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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Letter no. 36

    Dear reader from the future, I have just finished my work assessment exam for my dream job today. What does a dream job look like? Well, at least for me, a dream job is something I’ve been aiming to get, and while in the waiting, I acquired all the necessary qualifications (both knowingly and unknowingly) Read more

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  • Handmade

    There is beauty in things made by hand, done in hours of labor. You don’t see just the end product but the meticulous care and dedication to create it. To transform one into another out of creativity gives one delight. Read more

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  • Little inconveniences

    There are some inconveniences that we willingly participate in, such as waiting in queue. Why? Because we see the end goal, not the discomfort we’re experiencing at the moment. Read more

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  • Becoming a burst of sunshine

    Being there for somebody else, especially when you help them see a kind of tomorrow they never imagined possible (yet), makes you a burst of sunshine in their lives, revealing a beautiful landscape no one sees in the dark. Read more

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  • Doing the bare minimum

    What does it even look like to do one’s best? In grade school, I was told, “Why settle for good when you can do best?” I carried that idea through the years and worked through life with that frame of thought until doing the best of my abilities became the norm. It’s like doing otherwise Read more

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  • Estimating solar PV generation using PV-GIS

    If you want “free and open access to photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation potential for different technologies and configurations,” this resource is for you. When you click on the link, you will be redirected to the Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS) webpage and get access to three tools: By indicating the address or latitude/longitude of your Read more

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  • What universities are meant to do

    The Energy Change Institute is all about what universities are meant to do – they’re meant to take knowledge, they’re meant to teach people, they’re meant to learn stuff and they’re meant to work with the rest of society to take that knowledge and to disperse it. Professor Brian Schmidt, ANU Vice Chancellor (from the Read more

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