December 2009
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Google City Tours Adds Walking Directions, Custom... →
Six months after launching City Tours in Labs, Google’s Maps team has tweaked the interface and made it more friendly to how people actually vacation: head to a city, pick places to go, and get precise directions to them.
At launch, City Tours did a decent job of knowing neat places to go inside a city, and even knew (sometimes) when they were open and what they cost. All it did for the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Diana Krall (20)
Jacqui Naylor (13)
Washington Men’s Camerata (3)
Aimee Mann (1)
Ray Brown Trio (1)
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Sondre Lerche Covers Animal Collective - MP3 -... →
[via stereogum] Seems like Animal Collective couldn’t keep themselves from topping most every list that came out this Listmas, even that of the Norwegian singer-songwriting Brooklyn transplant Sondre Lerche. Instead of conforming to the consensus pick of “My Girls,” though, Lerche told us his “favorite song of the year” was the swirling Merriweather gem...
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Hear the First Broken Bells Single →
[via pitchfork] As previously reported, Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse have teamed up to form a new duo called Broken Bells. Their self-titled album is due March 9 from Columbia. And right now, you can download its first single, “The High Road”, over on the Broken Bells website, for the price of an email.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Glee Cast (160)
Mos Def (15)
Coldplay (8)
Daft Punk (7)
Nada Surf (7)
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Hulu - Family Guy: Throw Out the Rule Book
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Google Looking to Buy Review Site Yelp - yelp -... →
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Twitter Gets Hijacked, and Now's a Good Time to... →
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COP15: Consensus Reached on Setting Up Climate... →
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Infographic of the Day: Ditch the Resume; Make a... →
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Alice makes things work by force →
and the comic from the following day…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Philip Glass (158)
John Mayer (54)
Relient K (42)
KT Tunstall (41)
Glee Cast (27)
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Matsui Agrees With the Angels - Bats Blog -... →
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December 17th Is Free Shipping Day - Gift Giving -... →
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Would You Use iTunes on the Web? - streaming music... →
nooo i discoverd lala this summer…and now apple owns it? >.< wtf!
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The United States of Bibliography - Core77 →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Mos Def (55)
Adele (48)
Philip Glass (44)
Howie Day (34)
Andrew Bird (26)
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The Climate Deniers vs The Consensus | Information... →
A visual map of the arguments for and against human-caused global climate change.
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Denmark's green credentials obscure some... →
Though lauded for adopting wind power, its high recycling rate and its progressive policies, Denmark generates the most waste per capita in the EU and most of its energy still comes from coal.
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seriously.
youmademesmiletoday:
(720): You can’t like Harry Potter and Twilight. You have to pick. Vampires and Wizards are mutually exclusive.
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New development boosts output of DSSC solar cells... →
electricpower:
In a world first, an international research team based in Melbourne, Australia, has developed a way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells by creating a more efficient dye that makes dye-sensitive solar cells (DSSC) perform better than previous versions.
Scientists at Monash have collaborated with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong ...
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PHD Comics: Ready, set... →
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xkcd - Spinal Tap Amps →
Five Indicators of Success at Copenhagen :... →
1. Targets, Timetables and Actions
Developed countries agree on ambitious collective greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2020 (25-40% cuts on 1990 levels) and 2050 (80% cuts) and set national 2020 emission reduction targets. Developing countries agree to pursue significant actions, including reducing deforestation, to reduce their emissions.
2. Funding for Global Climate Action
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Keep Flash Videos in Full Screen on Dual Monitors... →
Wolfram Alpha Teaches You Math, One Step at a Time... →
Wind Turbines Don’t Hurt Property Values :... →
The Enormous Whiteboard Workspace - Workspaces -... →
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New Yorkers Can Now Buy Renewable Energy... →
A new initiative by New York City, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and theAlliance for Clean Energy New York (ACENY) is making it possible for residents of New York to buy Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through three easy steps on a simple, new website. The website is called Green Power NYC.
The program is starting off fairly limited, but is clearly helpful to consumers and...