NYTimes: Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California Two solar energy plants will be installed in San Luis Obispo County, and their total power will be 800 megawatts, or the amount of a large coal-powered plant. The current largest U.S. photovoltaic installation is at Nellis Air Force Base,
Derek Punsalan writes about his vacation trip to Vietnam, Thailand, and Korea. Some wonderful photos and an altogether jealousy-inspiring piece. Sounds like an excellent trip. I have been hoping to visit Vietnam for a while, and this only enflames that desire.
Junior year of high school (2004-2005), I realized that committing my tasks to memory was not a viable strategy, but up until that year, that was more or less how I managed doing work. I was facing a memory-storage deficit; between my course load, and debate, which was
Tap Tap Tap: Donkeys and Pickaxes iPhone development company Tap Tap Tap, which sells Where To and Tipulator, had almost $9,900 in revenue last week, and almost $7,000 after Apple’s cut, which is quite amazing. Even better, though, is this is only last week’s data — two
Banning fast food in poor neighborhoods. – By William Saletan I assumed this idea would go nowhere because we Americans don’t like government restrictions on what we eat. You can nag us. You can regulate what our kids eat in school. But you’ll get our burgers when you pry
WSJ: Obamanomics Is a Recipe for Recession Taking upwards of 60% of a person’s income is moral? This would be incredibly funny if it wasn’t so likely to happen.
A Macintosh in Your Pocket: iPhone 3G Review – Michael Mistretta Michael wrote an excellent, in-depth, review of the iPhone 3G. It is especially good because this is his first iPhone, and his impressions are fresh. Michael writes: Think about it, the iPhone + the AppStore could be a major paradigm
I started TightWind in April 2008, and I created a simplistic design that had little more than the logo and text. TightWind began just as finals started for my second year in college, so I had little time to work on the design itself — once I was satisfied with the
There is little better than someone who loves their work: For the past few weeks I’ve been working with a fellow developer on a project that required an all-out programming effort. It’s done now, so we’re back to a regular schedule, but when people hear about
Brent Simmons is the creator of NetNewsWire, the best feed reader for the Mac, and an application I use every day. Brent has developed NetNewsWire for the iPhone, and made an interesting design decision. Rather than attempt to implement all features, or even a large subset, of the desktop version,
Fucking Brilliant. There is nothing else to say. It turns out I do have something else to say. I love movies that are so incredibly well written, acted, and made, that I am inspired — and not in some bullshit sense of the word that critics use to describe films and
Apple answers Psystar’s taunts, and filed suit against them on July 3rd.