Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
In my last Team Vox post, I let you know that we're aware that the Amazon conduit is broken and that we're working to fix it. Many of you want to know when it's going to be fixed and I'm so sorry I haven't gotten back to you about that sooner.
Unfortunately, I don't have an exact date to give you, but rest assured, the Amazon conduit will be fixed in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I'm about to finish my latest book and I could use a few suggestions as to what to read next, so... if you don't mind, let me know in the comments what's on your nightstand and/or what book you think I absolutely must read next.
Thanks! :)
Some of you may have noticed that right now you cannot add books from Amazon to your Vox library. Giving people a glimpse into what's on your night stand is important to many of you, so I just wanted to reassure you that we are doing our best to get this bug fixed. I'll keep you posted.
So sorry for the inconvenience.
Hope you have a great weekend!
daisy
So the other day I was cooking what I was hoping would be a nice juicy steak for dinner. But for some reason it didn't really look or smell very appetizing to me and the very thought of eating that slab of cow carcass really made me sick to my stomach. I took two bites and was done.
A similar thing happened the other day as I got ready to bite into my well-marinated chicken leg that had smelled oh so good in the oven. A big red vein was staring me right in the face - almost still pulsating as I set it down and decided to not take another bite.
This is when I decided it was time for me to stop being grossed out by my dinners and just cut out these things for good. It's been about a week since I've done this and I've likely eaten much more junk food than I should have, but it is also helping me to look at the way I eat and giving me more ideas on creative things I can make in lieu of meats.
I'll probably not give in completely and become a hardcore vegetarian, but I've decided to limit myself to chicken (breast only - no veins, kthanx) or fish only 1-2 times per week. I've been posting some of my meals on my facebook status only to realize that some of my friends would probably like to know the recipes I've been concocting, so as I try new things (or even if they aren't new and I put my own spin on them), I'll try to post them here.
I read this book on a recommendation from a friend and I ended up loving the story. It's a story within a story (as told by the protagonist) about a young man name Kvothe (pronounced Quothe) who becomes orphaned after his family is murdered by the mysterious Chandrian. After spending many years begging on the streets, Kvothe decides he must make his way to the university as this was what his family would have wanted him to do. Using his quick wits and his penchant for mischief, he is accepted into the university where he makes both friends and enemies. Kvothe is a magician, a musician and a young man trying to solve the mysteries of his parent's murder - this story is set in a completely original world with all the fantasy elements a reader would want to see.
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Dude my building is so green. I work in the Cal/EPA building in Sacramento so we kind of have to be green as an example. Don't get me wrong - I love this building, but some of the green features are a bit wonky.
Here is what the website says (my notes in red).
"Green" Elements at the Cal/EPA Building
Cal/EPA Wins Award
In December 1999, California Construction Link magazine awarded the new Cal/EPA building "Best of 1999 Awards--Outstanding Engineering" for "innovation in air handling, window placement, and recycling, resulting in a 25-story office tower with significant energy savings over California’s stringent energy codes."
Cal/EPA's new home has many environmentally sensitive features. A few are listed below:
- Building design that maximizes daylight penetration through the optimal placement of windows, and by minimizing the number of hard wall offices close to the windows. (AKA - NO ONE GETS A GOOD WINDOW SEAT)
- Dual pane "Low E" exterior glass for energy conservation.
- Super high efficiency/low mercury lighting tubes, and perimeter light sensors that automatically dim the lights when the sun shines in brightly.
- Solar energy generation of up to 55,180 KWH by the 736 photovoltaic panels mounted on the low rise roof.
- Low-flow toilets. (THESE DO NOT FLUSH NUMBER 2 SO WELL...)
- Each floor has at least two mechanical rooms, which also function as "fan rooms" that serve only that floor, and can flush that floor with outside air, on command.
- Use of environmentally sensitive and resource efficient materials throughout.
- Provision of 25 electric vehicle charging stations on the roof of the city's Lot I parking garage (Cal/EPA is also pursuing solar panels for electrical generation in connection with these stations).
- Siting for the future placement of a 250 KW natural gas powered fuel cell.
- Use of zero-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints throughout the interior.
- Use of 52 percent recycled-content carpet tiles, with a "sticky-back" feature that does not require wet glue, and therefore significantly reduces the introduction of VOCs into the work place. (YEAH THESE ARE UGLY AS HECK)
- Special design of the dock area recycling center and recycling collection points on each floor to maximize recycling activities. (WE RECYCLE SO MUCH I DON'T EVEN HAVE A GARBAGE CAN)
