GIANTmicrobes

We make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes—only a million times actual size!

* bcurtisBLOG » People are talking about water… – nice chart on where all our water goes. Only 13% for household use. A huge amount to thermoelectric power generation. * Tom Evslin on energy policy. Great points – we need a country-wide BHAG with respect to energy – an Apollo-type program. And the government can lead through its own purchasing policies. * Small scalable wind turbines – pretty cool looking. * One man’s experience with solar thermal here in Seattle – the numbers look good. * Ten fastest green cars on the planet – Karl’s car looks awesome * REI trialing solar – I wonder if Fat Spaniel is part of the setup * Solar shingles – love this idea, embedding green technology right into structural materials

TENORI-ON - DIGITAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT- EACH – love interesting musical instruments, this one looks way cool. Pricey tho

Over at Marginal Revolution. Unfortunately none of them have Kindle editions

Here at another racetrack this weekend, this is great reading about the F1 spying scandal last year. The amount of money in racing is phenomenal – and anytime you have that much money sloshing around, nefarious sh$t is going to happen.

* 50% greater fuel cell efficiency – basically by nanoscale engineering of the fuel cell elements. cool * frictional duality -- suggests that smart nanoscale fabrication might be able to affect friction

Hurray. I hate canker sores.

A list of pointers – like I need more ideas. My Kindle is stuffed and i have a hundred physical books awaiting me…

I’ve always wanted to have my own implementation of tinyurl – gocodes seems to fit the bill. we’ll see how it goes…

Some of my partners claim to be bicyclists but until they have one of these setups, I’m not buying it

Rich on buying guides. Useful. Me, I tend to ask Rich or Bob or Jim or Kurt or other enthusiasts I know, rather than relying on guides.

Egad 2. I am sure I’ve never had our countertops tested.

NIC exploits via Hack the Planet – “I’ve seen one example use this to establish a zero-footprint rootkit i.e. one which leaves no trace on disk.” – egad.

Verbinski to direct BioShock film – I will run to see this. How many films are about Ayn-Rand-ish Objectivist paradises gone horribly wrong? On the bottom of the ocean? If you haven’t played the game, you should.

Basic 1 minute primer on correcting white balance – all phrased in photoshop-ese but works the same in any other tool. Most of my photos this spring are outdoors but still useful.