The weather this summer in the Bay Area has been nothing short of awful. And with me being what my friend calls a “…
Giving Darwin Some Elbow Room
To me, Charles Darwin was always one of the good guys. Growing up, the knowledge of evolution offered all the creative w…
Hey Man, Check Out This Canadian Green!
On the subject of e-cars: We’ve had back to back to back news, so I thought it good to let the topic bake for a bi…
Growing Their Own: Restaurant to Farm Its Own Dining Room
Dubai, Kwait, Qatar, et al: a Disneyworld of senseless “innovation.” Don’t they have the world’s…
Mini Solar Bonsai Tree Powers Your Gadgets (No Watering Required)
While not exactly embarking on a grand plan to steal Mother Nature’s secret of photosynthesis (like those crazy Ch…
Does Energy Grow on Trees? You Bet.
A million years ago when I was young, photosynthesis was one of the first “big words” I learned. And, unlike…
Hung Up on Cell Phones
Once, for a short period of time, I had The Man by the balls. And when I say “The Man,” I mean The Man ̵…
Bringing Up the Rear on ‘Climategate’: It’s Over and It Was a Load of…
A routine morning click on The New York Times turned up a tiny story buried deep in the day’s news this past April…