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Thomas Jefferson – Light and Liberty – and notes on Gandhi

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Last week, I attended a splendid talk by Eric Peterson, editor of “Light and Liberty – reflections on the pursuit of happiness” on Jefferson and his ways. I recorded the talk, and you can download the audio here. Quality is pretty good, the room was well set up. Thanks to Svanur for the picture! As [...]

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Oh My God brilliant infographics

Sunday, September 21, 2008

http://lukelab.com

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sort of fun – corporatized revolt parody site

Thursday, September 18, 2008

http://www.anarkon.com/ You’ve got to be in the mood for this to find it amusing.

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The frugal cornucopian

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

IF ANYBODY should be on top of the world today, it is Amory Lovins. That is not just because the energy visionary makes his home on a mountain in Old Snowmass, Colorado. Rather, it is because today’s interrelated energy and climate difficulties have at last made the world see the importance of resource efficiency, energy [...]

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Laughed until I hurt

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Humanitarian Drupal event in Geneva

Monday, September 8, 2008

http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2008/sep/08/drupal-meetup-geneva-talking-drupal-and-humanitarian-relief

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The Two Things…

Sunday, September 7, 2008

The Two Things summarizes essential professional wisdom in two sentences, such as The two things about economics One: Incentives matter. Two: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” I have five examples. The two things about hexayurts: One: take twelve 4×8 panels, as close to Thermax HD as you can find, and then cut [...]

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Super cute drumming robot

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Will make your day.

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Oops – Palin sold the jet, at a loss, to a campaign donor

Saturday, September 6, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090503722.html?referrer=digg it just goes on and on and on.

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Art’s getting good again

Monday, September 1, 2008

As good as any protest song from the 1960s. There’s a spark of greatness in this generation, times to rise to. Go, kids, go.

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