Nuclear Officially More Expensive than Renewables (3)
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According to a new report from the generally pro-nuclear organization, Climate Progress, nuclear power is just about the most expensive carbon-free option on the table today. In response, the organization is considering completely eliminating nuclear power from it's plan to make the world's power generation carbon free. Nuclear power plants being built today are required to have strict safety measures as well as waste disposal plans that make them significantly more expensive than previous nuclear ...
Arianna Huffington: Obama Isn't the Only One Being Inaugurated on Jan. 20th (3)
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Barack Obama is not the only one being inaugurated on January 20th. We all are. And that's not just because Obama has promised to make a call to service "a central cause" of his presidency. It's because this moment in history demands that we stop waiting on others -- especially others living in Washington D.C. -- to solve the problems and right the wrongs of our times. Now, more than ever, we must mine the ...
1 year of Kindle (3)
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A few quick thoughts on my Kindle now that I’ve lived with it for a year. I’ve purchased 46 books on it, reading at least some of each of them, and finishing about half. 1. The integrated wireless store is absolutely the best part of it. I can literally think of a book and have it available to read within a minute. 2. Selection of titles is getting better, but still only about 50% of ...
James Pinkerton: Das Bailout: A Conversation With Karl Marx (1)
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Searching for perspective about all these bailouts and huge deficits, I thought I would pick the brain of the ultimate big-government guy, Karl Marx. Of course, the famous communist philosopher died in 1883, which forced me to get creative. So I pulled out my Ouija Board, and the next thing I knew, there he was, big beard and all--wreathed, too, in pungent cigar smoke. I coughed a bit. Marx, always famous for taking charge of ...
The washing machine on Twitter (10)
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A dork bright and entrepreneurial young man has hacked a washing machine so that it tweets every time it finishes a load of laundry. Presumably so he can get a direct reminder to hang the load out, or put it on to dry. They video below shows how they have altered the machine in order for it to update Twitter. They do acknowledge on the video though that they still have to press a button ...
Facebook | The Air Force’s Rules of Engagement for Blogging — Global Nerdy (1)
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Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Mark Levine: To Succeed in Israel/Palestine Where Clinton Failed, Obama Needs a History Lesson (1)
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The renewed Israel-Hamas war in Gaza presents the incoming Obama Administration with its most difficult immediate foreign policy challenge. Yet it also offers Obama a well-timed opportunity to act on his promise to return to the aggressive Mideast diplomacy that characterized the final years of the Clinton Administration. But with much of the Clinton-era Middle East team working for Obama, what hope is there that the new Democratic Administration will fare any better than its ...
Hawaii Giddy Obama Back On Island (1)
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ON SANDY BEACH, Hawaii — When many islanders look at Barack Obama, they see not only the next president, but a skilled bodysurfer, a man who flashes the "shaka" or hang loose sign, and someone who wears the same rubber slippers they do. Hawaii is overflowing with pride that a son of the islands who shares their culture and traditions is going to the White House. Now that Obama is back in the islands for ...
Is Facebook’s Widget Policy Too Restrictive? (3)
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Last week I began development of a widget for the Facebook Connect platform. The idea was a cross between MyBlogLog and Friend Connect. Why am I revea ...
Digital Domain - What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting - NYTimes.com (4)
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The public assumes that wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.
Toyota to Introduce Plant-Based Plastic in Cars (2)
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Though the phrase Ecological Plastic sounds like an oxymoron, that is just what Toyota is calling their plant-based plastic material that will be featured in next year's hybrid fleet. Toyota will debut the new Prius with its eco-plastic at the Detroit Auto Show. The material will be used in 60 percent of the interior, in features like the door trim, trunk liner, headliner, sun visors, pillar covers and seat cushions. Toyota asserts that the new ...
Lee Camp: Obama Going Easy on Bush? Say It Ain't So (1)
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Bill Clinton lies about having an affair. Result: he's brought to trial and nearly kicked out of office. Richard Nixon conspires to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters. Result: he's forced to resign just before he would have been booted from the presidency. George W. Bush invades a sovereign country while lying to the American people and the United Nations. He breaks the Geneva Conventions, illegally wiretaps American citizens, and commits treason ...
GOP chair 'appalled' by 'Magic Negro' CD - Yahoo! News (3)
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Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement Saturday distancing the party’s leadership from one of the GOP’s best-known operatives, Chip Saltsman, who distributed a CD containing “Barack the Magic Negro” as part of his campaign to be elected chairman of the Republican National Committee next month. Duncan, who has served the campaigns of five presidents dating back to Richard Nixon, is seeking reelection as the party’s 60th chairman in a hotly contested race ...
What I Learned This Year (38)
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Exactly one year ago today I was overcome by what seemed like a case of bad heartburn, but what the medical professionals at UCSF would later diagnose as a heart attack. Within just a few minutes, my life changed irrevocably…and in hindsight, for the better. I hate talking about my personal life on this blog (I have another one just for my personal musings), but I wanted to share some of the lessons I learned ...
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Mahesh CR said:
Om dwells on his past year, the health challenges and how he has had to change...Very humbling and perceptive.
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donlbe said:
nice piece om :)
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Om just wrote a one-year retrospective on the big event last December that set his life on a new course. It's a beautiful piece. For people like Om and myself, it took a big wakeup call to help focus us on what's important. What can I say. I still eat red meat, but I stopped smoking and I work out every day. I've lost a fair amount of weight this year, which makes me feel ...
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Rk said:
Excerpt::A rubber ball will bounce and someone else can pick it up. That's your work life. The glass ball is family, friends, your health. Drop it, and if you're lucky it'll just crack. If you're not so lucky, it'll break into a million pieces. No matter what it'll never be the same.[...]No matter how much you love your job, your job will never love you.
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Abi said:
A great parable urging us all to take good care of ourselves.
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The man makes some very good points.
