Monday, January 31, 2011
Create a Connection-Free Walden's Pond in Your Home
Create a Connection-Free Walden's Pond in Your Home: "Jeffrey Brown writes about finding a middle path between constant connectedness and a rich inner life in Hamlet's BlackBerry. One of his suggestions, pulled from Thoreau, is to create a room in your house where no tech is allowed."
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer
Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer: "Award-winning novelist Jonathan Safran Foer challenges us to face some uncomfortable facts about our eating habits, and probes some of our fundamental instincts about right and wrong."
Cree rolls 'breakthrough' LED bulb
Update: Cree rolls 'breakthrough' LED bulb: "This is based on Cree's so-called TrueWhite Technology and remote phosphor technology.
The prototype bulb is dimmable and emits an incandescent-like color of 2700 K, with a CRI of at least 90, according to Cree. It delivers more than 800 lumens and consumes fewer than 10 watts and has been submitted for third party testing to validate the light distribution, lumen maintenance and performance."
The prototype bulb is dimmable and emits an incandescent-like color of 2700 K, with a CRI of at least 90, according to Cree. It delivers more than 800 lumens and consumes fewer than 10 watts and has been submitted for third party testing to validate the light distribution, lumen maintenance and performance."
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
YouTube - RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us: "Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
www.theRSA.org"
www.theRSA.org"
Friday, January 28, 2011
Breakthrough promises $1.50 per gallon synthetic gasoline with no carbon emissions
Breakthrough promises $1.50 per gallon synthetic gasoline with no carbon emissions: "UK-based Cella Energy has developed a synthetic fuel that could lead to US$1.50 per gallon gasoline. Apart from promising a future transportation fuel with a stable price regardless of oil prices, the fuel is hydrogen based and produces no carbon emissions when burned. The technology is based on complex hydrides, and has been developed over a four year top secret program at the prestigious Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford. Early indications are that the fuel can be used in existing internal combustion engined vehicles without engine modification.
According to Stephen Voller CEO at Cella Energy, the technology was developed using advanced materials science, taking high energy materials and encapsulating them using a nanostructuring technique called coaxial electrospraying."
According to Stephen Voller CEO at Cella Energy, the technology was developed using advanced materials science, taking high energy materials and encapsulating them using a nanostructuring technique called coaxial electrospraying."
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Cut the earth a break: Solar-charge an EV
Cut the earth a break: Solar-charge an EV: "2010’s tie for the warmest year globally is only a small part of the increasingly clear global warming picture:
Last decade: Warmest on record.
Nine of the earth’s 10 warmest years have occurred since 2001.
All 12 of the warmest years have occurred since 1997.
34 consecutive years in which the global temperature has been above average.
An unmistakable upward trend in the earth’s global temperature since records first began being kept in 1880."
Last decade: Warmest on record.
Nine of the earth’s 10 warmest years have occurred since 2001.
All 12 of the warmest years have occurred since 1997.
34 consecutive years in which the global temperature has been above average.
An unmistakable upward trend in the earth’s global temperature since records first began being kept in 1880."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Google, Facebook, IBM and Others' Weird Job Interview Questions in 2010 - IT Management - News & Reviews - eWeek.com
Google, Facebook, IBM and Others' Weird Job Interview Questions in 2010 - IT Management - News & Reviews - eWeek.com: "Glassdoor.com recently offered a list of 'Top 25 oddball interview questions from 2010,' culled from a variety of companies and analyst firms such as Facebook, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google and IBM. Particularly in the case of tech companies, these unconventional queries seem designed to not only force job applicants to think outside the box, but also give potential employers a sense of their logic and mathematics skills. In addition, many of the 'oddball questions' seem specifically tailored to certain companies' needs; for example, when Amazon.com asks a potential applicant, 'If you had 5,623 participants in a tournament, how many games would need to be played to determine the winner?' it reflects the online retailer's need for people who can intuit ranking and ordering systems. Of course, tech companies are known for their sometimes-unconventional job-interview questions. Microsoft interviewers have supposedly asked applicants, 'Why is a manhole cover round?' That's a famous one; take a look at the following list and guess how some of the other questions from Glassdoor.com's list help companies determine the most powerful and elastic minds to hire."
Monday, January 24, 2011
YouTube - YOU ARE WRONG!
