Aug 27 2008
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I guarantee you can’t stop yourself from smiling watching this video. (via Vimeo)
Aug 24 2008
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“ Water is the oil of the 21st century
— Andrew Liveris, CEO Dow Chemical, in the Economist.
Aug 23 2008
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Hoping It’s Biden
An interesting (and prescient) piece from David Brooks on why Senator Joe Biden is the best VP choice for Obama.
Aug 06 2008
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Historic German Town Struggles Over Push for Solar Power
I wonder if U.S. cities/towns will start running into problems like this. Places like New York and San Francisco definitely have the right mayors for this kind of stuff.
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MLB Standings Get More Sophisticated
From the WSJ’s excellent blog, The Numbers Guy.
Footnote: I posted this to Facebook and Yahoo Buzzed it. I feel so Web 2.0.
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Clingstone, a 103-year-old mansion set on a rock in Narragansett Bay (for you non-New Englanders, it’s in Rhode Island). From a great profile piece about the house in the NYT.
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Verdiem Aims At Home PCs, Launches Edison
I agree with the poster, give me a Mac version.
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An awesome green rooftop in NYC (via jwilly). This one was my favorite photo from the collection, Rich People Rooftops NYC. Found via kottke.
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Trading Places: The demographic inversion of the American city.
A great article about the changing makeup of cities in 21st century America. {via kottke}
Jul 10 2008
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Samsung Instinct Sets Record at Best Buy
Can you say bad timing?
Jul 08 2008
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Rep. Patrick McHenry blasting the use of bicycles as a way of saving energy. This speech was given last year, when oil was at $70 a barrel. {via TreeHugger}
Jun 27 2008
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Awesome iPhone Wallpapers
From the equally awesome Airbag Industries.
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A new litmus test
{via DF}
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North Korea Destroys Tower at Nuclear Site
North Korea giving up its nuclear program. Iraq stabalizing. Are Bush’s foreign policy demons being put to rest? And to think that the mainstream media has been calling him a “lame duck.”
Jun 26 2008
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