nfl’s worst owner goes green
Via DCist Redskins Install Solar Panels at FedEx Field: Yesterday Snyder and executives from power company NRG unveiled a new installation of solar panels outside of FedEx Field, the largest of its kind at an NFL stadium. According to a…
friday lost and found: feel the crazy edition
I find myself writing yet another Friday lost and found on Saturday morning, so let’s get right down to it: As the Republican nomination race heats up and looks increasingly like a run-off between crazy Michelle Bachman, crazy Rick Perry…
friday lost and found: digital distractions edition
Infographic master David McCandless, he of Information is Beautiful fame, presents “The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions,” an infogrpahic that attempts to dissect which distractions take presedence his wandering mind. The work now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. ***…
friday lost and found: touch my lion edition
Apple released Lion this week and MG Siegler immediately made sweet, sweet love to it. More useful than @parislemon’s 3,000 word opus: Greg Kumparak’s, “Nine Things you Should Do After Installing Lion“ and Cult of Mac’s ludicrously comprehensive, six-page review/manual. Via TechChrunch,…
the clean economy employs more people than oil, coal and gas
… and other reasons Republicans need to support the green economy and a transition away from fossil fuels. Lost amidst the debt crisis, the Brookings Institute is out with a new report that tries to quantify the size of the…
marc andreessen: in 20 years driving will be like smoking
Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don’t have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and…
hot friday link action: sexy bus addition
The always sexy Yanko Design notes the futuristic Cityline concept bus. TechCrunch has a running list of all the April Fools Day crap jokes on the interwebs. My favorite: maybe the LinkedIn connections, it’s fairly cute. Don’t fuck with Android…
It’s Time for a Big Tent on Climate Change. It’s Time for Climate Hawks.
In a post on Planet Change I talk about the real consensus behind cimate change, the unexpected grousps that support real climate action and a new way of talking about climate change that won’t alienate people or create unnecessary political divisions. In…
Give the Gift of Knowledge
My last electricity bill was $84. I’m actually pretty proud of this given the fact that I have a family of four (five including the dog), my four year-old can reach the light switch and insists on sleeping with the…
