NPR has an interesting story about trying to find the biggest greenhouse gas producer in the US. Canada makes that easy, they have a reporting system. But there is no mandatory reporting system in the US. It seems a bit silly to say the US is serious about greenhouse gas reduction, when EPA doesn’t even …
Monthly Archives: June 2007
San Diego Transit
Google Transit has been around for a little bit, but it just got a nice update. Reno and San Diego are the newest cities on board. Nice!
Wired for altruism
The WP has a great story on researching human’s altruistic nature called If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural. When we give, it activates a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. Their 2006 finding that unselfishness can feel good lends scientific …
Pisa, Italy
Photo album of Pisa, Italy March 30, 2007 Our travel plans hadn’t included Pisa at all. Three and a half weeks only takes you so many places. But our travel ended up taking us through the city on our way to Paris, so we tried to make the best of our half day there. Wandering …