Louisville ice storm
The photo says it all. Via Cindy Lamb on FaceBook, she lives in Louisville.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month February 2009
Disruptive technologies. Netflix and streaming video
Movie studios may have to write down the value of their movies because plunging DVD sales have cut into profits. The primary reason for this is Netflix and streaming video. “Making a movie just won’t be as profitable as it…
Riot? If I were 20 years younger I would take to the streets
Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man – 1973 live That’s what Henry Porter says in The Observer, citing the cratering British economy and plundering by the few of the many. The riots in Paris and the demonstrations against foreign work…
Porn interrupts Super Bowl broadcast in Tucson
Tucsonans watching the Super Bowl got more action than they bargained for when a short clip from an adult movie channel interrupted Comcast’s feed with full male nudity during the final moments of the game. Here’s the clip which is…
Japan Airlines has first ‘camelina’ biofuel test flight
The Boeing plane flew on biofuel made mainly from camelina, a non-food crop similar to jatropha. The biofuel used in the flight is “a mixture of three second-generation biofuel feedstocks” of camelina, jatropha and algae, the airline said “Second-generation feedstocks…