UrbanThoreau Critiques: from Street to World and Back Again
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Silicon Valley’s Smart $ Finally Gets It Re: Energy Efficiency
The VCs of Silicon Valley finally embrace energy efficiency. But can they outwit Jevon’s Paradox?
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D-Nile-R-Us
Monbiot dredges up the data to show just how in denial we are–about everything, but especially on matters of *gasp* teenage sex-Sex-SEX (sha-doobie!). And other topics. He pins the blame on conservatives in the lede, but you’ll find farther down in the article that liberals aid & abet. Why? Reality is dangerous. They know what…
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Präsident Obama: Heimatssicherheitsdienst Sind Uns
Herr Obama continues the onslaught of betrayal with new expansions of Bush’s police state policies.
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Jesus II Judas
President Jesus H. Obama is on a tear–of the Constitution of the United States of America.
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Gizmoidality & das Traumstadrad
This guy geeks out about bikes more than I do. He may even compete with my buddy Wacky Pat in terms of gizmoidality! And that’s saying something, because as I’ve been waxing eloquent about my Traumstadtrad, Pat has been sending me links to videos and sites just filled with new inventions applied to or based…
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Radomski Running
I predict that Noel Radomski, former alder, will run for mayor of Madison, Wisconsin in 2011.
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When Politicians Level With Us….
Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise’ speech wasn’t the downer Ronald Raygun & Co. portrayed it to be.
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Those Randy Green Germans!
What has 2 wheels, 2 balls and a stick shifter? [Dear Editor of the Guardian: This is in the “Ethical Living” section of the paper? BWHAAHAAHAAH!]
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A PANEL DISCUSSION ON HEALTHCARE, featuring Tim Wong
Tim Wong featured panelist on healthcare…..
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Traumstadtrad: Der Überkommuter
This is where I am compiling all of the attributes of my DreamCityBike. I’ll likely be updating this periodically. Frame: Fitting at Cronometro Dutch bike geometry, with a bit of sport fit to it Low-ish bottom bracket for a lower overall ride, such that one could easily put one’s foot down at intersections? Semi-upright fit…
Got any book recommendations?