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[Mark F. Madura]

The Carpuccino

http://neilblanchard.vox.com/library/post/more-vehicle-efficiencies.html

wonderful blog

Thanks, but no thanks ... for the Spam.

THEY HAVE STOPPED THE OIL SPEW!

It may only be temporary -- they are testing to see what happens inside the well. If there is damage, and it starts leaking, they will have to open the valves again to keep the ground from eroding and collapsing; which would be a horrible outcome.

So, keep your fingers crossed! They might be able to cap this thing...

Hi Neal,

Thought this might interest you.


http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/7/20/heating-homes-by-cooling-processors-in-finland--2

(click on image for link)

"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver

I agree. Please read "Eaarth". Check it out from your local library, or buy it and pass it along to someone.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=phytoplankton-population

**Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent **

Probably those damned whales again. We should ask our Japanese friends to make a better effort at it and maybe our Norwegian friends want to come back to the hunt.

Good to hear from you, Don!

Yeah, I think we need to nuke the gay baby whales...

I have migrated my blog! As you may or may not have noticed, my signature now has a new URL:

http://neilblanchard.blogspot.com/

Vox is closing down, and I have migrated my stuff before I had to (or lost it all). I will have to go back through it all and fix broken links, update pictures and videos, and redo all the tags... whew.

But the main migration has already be done!

Found words scatterling haiku.

Texas Poet Twists Newsprint Into Verse | PBS NewsHour | Sept. 14, 2010 | PBS

[Mark F. Madura]

Photos: 50+ years of Japanese concept cars

http://pinktentacle.com/2010/09/photos-50-years-of-japanese-concept-cars/

*That* is a funky little Jetsons car...

But down amongst the usual hare-brained junk, there are some pretty good efforts.

Including this very "Smart" effort from Nissan in 1997.........

[Mark F. Madura]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/06/autos/smart_nissan/