The Lumpen Proletarian

Amazon.ca: 1000 Events That Shaped the World: Jared Diamond, National Geographic: Books

Amazon.ca: 1000 Events That Shaped the World: Jared Diamond, National Geographic: Books

Real Time (2008)

Directed by Randall Cole. With Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussions, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Fan Sites

Quote of the Day: Arthur Manuel on How Indigenous Peoples Subsidize Canadian Forest Industry : TreeHugger

[The Indigenous Network of Environment and Trade] argued that Canada’s policy of not recognizing aboriginal treaty rights [in the Canadian-US softwood lumber dispute]…was a form of a cash subsidy, a real cash subsidy, because the only thing that the World

Obama promises new era of scientific innovation - opinion - 05 November 2008 - New Scientist

The president-elect has pledged a sea change in US policy on the biggest issues of our time – so what will this mean for science?

Federal money supports 19 new green technologies
A federal agency is giving $48 million in grants to projects that range from a self-erecting wind-turbine tower to a biosensor that can test water for as many as 100 pathogens in less than 30 minutes.

When Chocolate Is a Way of Life - NYTimes.com

A group of cacao farmers in Ecuador have become the world’s most unusual chocolate entrepreneurs by making and marketing their own chocolate.

Anti-Reflective Solar Panel Coating Absorbs 96% of Sunlight, Called Photovoltaic ‘Game Changer’ by Developer : TreeHugger

image: Rensselaer/Shawn Lin This is why Shawn-Yu Lin of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute thinks he can change the solar power game: To get maximum efficiency when converting solar power into electricity, you want a solar panel that can absorb nearly

Cyclists Fight Back with Exploding Bike Lock : TreeHugger

Industrial designer Michael Lambourn has an idea that might help reduce bicycle theft: integrate a dye pack, like the kinds built into some fire alarm pulls and clothing tags, that that explodes and covers the bicycle and thief in

The Return of the Root Cellar - NYTimes.com

For economic and health reasons, a number of Americans are making the seemingly anachronistic choice to turn their basement into a root cellar.

Social interactions can alter gene expression in the brain, and vice versa

PhysOrg.com: Our DNA determines a lot about who we are and how we play with others, but recent studies of social animals (birds and bees, among others) show that the interaction between genes and behavior is more of a two-way street than most of us realize.

Following the leader can be a drag, research shows
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- From the Tour de France to NASCAR, competitors and fans know that speed is only part of the equation. Strategy -- and the ability to use elements like aerodynamic drafting, which makes it easier to follow closely behind a leader than to be out in front -- is also critical.

I'll spend the money on drugs instead

I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead...

Calif. voters approve high-speed rail system - 11/05/08 - Los Angeles-Southern California-LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports - abc7.com

Voters narrowly approved a long-delayed plan to build a bullet train system throughout California.

Motor City Needs A Good Ol' Fashion Shotgun Wedding | Autopia from Wired.com

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and no one in Detroit is more desperate than General Motors -- which explains why the General is lookin' to marry cross-town rival Chrysler.