Friday, January 9, 2009

Remodeling Amory Lovins' RMI Home: Home of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins' Colorado retreat is set to be a showcase of renewable energy tech and carbon-neutral comfort when year-long renovation is completed. The Bear tracks the work of Lovins and the RMI primarily because of their intelligent research aimed at reinventing the automobile industry. [Yahoo! Green] 12:36:23 PM

Skype Thrives Amid Tough Economy: Why is the Internet telephony provider one of the only technology companies experiencing a boom as the economy tanks? The Bear believes the trend away from live travel-and-meeting and towards virtual online face-to-face is here to stay. It's why the airlines are on the ropes, why the price of gas has made an abrupt retreat, and why the Big Three American car companies are begging for their own Federal bailout. [CNET News.com] 11:38:41 AM

Plug In to the World's Quietest Inaugural Parade: The clean-car advocacy group Plug In America is planning an inaugural parade of 55 all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, to take place in Santa Monica, California. The parade is likely to include Tesla Roadsters, Vectrix motor scooters, Zero Motorcycles, Phoenix SUTs, and some prototypes from the more visionary car companies Mitsubishi and Porsche. [Wired Top Stories] 11:31:56 AM

Blogging 24 ("The Original Jack Bauer Blog") Goes LIVE Again with Season 7: Seems that blogging about this popular Fox TV show has become very popular since The Bear first live-blogged it way back in 2002-2003 during it's second season. Numerous other "24" blogs have popped up since then, and even syndicated columnist Dave Berry is getting in on the fun. After observing how lethal the fed's top counterterror agent was in Season 1, The Bear's focus in the original blog was on the body count: how many people would Jack Bauer kill in a 24-hour period? For the record, our official count in Season 2 was 32. This time around, we will again be tracking the body count and little else. If you want plot summaries, a story arc synopsis, interviews with the stars etc. you can find it on all the TV listing sites, news sites, and even on NPR for gods dang. Here in the mortal magic notebook all we care about is the kills. [TameBear Weblog] 10:45:49 AM

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