An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
Damn that’s awesome.
that is awesome.
Holy crap. I now interrupt my usual stream of fandom nonsense for something useful and important.
Posted 1 hour ago
the common sense guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse:
So, in the wake of reading this terrifying shit, Postcard and I started chatting, as you do, about the zombie apocalypse. Here are some things Postcard and I enjoy: zombie media, common sense, and YELLING ABOUT STUFF. Thus, for your reading pleasure, please enjoy our simple twenty-step guide to NOT DYING in the unlikely event that a zombie apocalypse ravages humanity:
- IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL APOCALYPTIC SITUATION, ASSUME THAT THE FOLLOWING THINGS ARE GOING TO STOP WORKING: running water (this includes toilets); anything that relies on electricity (this includes gas pumps); anything that relies on natural gas lines (this includes gas stoves/central heat); basically, anything that relies on there being a factory of some variety at the other end of thing you want to make do stuff. THAT’S ALL GONNA BREAK. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERNET. Thus, the most important thing to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse is:
- RESEARCH. For as long as you possess the internet, do everything you can to learn as much as possible. Research edible/medicinal plants (or seriously, go into a bookstore and loot your shit a guidebook, they’re not large, they sell little tiny ones, you can put it in your pocket, WHY DOES EVERYONE IN EVERY ZOMBIE MOVIE NOT DO THIS). Research, from available information, how the zombies work/which of their senses are functional—for example, if they operate largely by smell, you want to work on smelling not alive. If they operate largely by sight, DON’T LIGHT FIRES AT NIGHT. And speaking of fires…
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Posted 19 hours ago
this is my new favorite video
Hercules reads his script entirely wrong
(reads the word disappointed, when he was supposed to sound disappointed)New favorite thing to say when disappointed.
new favorite way to say disappointed
I remember this show. Kevin Sorbo is pretty awesome at playing the douche version of hercules … (forgot his name … was it jerkules?)
DISAPPOINTED!
Posted 21 hours ago
why is everyone on tumblr so attractive
how can i be attractive
what’s the html code
is there a tutorial to be attractive
it was on megaupload
TOO SOON
(Source: peetamuhlark)
Posted 21 hours ago
“I swear to god, Steve, I will drop the PASIV out of this fucking window if you don’t tell me RIGHT NOW why you thought taking this goddamn job was a good idea, what with Bucky running around our heads trying to shoot us out of our dreams.”
“Can’t you feel it, Clint? You’re antsy. We’re all antsy. We’ve been the best dreamshare team there is out there since Cobb’s disbanded, and we haven’t gone under in over a year.”
Avengers Inception AU → wherein Thor of Odin Corp. hires Steve Rogers’ elite dreamsharing team to perform inception on his brother, Loki, and a shade of their ex-resident thief Bucky (who was killed when the team’s last job went horribly wrong) tries his best to sabotage it.
Or: Steve extracts, Tony builds, Clint runs point, Natasha’s a master of impersonation, Bruce concocts, Thor’s a tourist, and things happen
(Source: -andrews)
Posted 22 hours ago
Glee AU | In which Brittany, Santana and Mercedes reform the Troubletones and head to LA to try to make it as a girl group, while Brittany films their journey for an online webseries documenting the struggles they face trying to make it in the industry as women of color, different sizes and/or sexual orientations
(Source: mylittlefaith)
Posted 2 days ago
The Greek finance minister just died a little bit inside.
Graham Norton after Albania gave Greece 12 points (via the-eleventh-blog)
The thing is, we thought so too.
Posted 2 days ago
shame on you, europe.
not letting those russian grannies win.
SHAME ON YOU.
#THEY BAKED YOU BISCUITS #AND DANCED #AND EVERYTHING #YOU CRUSHED THEIR DREAMS
There are lots of thing that I like but let's not start making a list now.There are lots of things that I also dislike,but the basics are stupidity,ignorance and racism. And brocolli.I don't see why anyone would ever like that.
