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For those living in hot and arid climates, maintaining a garden and watering it efficiently and effectively can sometimes be a big problem. Here in Utah, we have 40-43 C days during July and August combined with the dry desert air. And increasingly like other places around the world, we are suffering from drought and water shortages, making water conservation more and more important. Every day I see ads on TV asking us to conserve water, and rightly so with such a precious, commonly overlooked commodity....

I haven't been on Hypography for a while. Some things happened in the meantime...but I am alive! I needed some time to think about things. I was terribly sick and tired in January, due to toxic air pollution here (look up "oil refinery explosion Salt Lake City" in Google if you're curious). I am further convinced that we, the human race, need to find better ways to live healthily, sustainably, and responsibly. (Sorry, the environmentalist in me keeps jumping out. If you'd suffered the...

I'm leaving on the first of many trips. This one will take me to California to visit relatives. I know I've been away and promised to be here more, but been busy again with 1st block of summer term which I finished. I had joined the UVU dance team, broke up with my ex-girlfriend again, and just about killed myself in the meantime with weird accidents. I have a strange life sometimes... I have the next 8 weeks for vacations, gardening, writing, and programming, so let's see what I can do with the...

With Thursday, I ended my last week of spring semester at my new university. I may not have mentioned it before, but I got tired of restrictions on my freedom and scientific research at BYU, and have restarted school after a long hiatus at UVU, where it's perfectly OK to drink coffee and tea. For those who know me well or have read my rants on caffeinated drinks, espressos and green tea are my guilty, but healthy, pleasures. Bright minds need a lot of coffee and caffeine.

Anyway,...