A Two-Wheeler Tour of Wine Country
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/a-two-wheeler-tour-of-wine-country/?hpw
Useful link:
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com
I always enjoy your travel stories. Thanks Matt.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Martin Rapaport Viewpoint
Credit Alert
http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=26503
We must face the fact that credit/memo programs have hurt the U.S. market. In our eagerness to throw diamonds at every potential customer, whether they had money or not, we prostituted our product. We used every trick and gimmick to keep diamond prices artificially high, and in that process, fooled ourselves into thinking we could sell diamonds without getting paid. Where once we sold diamonds for hard cash, we now can’t get paid — even if we give diamonds away on memo programs. The U.S. market has gone from a cash cow to a credit hog.
- Martin Rapaport
Useful link:
www.diamonds.net
Martin, old habits die hard. Easy credit has given way to lower ethical standards. Thanks for the insightful article.
http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=26503
We must face the fact that credit/memo programs have hurt the U.S. market. In our eagerness to throw diamonds at every potential customer, whether they had money or not, we prostituted our product. We used every trick and gimmick to keep diamond prices artificially high, and in that process, fooled ourselves into thinking we could sell diamonds without getting paid. Where once we sold diamonds for hard cash, we now can’t get paid — even if we give diamonds away on memo programs. The U.S. market has gone from a cash cow to a credit hog.
- Martin Rapaport
Useful link:
www.diamonds.net
Martin, old habits die hard. Easy credit has given way to lower ethical standards. Thanks for the insightful article.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Eno Artwork
Eno Artwork
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8068173.stm
All the things that humans do, including imagining, are the way we deal with emergencies including the global financial crisis. So to imply, 'oh God, there's a crisis, no time for imagining any more' - it's not true. This is the time for imagining and the way we learn to imagine, one of the ways we learn to imagine, is through the experience of art. The human ability to imagine made people "capable of surviving. By allowing ourselves to let go of the world that we have to be part of every day, and to surrender to another kind of world, we're allowing imaginative processes to take place.
- Brian Eno
Useful links:
http://luminous.sydneyoperahouse.com
www.enoshop.co.uk
Immersive experience, really.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8068173.stm
All the things that humans do, including imagining, are the way we deal with emergencies including the global financial crisis. So to imply, 'oh God, there's a crisis, no time for imagining any more' - it's not true. This is the time for imagining and the way we learn to imagine, one of the ways we learn to imagine, is through the experience of art. The human ability to imagine made people "capable of surviving. By allowing ourselves to let go of the world that we have to be part of every day, and to surrender to another kind of world, we're allowing imaginative processes to take place.
- Brian Eno
Useful links:
http://luminous.sydneyoperahouse.com
www.enoshop.co.uk
Immersive experience, really.
Online Games Update
The Game of Life
http://www.wired.com/dualperspectives/article/news/2009/05/games_wired
Games create drama and excitement. We've done that for years with videogames, and now we can apply that thinking to the rest of life.
- Jane McGonigal
Useful links:
www.seriosity.com
www.avantgame.com
http://en.oreilly.com/et2009
www.playbe.com
www.denniscrowley.com
Games can change behavior.
http://www.wired.com/dualperspectives/article/news/2009/05/games_wired
Games create drama and excitement. We've done that for years with videogames, and now we can apply that thinking to the rest of life.
- Jane McGonigal
Useful links:
www.seriosity.com
www.avantgame.com
http://en.oreilly.com/et2009
www.playbe.com
www.denniscrowley.com
Games can change behavior.
Global Business BBC
Peter Day's Comment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/business/2009/05/090526_peter_day_comment_may_26.shtml
Useful link:
www.intel.com
Computer chipmaking is a ruthless business. I think Andy Grove was right: Only the paranoid survive. Thanks Peter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/business/2009/05/090526_peter_day_comment_may_26.shtml
Useful link:
www.intel.com
Computer chipmaking is a ruthless business. I think Andy Grove was right: Only the paranoid survive. Thanks Peter.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Energy [R]evolution
Energy [R]evolution Report via Greenpeace + European Solar Thermal Electricity Association + International Energy Agency's (IEA) SolarPACES group. http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/usa/press-center/reports4/energy-r-evolution-a-sustain.pdf
Useful links:
www.greenpeace.org
www.estelasolar.eu
www.solarpaces2009.org
Useful links:
www.greenpeace.org
www.estelasolar.eu
www.solarpaces2009.org
Rhodochrosite From China
Rhodochrosite From China #1/2
http://www.collectorsedge.com/news.aspx?showarticle=38
http://www.collectorsedge.com/news.aspx?showarticle=39
Useful link:
www.collectorsedge.com
Interesting specimens. I liked the color. Some looked very similar to the specimens from the now-closed Sweet Home mine in Colorado, U.S.A.
http://www.collectorsedge.com/news.aspx?showarticle=38
http://www.collectorsedge.com/news.aspx?showarticle=39
Useful link:
www.collectorsedge.com
Interesting specimens. I liked the color. Some looked very similar to the specimens from the now-closed Sweet Home mine in Colorado, U.S.A.
Urban EcoMap
Urban EcoMap = A free web-based carbon footprint-tracking tool that breaks down emissions information from energy, waste, and transportation by zip code. I wish cities in India had their own carbon footprint maps to improve the environment and became part of the solution. Check out the link http://sf.urbanecomap.org
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