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HP working on solar PV, IBM putting a billion dollars into green datacenters, Intel spinning out a PV firm — nice to see the IT leaders getting behind alternate energy DOE ... Read more..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
bcurtisBLOG » People are talking about water… — nice chart on where all our water goes. Only 13% for household use. A huge amount to thermoelectric power generation. Tom ... Read more..Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
blog.pmarca.com: Brad DeLong on trade and wages — excellent articulation of the China strategy that makes sense to me — basically, lets be great friends with them. (I guess ... Read more..Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Marginal Revolution: No More Making Fun of Canadian Money. Wow. The world has voted on the US economy and government policies. Read more..Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
BBC NEWS | Business | US ‘no longer technology king’ … and the new king is … Denmark??? I can accept the US losing its lead but…Denmark??? Did Bluetooth wipe ... Read more..Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Cool — LegiStorm - The Web’s only source for congressional staff salaries Read more..Thursday, May 11th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Dad how can you not get this for tailgating this fall? Read more..Saturday, April 1st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I’m a sucker for maps. Some great ones at Marginal Revolution, weighting countries by things besides area — population, tourism, exports, etc. Read more..Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I love google maps and mapquest, but if you are planning a multi-leg road trip — say for instance visiting 8 colleges and universities over 4 days — AAA triptiks ... Read more..Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Tom Evslin nicely makes the case for at least thinking about nuclear. hear hear. Martin on legislative efforts here in WA to encourage renewable fuels, and on the coming wave ... Read more..Wednesday, October 19th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
One is online — from the President of Reed College — concerning Reed’s withdrawal from the US News ranking system. Another only in print or paid sub — The Best ... Read more..Monday, October 3rd, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Good article about Teach for America in nyt this weekend. I didn’t know anything about the program. Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of ... Read more..Wednesday, September 7th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I sure hope that all the bloggers, who have so much time and energy to blast the emergency preparedness and emergency response of our various levels of government, have spent ... Read more..Thursday, September 1st, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Catching up with all of Martin’s postings: Responding to the negative energy balance FUD around biodiesel — good stuff Seattle leading way to embrace Kyoto — great news. I think we’re ... Read more..Saturday, August 27th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
What is up with the speed limits in Oregon? Vast stretches of empty country in the eastern part of the state, and speed limits set at 65. No ... Read more..Monday, April 25th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Tom takes a break from his excellent series of posts on VOIP to advocate for nuclear power. Certainly my feeling as well, especially after reading The Bottomless Well. ... Read more..Thursday, January 20th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
When I first read last week about the problems with the FBI computer system overhaul, I was pissed at our government. $170M wasted, now another $2M to consultants to ... Read more..Monday, January 17th, 2005 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Landed in Duluth at 9pm Saturday. Temperature on the ground: -20 degrees F. Airport has one ticket counter, a handful of gates, and a luggage carousel the ... Read more..Tuesday, December 28th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
This holiday season, we particularly wanted to help out the families of servicemen and servicewomen who have made or are making significant sacrifices for all of us. We gave ... Read more..Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
…is not the presidential results. I am sure the country will muddle through whoever is inhabiting that office. The thing that is of most local, immediate importance to me ... Read more..Friday, September 24th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Winds of Change.NET: Watch the Teachers’ Feet “[American] public school teachers are almost twice as likely as other parents to choose private schools for their own children, the study by the ... Read more..Tuesday, September 14th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Good article on the dairy lobby. Interesting (in a sad way) how money influences our government’s dietary recommendations. Read more..Friday, August 20th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
34 miles into our drive to LA and we hit a big whomping chunk of metal in the road — and there goes a tire. Could have been worse ... Read more..Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
evhead: The Way We Eat Now — great article on the sad state of the American diet. Read more..Monday, May 3rd, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Sam turned me onto this site — UrbanDictionary.com: Define Your World — a community-driven guide to slang. Very helpful! Read more..