Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Overland to China Episode I: Europe


We had about an hour between trains here - long enough to sample the food and watch the antics of the many stag parties!

I've been putting this off, but now we've managed to trawl through the 3000-odd photos we talk on our big adventure, and narrow them down to a few hundred... and I thought I'd post the first little batch. We crossed Europe in two days and two nights, via Eurostar, Burssels, Cologne and Copenhagen, then on to Stockholm and Helsinki. Helsinki was the first place we actually stopped, hence the majority of phots are from there.

Next stop St Petersburg...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Heat Your Home With SolTech Energy's Beautiful Glass Roof Tiles | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

http://inhabitat.com/2010/10/14/heat-your-home-with-soltech-energys-beautiful-glass-roof-tiles/
Now that I am a homeowner - picked up the keys on Friday - I am once again ogling stuff like this. Aren't they purdy?



What I'm wondering is, if they work by heating air instead of water, why bother using the hot air to feed the hot water system? Why not pipe the hot air directly into the house and cut out the middleman? Admittedly in summer this wouldn't be so great, but in winter, why not?