August 13, 2008
link: Onion: Soundgarden Inadvertently Reunites At Area Cinnabon
The fact that they specified the NORTHGATE MALL Cinnabon makes it for me.
August 01, 2008
Faux-tosythesis
Researchers have have found a relatively cheap and simple solution to the problem of how to store solar energy, by mimicking plant photosynthesis.
Nocera hopes that within 10 years, homeowners will be able to power their homes in daylight through photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen to power their own household fuel cell. Electricity-by-wire from a central source could be a thing of the past.
Storing pure oxygen and hydrogen at home sounds a little dicey,
but probably no more so than propane, heating oil, natural gas or any of the other explosive and/or noxious fuels we use today. And it's an acceptable risk when weighed against the benefits.
I hope ten years from now this turns out to be a reality, and not just another sweet nothing whispered across the internets.
June 07, 2008
hype
Have you listened to Bon Iver? I got the album, maybe I haven’t listened enough but I am having trouble reconciling the music with the falling-over-vomiting-on-themselves praise I keep reading on music sites and blogs. I’m sure it was a harrowing process of self-discovery and demon wrestling and eventual salvation and an album to document the journey, but three winter months alone in a cabin with instruments and recording equipment sounds like a vacation to me.
It always takes me a while to catch on to the music I love the most, so I hope that’s the case here. Judging from the mountains of praise and surprising lack of backlash, this album grows on you. Like a fungus.
Speaking of legitimate hype, if you are even later to the Vampire Weekend party than I was, get the album.
August 02, 2007
Bridge Consulting
The Bridge Consulting website went live yesterday. Woo hoo!
