Month August 2010

Russia wildfires devastating

The extreme heat wave in Russia has spawned a multitude of fires. Over 600 are burning now, some in peat bogs (which will be difficult to extinguish) and one fifth of the grain crop has been destroyed due to fire…

Google does evil

Google and Verizon ‘near deal to end net neutrality’ So much for Google’s “do no evil” corporate philosophy. Their CEO publicly supported net neutrality as recently as February too.

iPhone app. Evernote

Evernote is becoming indispensable for me. You can make text and audio notes, take photos, then save them grouped by category with tags. It’ll sync to the desktop app. Both are free (although a $5 a month plan allows you…