My personal favorite from QandO – Don’t get stuck on stupid.Fiber is Cheaper than Asphalt, a call for more broadband, something that Nelson County is working on (and here).Building homes few can afford.
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Efficient email
Between twenty to thirty percent of my business comes from the web, and most of the rest is personally-generated business.One of the downsides of sending so much email is finding ways to best organize it…. 43Folders is a great site with loads of useful tips for making one’s life a bit more efficient.You can make it even easier for your recipient to immediately understand why you’ve sent them an email and to quickly determine what kind of response or action it requires. Compose a great “Subject:†line that hits the high points or summarizes the thrust of the message. Avoid “Hi,†“One more thing…,†or “FYI,†in favor of typing a short summary of the most important points in the message:Typically, I put the transaction name in the title of the subject and the actual subject of the email.
Get ready for winter
Energy un-efficient homes.With soaring oil and natural gas costs, people will be under mounting pressure to make buildings more energy-efficient, especially as the weather turns colder and higher home heating bills arrive…. Big-ticket items like new windows and doors, or adding more insulation to your attic and walls, can cost thousands of dollars. Not only that, it’ll take 15 or more years — longer than most people own their homes — to see much return from lower energy costs…. Hopefully this will provide the impetus needed for private industry to exercise its innovation and develop alternative fuels and more efficient and economically feasible houses.
Morning reading
So you want to live near a school?Green RenovationsRebuild New Orleans differentlyIf subscriptions are needed for the above, bugmenot.Get ready for an extraordinarily expensive winter.I have said it before and I’ll say it again, make sure you have enough homeowner’s insurance!Universal Design for homes – making your home retirement ready.Beginning next year, building owners will be eligible for a credit of 30% of the purchase cost of solar power systems — up from the current 10% credit — good article. It is a shame that these incentives are going to expire in 2008. In light of our energy situation, this should be an ongoing effort rather than a brief window.
Soccer season!
I am coaching my daughter’s U-12 team again and playing as often as possible myself. Our area is truly lucky to have such wonderful soccer fields all around Charlottesville and Albemarle. Coaching takes up an awful lot of time – more than many people realize…. Being unprepared in the face of thirteen 11 and 12-year-olds is a recipe for frustration and disaster.
Charlottesville’s Shelter From the Storm
If you have $20 to spend and want to listen to some excellent music the weekend of 22 September – Due to the recent disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina, a collection oflocal musicians, venue owners, booking agents and concerned citizens have banded together to produce amusical and artistic extravaganza from September 22-25 to help benefit its victims….