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OpenOffice Language Settings
In an earlier post I talked about a formula that could be used in Ooo Calc or MS Excel to group numbers according to the Indian system of lakhs and crores. Now, Open Office 3.x has the possibility built into it. All you have to do is make sure your locale settings (in Ooo) refer to India or Bhutan.
This isn’t something most people look into but a company called spranq in has created this font which saves ~20% of your ink. They recommend a laser printer for best results but, since I don’t have one, I tried it on my regular inkjet and didn’t find any degradation of quality upto 14pt at least. However, on screen as you can see in the attached image, it starts to get irritating. Ecofont is free although the developers do take donations.
Get it from :: Ecofont
Compariing Ecofont with Arial and Verdana
Yesterday, while trying to update this WordPress installation things went crazy and the entire news section failed. Had to do a restore from backup this morning and, so far, everything seems to be back in place.
I’ve railed against the unnecessary use of concrete for years but I was not aware that it is such a huge contributor to Carbon Dioxide emissions – 10% of the worldwide total according to some estimates.
Here’s an interesting article because it gives a few alternatives to the use of concrete – most of them are not available here but, nonetheless, the article is worth reading.
Go to :: Concrete: a ‘Burning’ Issue
Trying to bring users of different flavours of IntelliCAD together to interact about all things IntelliCAD, Deelip Menezes has launched IntelliCAD.net. The intention is to:
If you’re an IntelliCAD user, head over to IntelliCAD.net a.s.a.p.
Edit: Site no longer available. Deelip has moved on and Intellicad.net has been dropped.
Not exactly a name I’d choose for a website, but never mind. The content is wonderful.
Stair Porn via :: TreeHugger
This is the ideal air conditioner – the hotter the sun gets the better the a/c works. Still, there have been drawbacks that made such machines non-viable. Now, a company called GreenCore Air has released a hybrid unit that claims to have solved the inefficiency problem.
Go to :: GreenCore The website has been squatted upon. Try this company instead.
via :: MetaEfficient
The Clinton Foundation is talking to the Gujarat Government to set up a “solar city” project that will eventually generate 5 gigawatts of power. Talks are also on with the Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan for setting up solar energy projects.
Now we can only hope that the Great Indian Bureaucracy doesn’t kill this initiative…
Full Article :: Business Standard via :: TreeHugger
The price of electricity in India has gone up substantially of late and the argument for eliminating incandescent bulbs has become even stronger. Scroll towards the bottom of this article to see cost comparisons for Bulbs, CFLs and Fluorescent Tubes.
View of the verandah which overlooks the river
It’s been a while but I finally got this page uploaded. The [RaBV] bungalow has been completed and the owners are living there already. Teething problems are still being sorted out–rather slowly–by the local contractor and they should be done soon. more…