YouTube - YOU ARE WRONG!: "We are almost always wrong, maybe not all the way wrong, but at least a little bit. Even the simplest questions have vast complexities built into them, and understanding that we never fully understand things leads to a much healthier and more effective relationship with the world.
It's really hard to come to terms with, but there it is. If you're curious about why we don't drink Pig's milk, Hank Sock posted an essay that is online at http://nerdfighters.ning.com/profiles..."
It's really hard to come to terms with, but there it is. If you're curious about why we don't drink Pig's milk, Hank Sock posted an essay that is online at http://nerdfighters.ning.com/profiles..."
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Science Closes In On the Reason Rich People Are Jerks | Mind Matters | Big Think
Science Closes In On the Reason Rich People Are Jerks | Mind Matters | Big Think: "mere exposure to luxury caused people to think more about themselves than others.'
Do many years of such exposure make us forget how to cooperate for good, as Wilson suggests? Maybe. But maybe there's a bit more innate flexibility in the human psyche. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more people are volunteering in community organizations across the United States since the economic crisis began. That hints that when people have forgotten how to cooperate, they can remember—if someone just takes the money away."
Do many years of such exposure make us forget how to cooperate for good, as Wilson suggests? Maybe. But maybe there's a bit more innate flexibility in the human psyche. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more people are volunteering in community organizations across the United States since the economic crisis began. That hints that when people have forgotten how to cooperate, they can remember—if someone just takes the money away."
Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. | Derek Sivers
Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. | Derek Sivers: "Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap.
You're so busy, doing everything yourself. You know you need help, but to find and train someone would take more time than you have! So you keep working harder, until you break.
Here's my little tale of how I broke into the delegation mindset"
You're so busy, doing everything yourself. You know you need help, but to find and train someone would take more time than you have! So you keep working harder, until you break.
Here's my little tale of how I broke into the delegation mindset"
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine: "Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong."
Sunday, January 16, 2011
"None of us is/are perfect" - what's correct? - Yahoo! Answers
"None of us is/are perfect" - what's correct? - Yahoo! Answers: "'None of us is/are perfect' - what's correct?
Which of the following is correct:
'None of us is perfect'
“None of us are perfect”
My office is currently evenly split between the two.
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Firejay
Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
i have got a REAL GOOD way to remember this.
just remember that 'None' means 'No one', then split it up so now ur sentence becomes 'One of us ____ perfect.'
Obviously, 'None of us is perfect' is correct.
Duh this isn't the actual way to do it, but hey, who cares? <3"
Which of the following is correct:
'None of us is perfect'
“None of us are perfect”
My office is currently evenly split between the two.
2 years ago Report Abuse
Firejay
Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
i have got a REAL GOOD way to remember this.
just remember that 'None' means 'No one', then split it up so now ur sentence becomes 'One of us ____ perfect.'
Obviously, 'None of us is perfect' is correct.
Duh this isn't the actual way to do it, but hey, who cares? <3"
Saturday, January 15, 2011
In Rhetoric Debate, Media Creates a False Equivalency Between Right and Left « SpeakEasy
In Rhetoric Debate, Media Creates a False Equivalency Between Right and Left « SpeakEasy: "When was the last time that a left winger went out and killed someone?"
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
YouTube - Isaac Asimov on the Greenhouse Effect: 1989
YouTube - Isaac Asimov on the Greenhouse Effect: 1989:
"Isaac Asimov on the Greenhouse Effect: 1989"
YouTube - World Builder (high quality)
YouTube - World Builder (high quality): "A strange man uses holographic tools to build a world for the woman he loves. This is a short by filmmaker Bruce Branit known also as the co-creator of 405."
Friday, January 7, 2011
California's First Molten Salt Solar Energy Project Gets Green Light | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
California's First Molten Salt Solar Energy Project Gets Green Light | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World: "it will be able to keep producing electricity even after night falls. SolarReserve‘s Rice Solar Energy Project"
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Great Race for Battery Technology - Rare Metals - Resource Investor
The Great Race for Battery Technology - Rare Metals - Resource Investor: "Most of the great leaps forward in US economic history were the product of massive government involvement. I’m thinking of the transcontinental railroad, the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, the atomic bomb and the interstate highway system. If the government had not funneled billions in today’s dollars into early computer research, your"
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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