Well after more than a year without posting – here goes! As per my habit, this post is in reference to an article I just read. And equally as usual it is from the Wall Street Journal – it is from the WSJ’s “random” section on the bottom of the front page. The article is [...]
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Learn From Nature? Apparently Not
Posted in Education, Environment, Technology, tagged Aidan Dwyer, Jan Kleissl, nature, science, Solar Panels, Wall Street Journal on January 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
What Trade Deficit?
Posted in Economics, International, Technology, tagged China, Made in USA, trade, trade deficit on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted to point your attention to an interesting article I read last month in The Wall Street Journal, titled Not Really ‘Made in China’. It takes a look at just what goes into the trade deficit amount that is listed for products shipped from China. Basically, if China is the country of origin then [...]
Why They Can’t Stop The Leaks
Posted in Culture, Politics, Technology, Unintended Consequences, tagged CIA, cryptome, cypherpunks, john young, julian assange, Soros, WikiLeaks on December 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The revolution began in the late 1970’s but the first shot was fired in 1992 when a group of civil libertarian cryptologists, known as the Cypherpunks, started a mailing list. By 1997, there were thousands of subscribers who discussed politics, privacy, cryptography, philosophy, and wrote code. While the net was still in its infancy, these [...]
Yeah, But How Did You Find Out?
Posted in Culture, Politics, Technology, Unintended Consequences, tagged Google Earth, government employees, GPS, privacy concerns, waste on August 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Just read this report about a town in New York using Google Earth to locate homes with pools that may not be licensed: A town on New York’s Long Island is using Google Earth to find backyard pools that don’t have the proper permits. The town of Riverhead has used the satellite image service to [...]
The Fun Theory
Posted in Culture, International, Miscellany, Technology, tagged fun, piano stairs, Rolig Hets Teorin, The Fun Theory, Volkswagon on October 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Because everyone and their mother seems to be writing about the President Obama-Nobel Peace Prize “scandal,” I thought I’d post something more creative today. Of course, this isn’t my creativity, but the creativity of a Swedish initiative funded by Volkswagon called “Rolig Hets Teorin,” or “The Fun Theory.” Their main goal is to demonstrate that [...]
Techno Beat
Posted in Environment, Technology, tagged Technology, The Economist on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Technology Quarterly issue of The Economist came out last week, and as usual it amazes and dazzles. I encourage you to check it out as usual. A favorite of mine from this issue has to do with 3-D printing. As the name implies it is possible to “print” out 3-D objects now, such as [...]
Nuclear On KCRW
Posted in Environment, Technology, tagged electricity, Global Warming, greenhouse gases, John McCain, KCRW, LA?, Nuclear, nuclear energy, power, Which Way on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Heard a great report on KCRW’s, Which Way, LA?, on Monday night about a nuclear meltdown that occurred 50 years ago right here in LA. Maybe you are like me and had never heard of this, so you may find that alone an interesting component of the show. However the program went on to have [...]
Amazing
Posted in Environment, Miscellany, Technology, tagged NASA, space station, volcano on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In other news that I cribbed from Drudge, a volcano erupting near Japan was caught on camera by the International Space Station conveniently passing by overhead. For more pictures and info, head over to The Daily Mail.
Aloha Future
Posted in Culture, Technology, tagged digital, Technology, Voting on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An all digital election in Honolulu did not go as planned apparently. They had an 83% drop in voters! The neighborhood board election drew 44,000 voters last year, but this year rang up only 7,300. This was the United States’ first all-digital election, where people could vote by internet or phone. Conventional wisdom would hold [...]
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