I rarely post about work, except for my recent forays into the hilarity of working for a large, uncoordinated agency.  But what I do for work is energy efficiency, specifically lighting.

I read an article today that just appalls me.  It is amazing to me how vociferously I disagree with Republicans.  It is like they have an opposite worldview that is ( Read more... )

I'm almost afraid to blog this...

Postel’s Law [states]: “Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.” Originally intended to foster “interoperability,” the ability of multiple computer systems to understand one another, Postel’s Law is now recognized as having wider applications. To build a robust global network with ( Read more... )

I don't think that's the result Shell was really looking for.

Last night, I was watching the Daily Show, and they had this ridiculously long URL ( Read more... )

BBC NEWS | Technology | Barcode replacement shown off:Bokodes, as they are known, can hold thousands of times more information than their striped cousins and can be read by a standard mobile phone camera ( Read more... )

How to destroy the Earth:Annihilated by an equivalent quantity of antimatter

You will need: An entire planet Earth made from antimatter

Antimatter - the most explosive substance possible - can be manufactured in small quantities using any large particle accelerator, but this will take preposterous amounts of time to produce the required amounts. If ( Read more... )

Worksafe sustainability porn thanks to ferretninja.

The alternative title on this: Republicans quash market functionality to fit within their ideological views, even when liberals try to work within their market-based framework to do something about climate change.

Highlights:
But while cap and trade policies use prices and market mechanisms to induce investment, climate bills in Congress ( Read more... )

Here's the video.


And here's the article.  It is something that both conservatives and liberals can surely agree on!

And more news in the people-who-want-to-prolong-the-automobile movement.  The inventor of the Segway (yes, that's a different spelling of the word 'segue', a word I originally read as 'se-gyoo') has reengineered a Ford Think electric ( Read more... )

Leave it to google to finally figure this out...

Official Google Mobile Blog: Google on Android:Fully synchronized. Your emails, contacts, calendar entries, Google Talk chats are fully synchronized with Gmail and Calendar on the web. New events are pushed in real-time to your phone and any changes you make on-the-go are immediately available on ( Read more... )