http://www.tiltshift.com Personal website for Chad Patteson or Portland, Oregon. est. 2001 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:01:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Unlike Zipcar and other fleets of shared vehicles, a few companies such as Spride Share, RelayRides and Getaround are taking car-sharing to the next level. They allow people to share their OWN cars, and get paid for it too (potentially $2000 per year for 10 hrs/week, according to Spride). All ... http://www.tiltshift.com/2010/06/08/would-you-car-share-your-own-car/ If you want to make your coal-fired train or power plant more enviro-friendly, then this might be good news for you.  A Seattle-based company is planning to offer "E-coal", which apparently stands for eco-coal (I think they should have called it "bio-coal", but maybe that name is taken). The big ... http://www.tiltshift.com/2009/01/15/bio-coal-instead-of-petro-coal/ According to the American Chemical Society, Biodiesel can be made from waste coffee grounds! The benefits of coffee grounds include: Nearly as much yield as other sources like soybean and palm oil, 100% recycled/re-used source, coffee's antioxidants prolong the biodiesel shelf-life, and of course, it creates a nice coffee smell! So when will we see ... http://www.tiltshift.com/2008/12/16/coffee_biodiesel/ This is my first post on the new blog-o-riffic version of tiltshift.com! This is the fourth major overhaul of my personal website since 1996. 1996 to 2001 - hosted on Europa (JPG snapshot) 2001 to 2005 - "Old" tiltshift.com (archive with many broken links) 2005 to 2008 - Tree-text placeholder (in limbo with ... http://www.tiltshift.com/2008/11/19/first-post/