Month February 2009

The stimulus bill

WaPo. Obama scores early victory of historic proportions Twenty-four days into his presidency, Barack Obama recorded last night a legislative achievement of the sort that few of his predecessors achieved at any point in their tenure. As I’ve said before,…

34% drop in US electric demand possible

How? Through energy efficiency improvements, says the Rocky Mountain Institute. If the 40 worst-performing states got their collective act together and performed as well as the 10 most-efficient states in terms of electricity usage then a total of 1.2 million…

No Agenda. John Dvorak and Adam Curry

The improbable No Agenda podcast (available on iTunes) features well-known tech columnist John Dvorak and podcaster Adam Curry, who was an early VJ on MTV and also played a major role in the birth of podcasting. Dvorak can be seriously…