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Archive for June, 2009

Today we stumbled across this great post from Derek Markham at Twilight Earth. Derek breaks down the three R’s “reduce, reuse and recycle.”

Of course, we tend to forget that reduce and reuse come before recycle. “The recycle message is the one that gets used (and abused) the most,” Derek writes.

We have to agree here. Many [...]

After a long day at the Apple iPhone launch in N.Y., YouRenew.com has returned victorious.

In the battle of old iPhone versus landfill, YouRenew.com is 1-0.

We arrived an hour before launch to greet some enthusiastic Apple fans. Although the crowd was smaller than the last launch, everyone seemed excited and interested in hearing about cell [...]

The YouRenew.com marketing team hit the streets of NYC today for the premier of the Apple iPhone 3G [S]. The flagship Apple store at 59th and 5th Ave. is buzzing and eager customers are lining up around the block.
If you’re in the neighborhood stop by and get cash ON THE SPOT today only for [...]

Treehugger recently posted an article about the newest gadgetry to hit the green scene. It’s a USB hub that allows you to switch off certain USB cords in order to reduce unnecessary power.

They were reasonably excited about this new product. Claiming it will help eliminate“vampire power.”

While I’m very glad to hear energy saving ideas are [...]

Its official, my Apple MacBook battery is dead.

After unplugging my “charged” laptop and discovering “charged” really means 15 minutes until shutdown, it became quite clear my 4-year-old MacBook pro has given up on me. It looks like my couch-computing days are over. My laptop is now on full-time life support.

Conveniently, Mac just released a [...]

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So now that your Macbook is officially old, you might be looking for a few cool ways to get some extra use out of it. One of our favorite ideas: turn it into a digital pictureframe!
Instructables.com has a great step by step guide on how to do just that. Essentially, you’ll be separating the screen [...]

Yesterday afternoon at the WWDC keynote address, Apple unveiled the much anticipated successor to the iPhone 3G, aptly named the iPhone 3G S. S stands for the increased operating speed of the improved device. After months of speculation about the form that the new iPhone would take, Apple kept the upgrades relatively predictable, although [...]