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Friday, August 26, 2022

In This Edition:
Google greenwashes aircraft emissions, waveline magnet energy generator, David McWilliams on Michael Collins, make your own outdoor gear, & play arcade games in your browser!

For the first time ever, I've read the book before the TV show/movie!  That book is Paper Girls and is a brilliant graphic novel. Paper Girls on Amazon Prime is superb and is doing the book justice.

Google Greenwashes Aircraft Emissions

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As reported by the BBC, Google have updated their Google flights emissions calculations to exclude all the global warming impacts of flying except CO2. This removes almost half of the emissions generated actually generated from aviation. Failing to measure & display these additional missions effectively amounts to greenwashing, and is the opposite of what is needed during a climate emergency :-(

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Waveline Magnet Energy Generator

Iamge: Design Boom, SWEL

The Waveline Magnet is an energy generator made by SWEL in Cyprus, that passively generates electricity from the movement of waves it rides on. Check out the mesmerising concept video here.

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Podcast Of The Week: Michael Collins on the David McWilliams Podcast

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This week David & John released a great podcast episode about Michael Collins and the economics of civil war Ireland. At the start of the episode, there's discussion of no ambush happening at all at Béal Na Bláth. In the second half, there are insights into Collins' 1922 plans for Ireland, with open trade, a booming economy staked by Irish capital for Irish businesses using Irish resources, united.

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Make Your Own Outdoor Gear

Image: MYOG

MYOG is a website that sells sewing patterns and instructions on how to make your own outdoor gear, from shorts and hoodies to backpacks and wind jackets.

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Play Arcade Games In Browser

Image: Internet Archive

The Internet Archive hosts a range of arcade games with emulators that can be played in the browser. Fight!

About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in Liverpool. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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