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Blogging around 05.20.2009

by Paula | 20 May 2009 | permalink | comments
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• Scientists hail stunning fossil — “The fossil, nicknamed Ida, is claimed to be a “missing link” between today’s higher primates — monkeys, apes and humans — and more distant relatives.” I love science.

• Wolfram|Alpha — everyone’s all a-buzz about Wolfram|Alpha. Note, this is not a search engine, but it looks like it will be quite useful for looking up demographic data and such for business planning & strategizing purposes. Example: a search for Pennsylvania reveals all kinds of information you’d have to track down through census data. For more general feedback here’s the Twitter search for WolframAlpha.

• Ganja #1 cash crop in the US — Gee whiz, imagine that. (Via CAF.)

• Microformats and decentralized online currencies — From Guillaume’s Blog, a super interesting idea for open-source digital currency: a microformat to track who owes whom and how much. Reader comment suggests doing away with the “store of value” aspect of this currency in order to diminish security costs & issues. Definitely worth a read, as this would be way easy to implement compared to existing alt-digital currency proposals floating around out there. Warning: geek speak ahead.

• The Renewables Hump: Digging Out of a Hole — The ever awesome Jeff Vail gives a breakdown of the math involved in planning and financing a transition to renewables. I think the financial implications of EROEI have been pretty plain to most of us who think about these things, but as far as I’m aware Jeff is the first to lay it out explicitly. This article is evidently the first in a series; can’t wait for the rest.

• Main Street Cash — An online magazine dedicated to local currencies, emphasis on the present. Nice!

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