Nick Kristof’s very nonradical…
Nick Kristof’s very nonradical piece: Crony Capitalism Comes Home: http://t.co/9FhhQ7AK
Eric Schlosser at Colorado Conservation Voters
Eric Schlosser, the author of “Fast Food Nation” and other books, keynoted the Colorado Conservation Voters‘ annual luncheon today. The influential author was addressing an influential audience — Gov. John Hickenlooper...
Crazy simulation: Shielding a …
Crazy simulation: Shielding a building | iSGTW: http://t.co/kXVWW8TI via @AddThis
Beware of Yelp
I wrote a rather dark Yelp review of an old Dearborn mainstay on Friday. My folks and I had just eaten there. As of that moment, Yelp reviewers, apparently all with multiple sensory disorders, had given Richter’s Chalet an average of four...
Non-green keyboard saves green
My external keyboard, a Microsoft thing, seems to aspire to being an IBM Selectric, clacking so loudly phone-interview sources get self-conscious. So I went online and found this HP Wireless Elite Keyboard on Amazon for $29. It was more or less...
Water and electricity
I teach a narrative nonfiction class at the University of Colorado; a student did an good piece on water waste through sprinkling sidewalks and soaking common common greens to bogginess. Curious about the energy of water usage, I did some hunting...
Earth’s water may have come fr…
Earth’s water may have come from comets – Light Years – CNN.com Blogs http://t.co/EN63radv via @cnn
Natural gas not quite a climat…
Natural gas not quite a climate panacea, NCAR’s Tom Wigley’s model suggests. http://t.co/FzzXOYI
Apple’s Sales, Astronomically Speaking
Apple recently announced its results for the three months ended June 25. More than $7 billion in net income for the quarter — not bad. I’ve been thinking about the massive scale of our aggregate consumption, though, so a couple of...
False crisis turned real, Republican born and bred
When the 2012 presidential election season rolls around and the Republicans try to blame the Democrats for the Great American Credit Default (or near-default, if we’re lucky), remember: The notion that the House bill, rejected by the Senate...
Post Palm Pre Post
I dig technology, but tend to be a late adopter. One of the few exceptions was in June 2009, when I was quick to jump on the Palm Pre. The iPhone Killer. Sprint’s first real smartphone. It was a revelation, the device. Slide-out keyboard...
Health care rationing is good
For a reminder of the big picture issue in health care, former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm’s Sunday opinion piece in the Denver Post is well worth a look. Lamm has been writing about this issue since the mid-1990s, and federal deficit and...