David Vognar: Enabling the Needle and the Damage Done
People use drugs for whatever energy they're after or hiding from, yet drugs just sap us of our energy and make waste. Too many people of extraordinary heart and head have been hooked.

Tom Morris: Happiness and Deep Conversations
Have you ever approached strangers on the beach, vacationers sitting on bright towels in the summer sun, and tried to engage them in deep discussions about the meaning of life? For three months during my eighteenth year, that was my job ...

MSI Wind12 U230 unboxed and benchmarked, trounces netbooks of ...
It's no Pine Trail when it comes to power consumption, but AMD's Congo platform is no slouch, either. TestFreaks recently received the Congo-powered.

Why Apple and Google Need Each Other – GigaOM
It's so tempting to get drawn into the ego battles between Steve Jobs and the Google triumvirate while placing bets on who will win that it's easy to forget a deeper truth about this rivalry: Google and Apple need each other. ...

The Oil Drum: Campfire | Politics and Peak Energy
Economic success, growth, and an affluent (happy) consumer lifestyle directly depend on an abundance of inexpensive energy. Conversely, the quantity and type of energy consumed can have a very adverse effect on the surrounding ...

Michelle Malkin » Reports: Deem and Pass is dead; keep the no ...
Undecided and voted no on House bill in November (4): Tanner (TN 8), Matheson (UT 2), Nye (VA 2), Baird (WA 3). Tanner and Baird are not running for reelection. Matheson's brother was recently nominated for a federal judgeship; ...

Wikipedia, Notability, and Open Source Software, Part 2 | A ...
The fact that the edit count and article creation both peaked in 2007 is quite telling. While article creation would theoretically dwindle as we approached documentation of the sum of human knowledge, it's laughable to think Wikipedia ...

Belinda Etezad Rachman: Why Sandra Bullock and Jesse James Should ...
Aggressive divorce lawyers complicate and lengthen divorce cases so they can earn as much money as possible. There is a peaceful alternative.

Saturday Word: Health Care (and Finance) - The Caucus Blog ...
While Republicans are preparing for a vicious floor fight Sunday, President Obama focused his weekly national address on the financial regulatory reform the Senate Banking Committee will take up on Monday.

Engadget Show with PlayStation Move (and Chris Grant) live ...
Aside from the MIT Media Lab and OLPC Project's Nicholas Negroponte, Sony's Dr. Richard Marks will be dishing on the PlayStation Move to Engadget's Joshua Topolsky and Paul Miller, not to mention Joystiq's very own Chris Grant. ...

Pierre Omidyar on eBay and Pez Dispensers, Leaving the Valley and ...
eBay, philanthropy and now a local Hawaiian news site may seem like wildly disparate ventures for the same man to take, but as Omidyar explains in the video below they're all connected by the ideas of platform and community—two words ...

Hollywood's Obsession with Orange and Teal - Cinematical
Ahhhh, blue and orange contrast- as a designer, I see this all the time (and sometimes use it as well). It`s mainly seen on posters, but can be found lots in films as well. A quick google search found these: ...

Hole Cover the Rolling Stones, And Courtney Love Isn't Satisfied ...
Harrelson and crew, en route to Love's dressing room, did an about-face minutes later, as Love had just taken to the stage. She was dressed like a wood nymph in pink, with a halo atop her long blond locks. She was telling the audience ...

Hole Cover the Rolling Stones, And Courtney Love Isn't Satisfied ...
Our society needs more policy makers who have a firm comprehension of climate change, since science is increasingly integral to the formation of governmental and economic policy.