Cosco Busan, SF Bay, and Kurt Schwehr

Sometimes I'm dense. I've been reading Kurt Schwehr's excellent electronic work log (wlog? ;) for months and didn't even think to share it in the wake of the Cosco Busan allision (a term I wouldn't have known with Kurt's help =). If you're a geek, you should just read his whole blog as it's rich in very cool stuff you don't see every day ... but if not, here's his postings to date regarding the whole affair:

Alameda's beaches haven't been hit hard (surprising, really) but there's a lot of cleanup still to be done. Grrr.

2007.11.16 in Environment, People, Technology | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Cornplastic!

A year and a half ago I tripped over Ecoproducts' line of biodegradable "plastic" disposable food containers made out of corn. Today I've had my first such container (made by Fabri-Kal, a competitor) handed to me at Comforts, a deli and cafe in downtown San Anselmo (a lovely, busy place, btw). Were it not labeled I wouldn't have noticed the difference.

Nice.

2007.10.25 in Environment | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Panasonic's Vision of the Future: All Pixels, All The Time

From Akihabara News, deck the walls with screens of interaction. Two side-by-side 110" touch screens with user-manipulable windows of video and audio from any/many sources. This makes me shudder. I can't believe it'd ever be interesting to monopolize so much space to artificially deal with the world -- much less to facilitate the emerging ADD trend.

But then, I prefer my 1024x768 12" PowerBook to a WXVGA monster display.

2006.03.29 in Environment, Technology, UI | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Biodegradable Food Containers

Most excellent: disposable "plastic" food containers made from corn resin. They biodegrade in ~45-60 days in your compost bin. You can buy them at Ecoproducts.

Link: Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women

2006.03.20 in Engineering, Environment, Food and Drink | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)