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There is a new player in the “distributed computing for good causes” scene. Boid, seeks to boost participation in volunteer distributed computing efforts and make it easier for non-techie people to access

I just came across a nice mention of Steemit and Steem in a recent Economist article. Inside a special report on blockchain and re-decentralising the internet there was this: The special report as a whole

The concept of Drawdown, is that in order to reverse global warming, we don’t just need to halt the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, rather we need to bring them back down. I was a research

Vodafone Foundation has released DreamLab which runs volunteer computing projects on Apple and Android devices! While BOINC has been available for Androids for quite some time, there hasn't been a good

I mentioned in my last Johnnie C's Favorite National Parks post that the focus on wildlife was a teaser for the next park I'd cover. I love seeing wildlife when I'm out hiking, camping, kayaking or backpacking

The Space Warps Project is a fun way to kill some time and help out scientists. Here is how they explain their project: "Gravitational lenses are massive astronomical objects – such as galaxies –

Classify this under Saturday morning waking thoughts that are fun to consider. As I was waking up from a particularly interesting dream featuring lots of my old friends, I had a random thought that stuck

World Community Grid just announced three winners of its contest seeking new climate research projects to support on WCG. These winners get access to the volunteer computing resources of WCG (and Team

Following environmental news these days it is easy to get depressed and become pessimistic. While these feelings are justified, they aren't always helpful. For this reason, I like to spend time seeking

I recently started a new series "Johnnie C's Favorite National Parks". You can read the introduction here and my first post on Olympic National Park here. As a teaser for my next national park,

Welcome to my new series "Johnnie C's Favorite National Parks". Today, we travel to the Pacific Northwest, in particular to the Olympic Peninsula in northwestern Washington State. As I mentioned

I love backpacking, hiking, strolling, kayaking, and taking photos outdoors and have visited lots of great parks over the years. In this set of articles, I'm going to cover my favorite US National Parks,

I've long wanted to visit Yosemite in winter. I'm not sure if it was an Ansel Adams photo or a story about early settlers living in Yosemite Valley, or a combination of multiple factors, but I've wanted

The Carbon XPrize is a $20 million prize that hopes to incentivize the development of technologies that utilize carbon dioxide, in particular concepts that convert coal or natural gas power plant emissions

What do scooters, skateboards, bicycles, and carshares have in common? Unlike the over-hyped Segway, these new transportation technologies will have a major impact on urban transportation. While the Segway

This Saturday is Citizen Science Day, though like Earth Day, it seems like every day should really be Citizen Science Day! There are so many ways for anyone to get involved with science that range from

What follows is a description of my experience setting up a Raspberry Pi3 and an ODROID XU4Q. If you just want to see a comparison of the results and a short summary of Pros and Cons of each, skip to the

Lots of big news on renewable energy has come out recently. For example, did you know that in many regions building and using new renewables (like solar and wind) is now cheaper than just running old coal

If like me, you recently upgraded your wallet using the "upgrade client" option inside the wallet, you may have encountered an error and been left with a wallet that wouldn't open. My error messages

As Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies see a huge spike in media coverage this week and going forward, there will be a lot of coverage of the fact that Bitcoin mining uses a ton of electricity and therefore has