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08.19.08

The End of Oil
Apocalypse Soon, Tech (0)
I was captivated by Wired's article on Shai Agassi, an entrepreneur from Israel who believes he can reboot the car industry in a fascinating way with a brilliant take on electric vehicles. The article introduced me to the (apparently) growing concept of buying a car but leasing the batteries, which seems to make a lot of sense. "...It was an unorthodox mashup of the automotive and mobile phone industries. Instead of gas stations on every corner, the ERGO would blanket a country with a network of "smart" charge spots. Drivers could plug in anywhere, anytime, and would subscribe to a specific ...
07.22.08

McCain is now 6 days older than the last time I said he was too old
Apocalypse Soon, News, Stupidity (0)
This thing is getting bigger, rather than going away. I sort of mentioned a few days ago that I thought that McCain was a tad old to be running for President, especially because he can't use the Internet, and barely uses a computer. It seems that he is unusually out of touch, even for an old fart. Unlike McCain: "About three-quarters of white, college-educated men age over 65 use the Internet," That's from an AP article on Wired that has (gasp!) actual quotes from people even older than McCain who rely on the internet daily. I just want to be clear that ...
07.16.08

Breaking News: Old Fart too old to be President
Apocalypse Soon, News (1)
Apparently some Americans think that McCain is a little too old to be President (he's 71, will turn 72 before the elections are over). Just a tad too old. Okay, maybe really really ancient. It seems that the topic keeps coming up during his campaign, and it's certainly not going to go away. In fact, some people are rather transfixed by it. This website keeps a rather lengthy list of things that McCain is older than: Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born - not to mention computers, which McCain admits he doesn't use. That quote ...
07.04.08

Ray Ray Ray
Apocalypse Soon (1)
Sorry for the lengthy absence, I fell off the blog wagon there. Fortunately there are lots of things to talk about today though. First off we have an incredibly cool picture of a golden ray migration off the coast of Mexico, thousands of rays moving through the water. Incredible. It reminds me of that Jellyfish Lake I posted about a little while back, similarly beautiful and deadly. Golden Ray migration from Boing Boing. Post title is a little ADHS bonus. You know who you are.
06.13.08

Debunking Conventional Thinking
Apocalypse Soon (0)
Wired has a good piece on "Inconvenient Truths" about green living and climate change. The idea is that to win the fight against global warming, common beliefs are often wrong. There are some good ones in here, here's a list of my favourites: City living is better for the environment Air conditioning is better than heating Organic farming produces more emissions than conventional farming Natural old-growth forests produce more greenhouse gasses than logged forests Genetically modified crops will feed the world more efficiently Nuclear power is the cleanest source of power widely available today A used car beats the pants off a new Prius in terms of ...
06.11.08

Water Conservation Calculator
Apocalypse Soon (4)
Well, here's a neat little water usage calculator to give you an idea of just how your bloated McMansion lifestyle stacks up to the average for your province. I gave it a crack, and discovered that for some reason (probably the fact that I have grossly underestimated our water usage) we show up as well below the average, surprisingly below in fact. I must have done something wrong. Still, we don't have a pool, I never wash the cars (lazy pays in this case), and only rarely water the lawn these days. I even put in a fairly honest (I think) ...

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