Monday, February 18, 2008

Lost Weekend

I love the internet! I subscribe to a blog called Boing Boing. They blog about all manner of things, including some guy who spoke at one of the TED Conferences. This guy, J. J. Abrams, has his talk posted on the TED site. I realize upon listening to him speak that he's one of the creators of a television series called LOST. As it happens, ABC currently has every episode available online to watch. Prior to a couple of weeks ago, I'd never seen even one of the episodes. Since then, I've spent many hours catching up on over three years of episodes. Maybe I'm a bit obsessed with it but it's cold and unpleasant outside so what the heck. I can certainly see why the writers want a piece of the internet pie because this is a wonderful thing. No need to TIVO your favorite shows. Can't wait to see where this leads-for me and the industry.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Form v. Substance




This is what I'm talking about! Thanks to the folks at EcoGeek.org for sending me to this.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Groundhog Day

Well, the groundhog didn't see his/her shadow around here, but you can't tell by the weather over the past couple of weeks. We've been under a "Flood Warning" continuously for two weeks now due to some heavy rains. Tom Skilling has been going slightly mad on the evening weather! I've already got four February bicycle commutes in February, compared to none last year. One commute left my regular cycling shoes wet enough so they didn't air dry for two days. Last night I slid home on three inches of new snow. It was an adventure! I'm learning to commute in colder, winterier (is that a word) weather this year. As Richard Dreyfss would recommend-baby steps.

My old Nissan was put to rest a week ago. The repair bill of $2000.00 was just too much. I was hoping to get 300,000 miles but 226,000 is not bad. I'm reminding myself and anyone who reads this blog (both of you) that the greenest way to use a car is to buy used, keep it maintained, and run it as long as you can. It seems like Earth-friendly environmentalism has become trendy these days (For example, I saw a hybred Ford Escape SUV on the way to work the other day). But as with many other things in our whacked-out society, this seems to be more form than substance. President Bush did sign an energy bill that will finally mandate higher fuel economies but we lag behind much of the world in this.

January bike commute miles:163.2
February bike commute miles (so far):81.6
Total for 2008: 244.8