A blog about what I find interesting.

It seems like an interesting way to add content to my blog. Testing out a few things below.

Well now you can.

Ashley Elizabeth, originally uploaded by kmahan_com.

Born on Jan 14th 2008 at 2:06 am.

She weighs 7lbs. 15oz. and is 21 inches long. She has a full head of hair already, and her eyes are a dark blue gray for the moment.

Some new pictures, full size styrofoam mock ups, and more information on the new VentureOne from IanBruce.

Hi people,

As we begin the New Year, we wanted to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continued contribution in helping us make Venture Vehicles a reality! I’m not exaggerating when I say that the past 6 months has seen the greatest growth and momentum for us since Howard Levine and I began this effort back in 2005.

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We found out last Friday. Now onto the fun part of picking out a name for my little girl.

Heres my little boy/girl. =)

kmahan_com posted a photo:

We found out at the beginning of May. It will be our first child. After 8 years of marriage we figured it was time for her to drop the pill. Two months later we have this =)

Since I moved my websites to my new host, Wichita-Falls.org’s code was lost. Before it would aggregate news from several sources about Wichita Falls. Well now thats working again using Wordpress and a plugin. I’m currently searching for a way to get events around town as well. I may just use the feeds from Yourhub.com, but it will take some other code to truly make useful to users.

I added a new photos section to the website. Everything I upload to flickr.com will be posted here as well. So far this is one of my favorite shots.

This is a bit of old news but fits in the theme of ultra efficient vehicles like the Venture One.

EEStor has claimed to produce a capacitor that will hold more charge than a battery of the same weight and do so with very little energy leakage. Not only that but they are building a facility right now to mass produce these capacitors designed for an electric vehicle that could reach 300 miles per charge. It would also be capable of recharging in about 5 minutes.

What they have accomplished is the holy grail of electric vehicle usability.

1. Enough stored energy to compete with gas powered vehicles.
2. Quick recharge times.
3. Not having to replace batteries during the lifetime of the vehicle.
4. High performance capabilities.

This has the possibility of turning the auto industry upside down. And if the technology can be scaled down to AA battery size it would also change the electronics industry as well. Laptops that last 12 hours on a charge, can be recharged in a matter of seconds, and less chance of a catastrophic battery failure.

So far they haven’t released any hard info, and at the moment these are all claims of what they can do. It could be just another grab for attention making claims that they can’t backup. But I for one hope they really have found the holy grail of energy storage.

You can read more info at Treehugger.com