Archive for September 2009





Climate friendly news stack

Sep 8th, 2009 | By

When I sat down with the BBC News site today I was struck by the number of articles that are related to attempts to create green energy or cut greenhouse gas emissions. I will start off with the one that I found most striking, Hatoyama’s pledge to cut Japan’s emissions by 25% (1990 to 2020). [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 216

Sep 6th, 2009 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 216 September 6, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation with Robert Cheetham of Avencia Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



California Fires from Space

Sep 3rd, 2009 | By

In case you haven’t seen this around, BoingBoing.net has a nice link round up for NASA’s photos of the current California fires as seen from space.  The smoke cloud is impressive in the most depressing way possible.  The BoingBoing link has links to NASA’s original image and large version, a NYT piece on the fires [...]



Eight Most Dangerous Places to Live on the Planet

Sep 2nd, 2009 | By

If danger is your middle name and you like to eat, breath, and sleep in danger, then you might want to check out this Popular Mechanics article.  Whether you like the extreme cold, fiery mountains, potentially getting drowned by global warming, living in the eye of hurricanes, there’s a place here for you.  I’m no [...]