June 9, 2008
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A longish, surprisingly positive, article on China's environmental challenge
“Promising as some trends might be, bright as is the potential for efficient, money-making green investments, does China’s scale and ambition, plus its reliance on coal, simply doom the world’s effort to control greenhouse-gas emissions?”

June 5, 2008
Science Machine via Gavin McGovern
Moving van: Catching up with some old photos.
Moving van: Catching up with some old photos.
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Anil Dash on Hillary's off-key almost-concession moment
“Hillary had only prepared what was basically a standard stump speech/victory speech. When it became clear Obama had a lock, whomever (if anyone!) is in charge of communication said, ‘just preface your comments with a nod to his success’.”

June 4, 2008
My sins. From Dopplr’s new carbon impact feature.
My sins. From Dopplr’s new carbon impact feature.
Alec Lopez from Google Adwords wants to know if I am the person who manages the marketing for the company. No, please stop calling my cell!!
Purple and Brown
The puddle
The puddle
June 1, 2008
Radish wedges
Radish wedges
May 30, 2008
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Michael Pollan on the seminal question: Why Bother?
“Have you looked into the eyes of a climate scientist recently? They look really scared. So do you still want to talk about planting gardens? I do.” The big picture is that laws and technology won’t be enough. We also need personal lifestyle changes.

Apparently May is Religious Intolerance Month. Google News for “Marine coin” or “Bible burning.” I celebrated watching Jesus Camp yesterday.
May 25, 2008
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Aaron Swartz on Bloggingheads.tv
On the context-sensitivity of privacy, the objectivist roots of Wikipedia, the potential threat of rogue Google employees and on the psychology of motivation.

May 22, 2008
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FeynTube replaces YouTube comments with Richard Feynman quotes
“I wrote it because I actually like watching videos on YouTube, but, despite better knowledge, sometimes just couldn’t restrain myself from scrolling down and reading some of the comments—with horrible consequences.”

May 20, 2008
Earth’s satellites (full size), probably not anywhere close to scale.
Earth’s satellites (full size), probably not anywhere close to scale.
May 16, 2008
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU