Compact Florresent Lamps

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:38:56 GMT

We went a little green this weekend at my house. I purchased 22 CFL's (Compact Florresent Lamps) at Wal-Mart much to the dislike of my wife. She understands saving the world and all but doesn't like the $45 in light blubs it takes to do it. However if what I read on the package is correct these bulbs should last a long time and the savings in using just two of these bulbs over their life time should more than pay for the cost of 22 blubs.

As some people have commented before the color of the light is different with CFLs but I believe it's something we can all get used to. I have many more blubs to go to complete the whole house but I used the 22 blubs I bought what I believe are the most used lights. The wattage savings on the new blubs is amazing. A new CFL 60 uses only 14 watts of power vs the 60 watts of power in a traiditional blub. That is a huge amount of energy and cost savings!! With CFLs 60 is only a number to relate the amount of light back to the traditional blubs. A CFL 40 only uses 9 watts of power! Thes blubs are plenty bright for the lamps in our house.

On my way home today I saw and ad for GreenDallas.net. I haven't checked it out yet but it is suppose to have ideas of how to make your house more green. Hopefully I'll have some time soon to do a review. What are you all doing to be green?

On a side note CFLs are more expensive at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market than they are at a Wal-Mart Superstore, go figure!

Good Day!
Ryan

Challenge Accepted!

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:09:05 GMT

I’ve been called a lot of mean things in my life some to my face and surely more behind my back. However the other day I got called a name by a guy I don’t even know! This guy, Todd, if that is his real name, called me a lurker!!! A lurker??!! How can you call me a lurker if you don’t even know me Todd??

Well Todd didn’t just call me a lurker he called A LOT of ColdFusion developers lurkers or takers. We can define lurkers or takers in this case as developers that take code from blogs or other community sites but don’t give back to the community. For whatever reason, either they are too busy or too lazy they just don’t give back. Therefor Todd proposed a challenge. The challenge was for us all to get more involved in the ColdFusion Community, write a blog, join a CFUG or mailing list. Do something to give back.

Well Todd, challenge accepted! I’m going to try my best to make time to give back. What I say here on my InstantSpot may seem silly to those more experienced than I, so for that I apologize and welcome all feedback.

If you are new to the ColdFusion or Blog thing, here are some of the hot spots I visit often,.

Dave Shuck
Aaron J Lynch
Matt Woodward
Todd Sharp
Robert Froehling
Ray Camden
Mark Drew
ColdFusion Weely
ajaxCFC Yahoo! Group

Good Day!
Ryan

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