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May 23rd, 2008

Three Doors down - Baking Delights

Our last stop for the Three Doors down activity of b5lifestyles channel is  Baking Delights.     I like to cook but I haven’t really tried baking.    Maybe you could try baking one of the recipes in Baking Delights using a solar cooker?   That would be a nice one.
Anyway,  Baking Delights is being run by Marye Audet.      […]

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May 15th, 2008

Three Doors Down - BabyLune

Still on our Three Doors Down activity this May,  I’ll like to introduce you to another wonderful blog in b5 lifestyle channel called Babylune.    The title itself gives you an idea that it is about Babies.    From the first 9 months of pregnancy to taking care of your little ones.
Babylune is being run by Eliza […]

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May 14th, 2008

Solar-Powered Headset Giveaway

While doing some blog hopping, I came across a contest. Yep, it is a contest and you are just about to win a Bluetooth headset that does not need batteries. You know why? See, this Bluetooth headset is powered by the sun. So this means that you do not need to buy batteries or wait […]

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May 8th, 2008

All Holiday Cafe

As part of our Three Doors Down activity this May,  I’ll like to introduce another blog in the b5 lifestyles channel.   This blog is all about Holidays all over the world.   You will really find some amusing holidays and special days such as black forest cake day, and national margarita day.
Sandy Mitchell is our blogger […]

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May 6th, 2008

So How Exactly Do You Recycle?

Here are some tips I discovered on the net on how one should go about recycling. I thought it was that simple but I guess there are still some rules to it.
Recycling error No. 3: Broken glass in the green bin. Glass bottles and jars go in the green bin. But broken glass should […]

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May 4th, 2008

Extreme Concentrated Photovoltaics

Would it be possible to concentrate the suns rays using some sort of magnifying glass and concentrate those light energy to a smaller PV cell to produce more energy using less PV material?  Well, that’s exactly what  sungri did.   They created a system that would use 2000x magnification.
This new solar technology is expected to bring […]

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May 1st, 2008

Three Doors Down - A Creative Journal

This May,  our b5 lifestyle channel is having an activity called  Three Doors Down.    In my sidebar, there’s a list of blogs in our channel.   I’ll be introducing 4 blogs starting from  “A Creative Journal”.
To start,  “A  Creative Journal” is a blog about journal writing.  It contains tips,  ideas, and tools for keeping your own […]

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April 24th, 2008

More B5media Giveaways!

Earlier this week we posted a list of our first round of giveaways here on the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Those giveaways aren’t even over and here comes wave Two!  How fun is that?
If you haven’t signed up for the first round, check out a complete list on our resident Pet Lover Blog and then the […]

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April 23rd, 2008

b5media lifestyle channel giveaways!!!

What a fun week we have on tap here at b5media! Especially in the Lifestyles Channel! Many of our bloggers have worked on putting together some awesome prizes just waiting on you to win them!
Here are some of the giveaways going on right now!
There will be more giveaways going on throughout the […]

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April 12th, 2008

Take It As A Challenge

Well, it is a challenge, really. See, Mayor of San Jose, California Chuck Reed has come up with a challenge that would be benefiting residents and homeowners. According to the mayor, he is calling on solar installers from Silicon Valley to come up with a really good plan which would help homeowners and residents of […]

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