“ Oil moves to the highest bidder. Fleets of tankers carry it across oceans day and night. […] Electricity can be transported only over land. In other words, it is “sticky”: it stays in the continent where it is produced.
From Andy Grove in The American. Not as much new information as an interesting perspective, arguing the advantages of moving to an electric economy independent of the environmental reasons. By his reasoning, almost any way we can make electricity is worth it if it replaces petroleum.
6 days ago
Unnessary Censorship, from Jimmy Kimmel. (via Kottke)
1 week ago
Shazam on iPhone could change music discovery
It really does work well, and the ability to buy a song immediately through iTunes is what puts it over the top.
1 week ago
I’m Not Here to Make Friends. (via Midseason Replacements.)
1 week ago
Showbiz Pizza's robot band cameo in MGMT's Electric Feel video
1 week agoIf you’re a kid from the 80’s and lived in a region where Showbiz Pizza reigned over competitor Chuck E. Cheese you probably remember the animatronic band that played while you ate pizza. It turns out they have a name — The Rock-afire Explosion and they make an amazing comeback in MGMT’s Electric Feel video after a nearly two decade long hiatus. More on Rock-afire here.
Hi-res video here: http://court13.com/electricfeel.mov
via imkevin
Love the MGMT video. AND Showbiz Pizza.
Twins on the subway (via Laughing Squid)
1 week ago
Des Moines International Airport official website
Quite possible the worst airport website in America. Just shamefully bad. A checklist of things not to do.
2 weeks ago
The Question of Global Warming
2 weeks ago
Freeman Dyson reviews William Nordaus’s book and offers a lot of smart thinking of his own.
After we have mastered biotechnology, the rules of the climate game will be radically changed. In a world economy based on biotechnology, some low-cost and environmentally benign backstop to carbon emissions is likely to become a reality.
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