Month April 2009

Low temperature geothermal

Raser Technologies has devised a way to create geothermal energy from water only as hot as a cup of coffee. This is much cheaper than other geothermal techniques and can be done in more places too. Plus, unlike solar or…

Greatest living samurai

I’m currently at a hotel with quite possible the worst internet connection on the planet, so watching the video is painfully slow, but apparently it’s quite stunning. Let me know in the comments. Or maybe I’ll watch it on my…

Tidal power turbines

Atlantis Resources of Singapore has tidal power projects planned in Scotland and Australia. The Scotland project could eventually output 1GW, as much as a large coal plant, of clean, renewable energy. Huge data centers housing tens of thousands of computers…

Lease signed

We just signed a lease for a condo in Orange County. It’ll be the same price as what we pay in SF – but 3x bigger. Yes, we’re getting a deal, but rents in the SF Bay Area, while dropping,…