Thomas L. Friedman would be proud of this solar power innovator based in San Jose. Their new panel factory in germany is automated to sustain a production rate of one panel every ten seconds, or an annual capacity of 640MW when operated 24×7. Nanosolar also today announced that serial production in its San Jose, California, […]
These guys have a great product and might really give LitmusApp a run for their money. But it’s no longer free. “5% paid number in a freemium model is a great percentage traditionally, it only works if you have thousands upon thousands of users (ie Flickr, etc) – it does not work in an industry […]
NYTimes: A great panorama from Grand Central Station. Inside a cramped brick room in the train station are the greasy innards of a hundred-year-old clock with a stained-glass dial, the largest of Grand Central’s timepieces. via Rooms – Rooms Panorama: Inside Grand Central Terminal – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
i found a new way to surf the best of twittersphere “A Florida woman gave birth to a baby 9 days early at 9:09 in the morning on 9-9-09. But, get this, 8 lbs. 4 oz. LAME.” “Half of the appeal of staying up late is the total absence of morning people.” “I just solved […]
Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why even the best task chair in the world not as effective as standing? I also relate to how meditation plays into sleep and stress-related rules. This site has some great videos that demonstrate these simple principles… THE 12 RULES EXERCISE | Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power. SURVIVAL | Rule […]
My favorite accessory is the BudCozy. It’s a fabric cover for earbuds that keeps away thetangles and looks great too.
Another free tool for making websites. looks clean but not very robust on first glance. A web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound. via Indexhibit.
A great list of mailing list plugins for WordPress (link is offline as of 7/2011). I also found MeeNews at http://www.wp-newsletter.com/. I have not tried it but it looks fully featured. But I suspect it will be hard for any of these plugins to keep up with all the features that a paid service like MailChimp offers. I recommend […]
YouTube – Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009. Taking parkour to another level with bike-based moves.
interesting new site that invites anyone to submit and idea or contribute to an existing invention idea. profit sharing model (“influencers”) included. the idea is to bring “community developed” products to the marketplace. Example: Marc Zech had an idea for a double-sided mini hard drive (one USB plug might hold personal data, the other work data). […]
