Sears Tower to get wind turbines, go seriously green

Architectural rendering by Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture shows 66th floor roof of the Sears Tower in Chicago with proposed solar panels, left, and wind turbines, right.

They plan a massive $350 million retrofit, will cut electricity use by 80%, save 20 million gallons of water a year, and get LEED accreditation too. [...]

Is Gov. Sanford right in the head?

South Carolina governor Mark Sanford just gave an interview with AP saying that his mistress is his soul mate but he wants to reconcile with his wife for the kids and his career. Right, with that approach, putting her needs squarely before his, he’ll be sure to woo her back.

He also said there were [...]

Say hello to Senator Franken

Franken declared winner by Minnesota court; Governor instructed to certify election

TPM is all over the story too.

Schwarzenegger: What, I need a backup plan?

Today is the day the revised budget must pass the California legislature else disaster looms. Yet again.

If California’s political leaders fail to balance the state’s budget by midnight Tuesday they may need to trim about $3 billion more. That’s because the plans by both Democratic leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger include about $3 [...]

The Pirate Bay sold, to go legit

End of an era.

Maybe the founders need the money to pay fines and for lawyers to appeal their convictions.

Blogs are out of beta, but bloggers should always be in beta

From Baekdal.com

Steve Rubel on how social networking sites and lifestreams are the next indicated thing.

The image above is one of the most important graphics I have ever seen. In fact I stare at it every day on my desktop to remind me that a) there will always be shifts in media and [...]

Ad rates for TV programs now sometimes higher on Net than on prime-time

Television programs such as “The Simpsons” and “CSI” are for the first time commanding higher advertising rates at Web sites including Hulu.com and TV.com than on prime-time TV.

This trend seems inexorable. Everything is moving to the Net. TV, music, news. Not that the other media will go away. But they will increasingly be supplanted [...]

Will ‘Madoff’ become a verb?

As in, “that thieving weasel Madoff’ed me, he swindled me out of my money.”

It could be a noun too. “Be careful of him, he’s a Madoff.”

Hey, it happened to “Ponzi,” so why not “Madoff.”

It’s now legal to catch a raindrop in Colorado

Just so you know.

California continues on its Highway to Hell

California Assembly Democrats have passed a budget package but the Governator says he’ll veto it because it raises taxes. So, how does he proposes closing the gap then? With more budget cuts?

Respected LA Times columnist George Skelton says that won’t help

Once again, Capitol politicians are fighting over how to fix the chronically [...]