Filed under Electoral, Environment, Political Action, Politics, World by adam | December 13, 2008 | 3 comments
Via Steve (new domain name, otherwise as usual), this inspiring little PowerPoint-ish presentation from Dr. Steven Chu, Obama’s choice for Secretary of Energy:
This video features about as many charts per minute as did An Inconvenient Truth, but left me far more hopeful about our long-term prospects on Earth. It is reassuring to see so many powerful positions being filled by people with domain expertise, rather than partisan hacks. If this administration doesn’t get us back on course, we might as well stop having children.
Technorati Tags: Steven Chu, Obama, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
Filed under Boston, Environment, Free Software, Life by adam | June 11, 2008 | 1 comment
I’ve been on the road a lot lately with no time to blog (or sleep). Following are a couple items to keep this space from going completely dead.
A wild turkey stopped by our backyard (in Boston):
I called city animal control, and they said these guys are everywhere. Apparently there is no more wild left for the wildlife.
In other news, Gears is finally available for Firefox 3! For me, at least, this is a big deal, since I frequently depend on offline mode for Google Reader and have otherwise fully migrated to FF 3 for the speed benefits. Since RC2, it’s mostly stopped crashing as well.
Technorati Tags: Wild Turkey, Wildlife, Gears, Boston, Firefox
Filed under Environment by adam | March 5, 2007 | 2 comments
This map from Wikipedia, illustrating global participation in the Kyoto Protocol, is an effective graphic:
Green = signed and ratified; yellow = signed, ratification pending; red = signed, ratification declined.
(entire article)
