Blackberry or iPhone?
Posted: June 1, 2012 Filed under: Books, Technology Leave a comment »Blackberry or iPhone? Neither because I use owl-post.—
Goblet Of Tweets ϟ ™ (@GobletOfTweets) June 01, 2012
Expensive Trash
Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: Books, Environment Leave a comment »Garbology is rapidly proving worth the 12 bucks or whatever I paid for it. From the introduction:
Trash is such a big part of daily life that American communities spend more on waste management than on fire protection, parks and recreation, libraries, or schoolbooks.
Downloaded: Garbology
Posted: May 13, 2012 Filed under: Books, Environment Leave a comment »NRDC tipped me off to a book about trash, which I’ve just downloaded.
The Only SEO Advice You’ll Ever Need
Posted: April 26, 2012 Filed under: Books, Deep Leave a comment »From Guy Kawasaki’s What the Plus! (which I just finished):
So whether you’re writing for Google+, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, a blog, or a website, personally or professionally, the only SEO advice you’ll ever need is:
Write. Good. Shit.
(This is one of those once-a-year times where profanity is ok.)
This Is Called “Blogging”
Posted: April 9, 2012 Filed under: Books Leave a comment »I salute anyone who can regularly generate content that’s informative, analytical, helpful, amusing, or amazing. This is called “blogging.” I did it for a few years, but I couldn’t sustain blogging because I have a wife, four kids, one dog, two chickens, two turtles, three guinea pigs, and two lizards.
– Guy Kawasaki, What the Plus!
All Was Quiet and Peaceful
Posted: April 3, 2012 Filed under: Books Leave a comment »Never again would she be curious about the city…
Never again would she want to live there…
The stars twinkled above her…
A new moon was coming up…
It was Spring…
and all was quiet and peaceful in the country.
If You Get to The Vale, You’ve Gone Too Far
Posted: March 17, 2012 Filed under: Artists, Books Leave a comment »From the directions to Phish’s upcoming festival in Atlantic City:
- From Westeros, take the Volantis Interstate to the Dothraki Sea. If you get to The Vale, you’ve gone too far. Turn left at Slaver’s Bay, bear right at Dragonstone, and stay on I-90 until you get Beyond the Wall. Dress warmly, as Winter is Coming.
Thoughts on Michael Graetz’ The End of Energy
Posted: February 20, 2012 Filed under: Books, Environment, Washington Leave a comment »Overall, this book passed my test – it was worth the purchase price.
On the negative side, I felt as though Graetz occasionally leans too heavily on a few stereotypes. For example, he repeatedly dredges up the view of environmentalists as being ‘think small’ and anti-growth. But he fails to mention that a number of prominent environmentalists, notably William McDonough, celebrate sustainable economic growth. On a related note, beyond passing mentions of electric cars and recent growth in solar and wind, Graetz doesn’t spend much time at all on recent business activity in clean energy tech. I didn’t see any reference to companies like BrightSource Energy or SolarCity, for example.
LIke I said, though, the book was worth it for me. I particularly appreciated his discussion on taxes as the obvious and rational choice for dealing with carbon pollution and climate change. In that vein, I also liked his hammering away at policymakers who are hamstrung by anti-tax mania and a fear of asking Americans to sacrifice anything. “Congress is especially bad at addressing long-term problems,” Graetz writes. Depressing.
Ordered: Italian Folktales
Posted: January 29, 2012 Filed under: Books 2 Comments »When I was a kid, my family read Italo Calvino’s Italian Folktales. I remember everyone loving it, so I just ordered up a copy on Amazon. Hope the book holds up.
How Times Have Changed
Posted: December 20, 2011 Filed under: Books, Environment, Washington Leave a comment »The End of Energy, page 220:
The Clean Air Act passed the Senate in September 1970 by a vote of 73 to 0.




