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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: via techcrunch.comI was too busy actually working I guess. But here’ a quick demo video from techcrunch. Gizmodo also has a good, everything you need to know post.I guess the big question is: Are people ready for a web-only OS? I’ve been thinking about if/when in my everyday life I am not in [...]Post from: aquariumdrinkerg (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: via techcrunch.com I was too busy actually working I guess. But here’ a quick demo video. Posted via web from davidconnell on posterous Post from: aquariumdrinkergoogle chrome os launched and i totally missed it Post from: aquariumdrinkergoogle chrome os launched and i totally missed it. (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy This amazing shot by Flickr user “Soggydan” Dan Bennett of a leaping coho salmon in Issaquah Creek, Washington state was taken with a 60mm lens — which basically means the photographer could have reached out and touched this fish. Like we said — amazing! Thanks for sharing it through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group, S (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy This really should have been last week’s (Friday the 13th’s) Cool Green Morning — filled with The Worst Nightmares of whales, wasteful companies, and people who like to paint their cars a lot. (Are they going to take car painting away from us, too?) Prepare yourself — real scary stuff in today’s best green news online:Call (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: via threadless.comDear Santa,I’ve been extra good this year. If you love me you will put one of these badass iPhone cases in my damn stocking so I can be the coolest kid on the block.Also, world peace and stop global warming.That is all,davidconnellPosted via web from davidconnell on posterousPost from: aquariumdrinkerall i (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: See and download the full gallery on posterous Taken with iPhone and run through camera bag. Filters: colorcross, magazine and mono Posted via email from davidconnell on posterous Post from: aquariumdrinkerrunning by water three ways Post from: aquariumdrinkerrunning by water three ways. (Read More)

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Overheid 2.0 op del.icio.us Six Apart co-founder Anil Dash plans to reinvent the way the government listens to its citizens. (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy Here’s an all-too-frequent out-of-office autoreply from conservationists these days:I am currently away from the office attending a UNDP meeting. Following this I am participating in a CBD working group, an IUCN advisory committee, an NGO roundtable, then presenting at a Millennium Declaration follow-up, and attending a reg (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy Too bad that feeling guilty isn’t enough to reduce carbon emissions. But we’re excited that California passed efficiency standards to cut television electricity use in half by 2013. And how about the recovery of a rare giraffe species in Africa? Not bad news for a cool green morning.There’ll be no more energy-sucking televi (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: via 7-eleven.comIs it just me, or is the connection between Taquitos and Sherlock Holmes tenuous at best?Frankly, it surprises me that 7-Eleven went along with something so ham-fisted. I thought what they did with “The Simpsons Movie” promotion was brilliant (the connection there was obvious of course) and the marketing and (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: The US Men’s National Soccer Team’s twin losses this week to Slovakia and Denmark — both World Cup qualifiers from Europe — should raise serious concerns about the health of the USMNT program and its chances in this year’s World Cup Finals. As always there are plenty of excuses for the losses. The team was [...]Post from: a (Read More)

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Submitted by Davidconnell from blog: Oh man, an updated version of the 1983 Atari classic — for your iPhone. “WHooo- hoo! Yer all clear KID!” Posted via web from davidconnell on posterous Post from: aquariumdrinkerstar wars trench run for iphone Post from: aquariumdrinkerstar wars trench run for iphone. (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy Today’s news is exceptionally cool AND green.  Coke’s introducing the “PlantBottle.”  Houston’s taking a modest step toward a greener image.  Enviros are teaming up with the religious right to encourage climate action on the Hill.  Read on for more:What’s more important than reaching a global agreement in Copenhagen?  Scien (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy I’ve talked a lot about biking as a great alternative to driving to work, but there is another option that may be a little less daunting: telecommuting.If you regularly drive to work, telecommuting can save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere and save you a bundle of money to boot.I (Read More)

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Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy I recently returned from my near annual pilgrimage to Veracruz, Mexico, to see the fall hawk migration at the biggest hawk migration site in the world.The area on the Gulf Coast of Mexico near Veracruz City has become well known in recent years for its astounding hawk migration, a phenomenon that has become known as the “Ve (Read More)

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