* HP working on solar PV, IBM putting a billion dollars into green datacenters, Intel spinning out a PV firm – nice to see the IT leaders getting behind alternate energy * DOE funds electric vehicle projects – not sure why GM, GE, Ford need DOE money – give it to startups! More interesting is the note about Tesla’s deal with Daimler, very smart. * Nuclear option gets more public support – thank goodness. The public is more rational than the politicians about energy strategy * Duke Energy jumping into residential and commercial solar installs – the wave of the future? * Green construction materials – I wonder about the 50 year life of these. I think I will let others be the beta testers.

14_3D Printers « long exposure photography, video and sculpture – via Make

MAKE: Blog: Electroforming an Iris Seed Pod – actually seems remarkably easy

up at PC Mag –

But Linksys needs to do some work before getting LELA 3.0 for free beats spending $49 for Network Magic .

* Nanoglassblowing – new ways of creating nanofluidic elements * Insights into hidden world of protein folding – new insights into just how proteins fold, in some cases inside the chamber of something not unlike an engine. fascinating * IBM research chief on the continuation of Moore’s Law – still plenty of room at the bottom

USC Trojans vs Ohio State Buckeyes Football Tickets [9/13/2008] at StubHub! – stubhub seems to have the best selection.

* CrunchGear » Archive » XBMC for Mac OS X continues to mature, gives Front Row much needed competition – I have an idle mac mini… * cloudprint – i occasionally want to print at home while at work, and vice versa, this might be the way… * Dashboard for google docs * Eagle circuit layout software * NES games in the browser – like i need more time wasters * Copy Handler – tho i don’t do that much windows copying any more…

Talking Business - Oh Jerry, It’s No Longer Your Baby - NYTimes.com – agree with all of this, very glad I am not a yahoo stockholder –

Besides, even if the deal does win federal approval, you’ve chosen to become a pawn of the most dominant company on the Internet. How exactly is that going to lead to a brighter future for Yahoo?

And here is some tough love for MSFT –

As a stock, MSFT is done - stick a fork in it. And not just past and present, which has seen the terrible performance mentioned and is the reason, for example, that the QQQQ underweights MSFT in favor of overweighting AAPL and others (despite its mandate to track the index). I mean moving forward. If you want dividends, there are far better plays. And if want equity appreciation instead, make a list of MSFT’s top competitors, throw a dart at it, and invest in whoever you hit.

Lots of interesting views in there. Getting past the GOOG obsession is probably the most important one.

Phil Howard - Organic Industry – nice charts, the industry is way more consolidated than I realized. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

GreenPDF has a ton of info about the carbon costs of paper, fun to read. i am not sure why they commingle the message with PDF adoption, that seems strange, but the numbers are fun. we’ve invested in a couple companies that combat the use of paper – Docusign, Earth Class Mail – so I feel kind of good that we are helping to fight the good fight

Dark Roasted Blend: Geoducks Are Strange

-- some great pictures of a Northwest classic. Always fun to find a geoduck at the market.

Seattle Startup Index here – thanks Marcelo – some good Ignition portfolio representation but kind of sad we missed out on Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

PC Magazine coverage and ehomeupgrade coverage of latest Network Magic releases – love playing around with SpeedMeter Pro…congrats guys