iPod, and then charges her up. Rinse. Repeat. Free energy.
Start small. That little solar panel is going to grow into an arsenal of panels once we get our rig. I cannot overstate how excited the Team is to imagine pulling in a majority of our electrical needs from the splendid sun's rays. Today we charge our iPod, tomorrow our entire business and life. Of course, we'll have to rely on a generator to top off the batteries during cloudy skies and winter months but that's to be expected.
The Solio is a handy little device. It will hold it's charge for up to six months. Consider if Sprocket's battery dies on me and there is no shore power around. What if there is an emergency and I need to make a phone call? Just plug in Solio and charge it up. I asked support if there is a charging tip for sale to accomodate Sprocket. I think it's just their standard mini USB cable but I want to be sure before ordering.
It takes between 8 - 10 hours of sunshine to fully charge. Or, I can plug it into a wall socket and charge it in four hours.
Here are some Solar Intensity Maps, useful for us solarites.
The trip to Washington begins in 48 hours. The Go! Team is preparing the final pieces for this leg. Our hosts have committed to our requested sleepover dates and we're looking forward to the whirlwind escapade. 400 - 500 miles per day. You can't touch this. 
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