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October 02, 2008 News and Trends
Issues with Eating Local
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:39:21 PDT
A bit of an older article, but an interesting new take on the ever so popular "eating local" trend. Challenges that eating local is always better for the environment in light of new studies that analyze life cycle of foods rather than "food miles". Also, what if food doesn't really grow where I live? -- "the problem of the Arid West."
World’s oldest rocks found in Canada 25 September 2008
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:20:39 PDT
Posted by volcanism in current research, geoscience. trackback The oldest rocks yet found on Earth have been identified on the shore of Hudson’s Bay in Canada: they date back 4.28 billion years, says a McGill University/Université du Québec/Carnegie Institution team in an article published today in Science (short notice here - subscription required for full access). ‘This would make them the oldest rocks ever found on the surface of the Earth’, says McGill’s Jonathan O’Neil, lead author of the
Tonga boulders may be evidence of volcanic tsunami 25 September 2008
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:28:39 PDT
Posted by volcanism in Pacific, current research, geoscience, natural hazards, submarine volcanism. Tags: geoscience, natural hazards, Tonga, tsunamistrackback Seven huge coral boulders standing on the western shore of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu may be evidence of a tsunami produced by a volcanic eruption, according to University of Texas researchers. The boulders, which are up to 9 metres high and weigh up to 1600 tonnes, are made of coral similar to that which makes up the offshore re
Web 2.0 is 4 years old, so what will the Next web look like?
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:55:21 PDT
There is an interesting article (and useful graphic) by Hutch Carpenter today, picking up a Tim O'Reilly post reminding people that the original concept of Web 2.0 was far wider than just Social Media (in fact, in the original definition Social Media hardly featured it). Over the summer we've been doing a little bit of analysis of where the Web is going, and I've done a little summary below, and so here is a chart extrapolating the original Web 2.0 concepts into what we see as very possible "
YMCK - Family Genesis
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:35:46 PDT
Current trends in music reveal that nostalgia is clearly one of the corner stones of the decaying market. The Strokes and Killers revived a sound almost two decades old, Bruce Springsteen recently had a number one record with a sound that was suppose to return to his Born to Run days, etcetera, etcetera. Even in the underground music community this notion holds some weight. Groups like the Advantage and Horse the band have been exploiting childhood memories of the old 8 and 16-bit entertainment
Hot Box: TV worth talking about (Toronto Star)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:51:30 PDT
Harper or Palin? If more Canadians watch U.S. television than our federal party leaders' debate on Thursday night, it's likely because they are more curious about Sarah Palin since they can't watch who survived the ambulance explosion on ER or how The Office 's weight-loss competition is coming along.
Trends & Innovations - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:47:56 PDT
Cell phone owners are spending more time using their devices, with 54% saying their mobile usage has jumped 25% in the last 2 years and about 20% reporting a 50% increase. That's according to a new study released by mobile tech firm Azuki Systems. The study cites the adoption of smart phones as a main catalyst, noting that 62% of mobile users either own or expect to buy such a device in the ...
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:39:21 PDT
A bit of an older article, but an interesting new take on the ever so popular "eating local" trend. Challenges that eating local is always better for the environment in light of new studies that analyze life cycle of foods rather than "food miles". Also, what if food doesn't really grow where I live? -- "the problem of the Arid West."
World’s oldest rocks found in Canada 25 September 2008
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:20:39 PDT
Posted by volcanism in current research, geoscience. trackback The oldest rocks yet found on Earth have been identified on the shore of Hudson’s Bay in Canada: they date back 4.28 billion years, says a McGill University/Université du Québec/Carnegie Institution team in an article published today in Science (short notice here - subscription required for full access). ‘This would make them the oldest rocks ever found on the surface of the Earth’, says McGill’s Jonathan O’Neil, lead author of the
Tonga boulders may be evidence of volcanic tsunami 25 September 2008
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:28:39 PDT
Posted by volcanism in Pacific, current research, geoscience, natural hazards, submarine volcanism. Tags: geoscience, natural hazards, Tonga, tsunamistrackback Seven huge coral boulders standing on the western shore of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu may be evidence of a tsunami produced by a volcanic eruption, according to University of Texas researchers. The boulders, which are up to 9 metres high and weigh up to 1600 tonnes, are made of coral similar to that which makes up the offshore re
Web 2.0 is 4 years old, so what will the Next web look like?
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:55:21 PDT
There is an interesting article (and useful graphic) by Hutch Carpenter today, picking up a Tim O'Reilly post reminding people that the original concept of Web 2.0 was far wider than just Social Media (in fact, in the original definition Social Media hardly featured it). Over the summer we've been doing a little bit of analysis of where the Web is going, and I've done a little summary below, and so here is a chart extrapolating the original Web 2.0 concepts into what we see as very possible "
YMCK - Family Genesis
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:35:46 PDT
Current trends in music reveal that nostalgia is clearly one of the corner stones of the decaying market. The Strokes and Killers revived a sound almost two decades old, Bruce Springsteen recently had a number one record with a sound that was suppose to return to his Born to Run days, etcetera, etcetera. Even in the underground music community this notion holds some weight. Groups like the Advantage and Horse the band have been exploiting childhood memories of the old 8 and 16-bit entertainment
Hot Box: TV worth talking about (Toronto Star)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:51:30 PDT
Harper or Palin? If more Canadians watch U.S. television than our federal party leaders' debate on Thursday night, it's likely because they are more curious about Sarah Palin since they can't watch who survived the ambulance explosion on ER or how The Office 's weight-loss competition is coming along.
Trends & Innovations - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:47:56 PDT
Cell phone owners are spending more time using their devices, with 54% saying their mobile usage has jumped 25% in the last 2 years and about 20% reporting a 50% increase. That's according to a new study released by mobile tech firm Azuki Systems. The study cites the adoption of smart phones as a main catalyst, noting that 62% of mobile users either own or expect to buy such a device in the ...
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