New Yorker's Remick on Al Gore for President

David Remick is on the money with this commentary regarding if Gore had been in office the last seven years and why he should be elected in 08'.

50 ways to help keep our earth green

This is a list of fairly common sense ways that each of us can make a difference.

The Big Year - A brief book review

I have never been interested in 'birding' or bird identification, but when my father recommended the book 'The Big Year' and sent me a copy I was curious. The book tells the story of 3 obsessed birders who spent 1998 pursuing a 'big year' of bird identification in North America. They spent 10's of thousands of dollars, countless air miles and the majority of their waking time in this pursuit. At the end they each had identified over 700 birds by flying to the remote Attu Island of Alaska during a peak year for birds, flying repeatedly to southwest texas for the migration from Mexico and South America, Florida and Minnesota are also prime bird locations for identifying exotics. The book provides a good historical outline of the creation of the Audobon society and scientific information regarding the factors which influence birding. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it highly.

Very cute baby panda sneeze

This you have to watch more than twice...

Cause & Cure for Autism discovered

"Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism.

Full article at http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-11/117177694297300.xml&coll=1

Signs that Hillary is going to make smart political decisions

“If the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from,”.

-Says it all

Real Estate Bubble Burst - The Evidence Is In

This NY Times article should stop the chatter about whether there is a correction underway. It appears that few regions are being spared. It's definitely a time for some disruptive technology businesses to help buyers and sellers retain value in their transactions... ala Redfin, Zillow and Trulia. Now that buyers see their homes sitting on the market a lot longer they should take advantage of these Web 2.0 applications which help sell homes without a realtor and can do a great job of marketing and selling your home. Sellers can benefit too buy getting a percentage of the savings returned to them at the time of purchase, often several thousand dollars. I think the traditional real estate agent is going to be gone in about ten years.

Mark Cuban on the future of computing

This is a very insightful essay about the future of computing and how Google could very well lead the way with thin client emphasis and the distributed computing model. As application become available online, we don't really need a traditional OS or embedded applications. He also suggests that game consoles (or probably media) could easily supplant the traditional desktop computer. The only exception to that would be those of us who use laptops and don't play video games, but I still think his article is probably right on.

OpenID is coming

Microsoft adopts OpenID and this is a sure sign that OpenID will start to get critical mass and the needed adoption to enable a much needed way to have a universal web ID.