The blog ecoIron suggested that if Google were to switch to a black background, it would save 750 megawatt-hours per year. (This is because when your monitor displays a predominantly white webpage, it uses about 15 more watts than it does while displaying a predominantly black webpage.) Blackle has decided to do something about this by, well, being a Google clone with a black background. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but it looks cool doing whatever it is or is not doing. [GT]

Blackle (via geeksugar)

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I hate cords. I trip over them all the time because I have to drag them across the room to attach them to the outlet. They’re ugly. Also, they give me Tourette’s Syndrome. Which is why I love Eubiq. Eubiq is a power track that allows you to move the plug anywhere along the maximum 3.6 meter track. You just pull the plug out and put it back in wherever you want and you can put in as many plugs as you need. The tracks are shielded and the plugs are grounded so you don’t have to worry about little ones shocking themselves. I saw a system like this at a local net cafe and was really impressed, though the plugs they had were a bit fragile. Terrific idea though. [GT]

Eubiq [viaCoolest Gadgets]

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The usual problem for the gadget geek is what to do when you’re in the middle of nowhere with nowhere to plug your stuff in — a problem I encounter downtown here all the time. Juice Bag’s solar beach tote solves that dilemma by being equipped with a solar panel and a universal CLA/Car Charger Female Socket so you can just plug your gadget into the bag. $249.99, which would be worth it if there were sun where I live. [GT]

Juice Bag-Solar Beach Tote [via Chip Chick]

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“Without oil,” said Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, posing as Shepard Wolff of the Natural Petroleum Council, “we could no longer produce or transport food, and most of humanity would starve. That would be a tragedy, but at least all those bodies could be turned into fuel for the rest of us.” This lecture was delivered as a $45 keynote luncheon at Gas and Oil Exposition 2007 in Calgary, Alberta. It was expected to contain a statement on US-Canadian energy policy, not a performance piece on turning corpses into Vivolium. [GT]

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At Offsite2007, Kingspan Off-site unveiled the first zero-emission home in the UK. Boasting a wind-catcher to cool the house during the summer and burning wood pellets in the winter, it also generates its own electricity and hot water via solar power, providing a savings of about £500 per year. While construction costs are about 40% higher than they would be with a conventional house, the price is apt to drop as more are built. [GT]

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