Aug. 18, 2009

An Open Letter on the State of SixLinks

Hi SixLinksers,

Over the past year, we built, tested, and launched SixLinks to change the world for the better. Our hope was also that over time, it would become a full-time job for Jeff and I, so we could continue our work on it, even as student loans and such ...

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July 26, 2009

Sustainability Showdown: Gas vs. Electric Stovetop

The Dilemma
Last week, we compared microwaves and toaster ovens. But clearly, not everything can be made in one of those two! So, continuing in the cooking theme, this week's showdown takes a look at your stovetop - gas vs. electric burners to see which wins out.



The Answer
Let ...

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July 19, 2009

Sustainability Showdown: Microwave vs. Toaster Oven

The Dilemma

You've pulled some leftover mac n' cheese out from the refrigerator, glance over at your counter, and see a microwave and a toaster oven. Which do you toss your plate of pasta into, if you're looking to be the most sustainable?



The Answer
The biggest sustainability ...

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July 12, 2009

Sustainability Showdown: Gas vs Charcoal

The Dilemma
It's summer here in the Northern hemisphere, and evenings are perfect for grilling. But as you head out the back door with a plate of veggie burgers and kebabs, is it more sustainable to light up some charcoal, or use a propane tank?


The Answer
As with ...

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July 5, 2009

Sustainability Showdown: Paper Towels vs Electric Dryer

The Dilemma
Being a hygiene-conscious person, after using the restroom in some swanky restaurant, you wash your hands. Looking over, you see a rack of paper towels and an electic hand dryer. The green part of your brain now has a conundrum. Paper towels are from trees, and could be ...

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July 2, 2009

Welcome to SixLinks!

A lot of you just joined from various places, so hello, and welcome to SixLinks. We've worked hard to make it a place that's useful and helps you live more sustainabily, and we're still working, making it simpler and adding new features to help you out. But ...

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updated June 27, 2009

Sustainability Showdown: Windows down vs A/C

The Dilemma
It's 3 in the afternoon on sunny day, and you get into your car. Do you roll the windows down? Turn on the A/C? The answer's actually clear, and if you've looked into this sort of thing before, it's likely to suprise you ...

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June 5, 2009

Happy Birthday, SixLinks!

SixLinks will turn one at about five in the afternoon, on June 6, 2009.

One year ago that day, my good friend Weilin and I were hanging out, and I was bemoaning the number of things that needed help in the world, and how I didn't know where to ...

May 22, 2009

Events are live! Now does anyone know what that actually means?

Well, I do. And Jeff has a vague idea, if only because he's been watching me replace huge swaths of code in the past few days. It's been a bit frightening.

But the bottom line is that there's now a new way (under the hood) for SixLinks ...

May 20, 2009

Have suggestions? You can let us know now!

The new suggestions section is now live.

Suggestions is a place where you can submit improvements to content pages, ideas for new features, and bug reports. As we work on your inputs, they'll be updated, and you can watch things get implemented.

For old-school users, Suggestions replaces both the ...

updated May 18, 2009

New layouts, updates section, and lots under the hood!

You may notice completely new updates and grapevine pages (as well as a now-defunct community page).

What you probably won't see is the huge number of changes to how things are handled internally, as well as semantic changes to the markup and CSS that make the site much more ...

May 11, 2009

More changes keep coming!

If anyone's watching (probably not too many of you, because we haven't really told anyone that the site's back up yet), there've been some improvements and tweaks recently:

• "Tomo Says" footers at the bottom of many pages
  
• The start of the SixLinks Store
  
• Reformatted discussions, to ...