Archive for March 29th, 2007

29Mar

Ecopods

Posted by Jeff as Clean Tech

Okay, this is getting a little out of hand… 3 clean tech posts on the very first day the category debuts! This one is pretty damn cool, even though I’m not exactly sure why. EcoPods are environmentally friendly coffins made from recycled paper. Whether you’re worried about the state of the planet, or just want [...]

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Business Travel Personality
Leader Charts
Read more on Hong KONG&CHINA Gas at Wikinvest

Here’s a pretty handy Firefox Extension. Email This! will send your recipient the link, title, & highlighted text of the page you are viewing using GMail, Yahoo, and Stand-Alone Mail Clients like Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Evolution and More.

29Mar

CFL again – sigh.

Posted by Jeff as Clean Tech, Public Policy

It’s a two-fer tonight for the newly created "Clean Tech" category. This time we revisit the ban-light-bulbs movement that is still circulating in California and elseware. It turns out that the free market (and Wal Mart’s ability to sell a lot of CFLs) really is capable of responding more effectively than government regulation. The free [...]

Unfortunately for them, their ultimate ‘green car’ is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer. Here’s an interesting take on environmental toll of the Toyota Prius, which will no doubt spur a rather vitriolic comment thread. BTW, in honor [...]

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Has Toyota Created the Car of the Future?
Lithium-ion Battery Breakthrough?
Lithium-Air Batteries
Read more on Toyota Motor, The Environmental at Wikinvest

"Because material on a website may be viewed across the Internet, and thus in more than one state at a time, permitting the reach of any particular state’s definition of intellectual property to dictate the contours of this federal immunity would be contrary to Congress’s expressed goal of insulating the development of the Internet from [...]

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How to Make Money in the Internet
3D Guns: Your Move, State
Read more on The Internet Impact at Wikinvest

29Mar

Google Notebook Out of Beta

Posted by Jeff as web 2.0

Google Notebook has made it out of beta. I actually use this service probably at least once a day and really like it. I do wish there was an offline sync’ing capability because I would like to have access to this data when I’m not online, and sync’ed to my Blackberry as well. Sounds like [...]

29Mar

Media Does Irony

Posted by Jeff as Blogs

From an AP wire report: Blogs are Web sites that tend to be narrow in focus and directed at a niche audience. Most operate without editors and give instant reaction to the news. Their freewheeling, open nature makes them popular but also ripe for unverified statements. If any of the many NYTimes (Strib, LATimes, substitute [...]

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Sequester Holding Americans Hostage
A Report from the Housing Front
Newspaper Paywalls
Read more on Newspapers at Wikinvest

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