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How green is alternative energy?
Ars Technica has a interesting writeup on a study of the life cycle of alternative energy sources, and their total environmental impact. The article is called The 'greenness' of alternative energy sou…
8 hours and 11 minutes
8 hours and 11 minutes, per day. That's how much TV the average American watches . My mind = blown. That's a second job! Link via Gadling
Debtor Nation
Harvard Magazine has a good article up online called Debtor Nation . The four pages give an overview of the current situation with the US economy and currency and its dependence on debt. The global im…
Diving in the park
I did a 45 minute dive at the La Jolla Cove kelp beds this morning with a buddy. Visibility was only 5-10 feet. But the surface temp was 74, and the coldest water we hit was 64 degrees. We saw a lot o…
China flexing
This is hardly surprising: Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of forei…
Fed bubble bailout
Hillary, check your head. " Mrs Clinton proposed expansion of the groups among measures to tackle weaknesses in the mortgage market and support homeowners. She vowed to clamp down on “unfair lending …
Cove dive
I finally got around to doing a couple dives at La Jolla Cove this morning with a friend. We got in the water a bit after nine, and the visibility had already started to go, but it was still a great d…
The ethanol scam
RollingStone has a great article called Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles . If you aren't familiar with the subject, this article is a g…
Summer snorkeling
It has been pretty good snorkeling in La Jolla this summer. A few weeks back I snorkeled goldfish point, and got to see a young sea lion up close in the water. It zoomed around me a few times, checked…
Better looking Windows
For all you folks out there still bound to Windows XP for work and games, there is a number of ways to make look less ugly. You can install some 3rd party themes, or an explorer replacement, but they …