This project began as so many good things do, over a cup of coffee.
So begins the preface to Rebooting America, Ideas for Redesigning American Democracy for the Internet Age. Dana Boyd blogged about the availability of the download this morning and I pulled the pdf down before leaving the house. You can probably forgive me [...]

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I saw this via KurzweilAI.net…
Photovoltaic Moore’s Law Will Make Solar Competitive by 2015 (Tech Talk)
Silicon-based solar technology has decoupled from the semiconductor industry and is achieving steady cost reductions, so that those following PV discern a kind of Moore’s law at work. In 2005, production of silicon for solar cells already surpassed production of silicon [...]

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Garrison provides a quotation upon Cervantes birthday that is as insightful today as it must have been during his life…
The Writer’s Almanac from American Public Media
Miguel de Cervantes said, “Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.”
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Thanks to Rebecca Blood for the link… I agree with her assessment. It is great advice on living well.
Reflections On Italy
TODAY WHILE TROLLING the hard drive on my Macbook Pro I came across a .txt file titled “Reflections on Italy.”
Link: Seat 1A: Reflections On Italy
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Walking our talk | Gristmill: The environmental news blog [...]

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