The flip side of my interest in the idea of Peak Oil is stories like this one.
It's probably not a surprise to anyone who has read this blog for any length of time that I'm an atheist. But I have recently come across a couple items that take people to task for their Christmas extravagances from a religious perspective which I thought were worth sharing.The idea for a One Hundred Dollar Holiday […]
It's exactly one month to Christmas and if you're still looking for a unique gift for someone that perhaps better captures the spirit of Christmas than socks or sweaters, why not consider a Kiva gift certificate? Kiva is a non-profit organization that facilitates micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing nations. They have some impressive stats backing […]
This slideshow won a recent competition for “Best Slideshow” on Slideshare… THIRST View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: design crisis)
Besides that cutting edge sense of fashion of course? Both are mainstream artists who have chosen to release their latest works online. Moore's new movie, “Slacker Uprising” will be available for download on September 23. It sounds more like a home movie/travelogue than one of his more full-formed commercial works but this is still pretty […]
Canuck Librarian recently posted that the Librarian Gear store is back in operation as well as listing a couple other places to get library-related swag. I'd also add CafePress to the list although I'm not sure how good of quality their stuff is – I've never ordered from them but have heard mixed reviews. Hmm, […]
From the “no duh!” files, the Library of Congress has come out officially as saying that Digital Rights Management is a serious obstacle to archiving materials.But copyright law also hampers important work being done at places like the Library of Congress, and a major new report on the issue from the Library points out the […]
I got 19/20 on this short quiz with a couple lucky guesses but missing one tricky question about the stock market (you'll know it when you see it.) Of course, I'm a US news junkie too so would've been disappointed if I'd done much worse than that.(via MetaFilter)
Tomorrow is my YouDay. Since the government hasn't officially declared it a statutory holiday as per my recommendation, I am taking it off using one of my earned holidays as per my personal YouDay policy. Having Friday off, along with the recent news that the State of Utah is moving 20% of government employees to […]
(Er, except this list is for the United States) Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)
