Feb 24, 2010
nerdshares:

Sexy T-Rex considers the state of his soul.

I can dig it.

nerdshares:

Sexy T-Rex considers the state of his soul.

I can dig it.

Feb 18, 2010

Exxon Backs Away From Pledge

In 2008, under pressure from shareholders including the descendants of Standard Oil Founder John D. Rockefeller, Exxon made the pledge to stop funding climate crisis deniers, writing

“In 2008 we will discontinue contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.” 

Now it seems they have backed away from that pledge. According to Mother Jones:

“Free-market, anti-climate change think-tanks such as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in the US and the International Policy Network in the UK have received grants totaling hundreds of thousands of pounds from the multinational energy company ExxonMobil. Both organizations have funded international seminars pulling together climate change deniers from across the globe.” 

Exxon needs to be honest with its shareholders and consumers. It’s time for them to once again live up to the pledge they made in 2008.

Thanks, Al.

Feb 15, 2010

If the iPad does textbooks right, it’ll win the impending Tablet Wars.

Feb 4, 2010

If you become a KVO observer of an object, but don’t want a change dictionary, ask for one anyway. Or she won’t call back.

Jan 20, 2010
A privacy-sensitive design hack from Google Latitude. On a regular basis, the user is reminded of the applications that have access to personal location tracking data, much like monthly listserv membership reminders.
Baby steps.

A privacy-sensitive design hack from Google Latitude. On a regular basis, the user is reminded of the applications that have access to personal location tracking data, much like monthly listserv membership reminders.

Baby steps.

Jan 20, 2010

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

Huh. So they topped treadmills.

I love the creativity behind these brilliant, low-budget videos. And the song is great.

Dec 31, 2009

The idea of progress: Onwards and upwards | The Economist

“Why is the modern view of progress so impoverished?”

I’d hoped to write a reaction to this, one of the best things I’ve read this year, before 2010. I’m a technologist, so the idea of lasting, meaningful social progress is especially elusive—and personal—for me.

I didn’t write my reaction, but here. It’s the right thing to read as 2010 begins.

Dec 30, 2009
Piracy is essentially the consumer’s wish to have everything on demand. It’s not like people want to necessarily have it for free
Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify, in the New York Times back in July
Dec 25, 2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas

Dec 25, 2009
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

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