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• Business, Commentary, Media

  Viacom destroys a $1B opportunity

  02.04.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  In the latest “Google bought YouTube, now it’s worthwhile to sue them” sweepstakes, Viacom demands that YouTube delete 100,000 videos from its site. This happened Friday and isn’t news. However, the real story that has been missed by everyone, starting with the Viacom executive team, is that Viacom has just destroyed a $1B business opportunity. […]

• Business, Energy, Technology & Science

  Ecologically sound network hosting

  01.25.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Ecologically sound network hosting

  A former Sun colleague, Jon Greaves, sent me this article a few days ago: Norfolk Wildlife Trust now has an environmentally friendly website, after a move this week to solar powered hosting. Athenaeum who run EcologicalHosting.com are the only UK based company to have an entire hosting infrastructure powered from renewable energy sources, making it […]

• Business, Energy

  Finding geothermal resources

  01.24.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  If you wondered why there weren’t more geothermal projects, you’re not alone. One of the more vexing things about geothermal resources is finding them. When compared with other renewable resources it’s a much more challenging endeavour. After all, it’s pretty evident how to determine if a site is appropriate for wind or solar generation by […]

• Business, Energy

  Just how much geothermal potential is in the US?

  01.23.07 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  This is a question bandied about frequently in geothermal circles. Recently, a panel chaired by Jeff Tester from MIT set out to answer that question and they presented their results at the 32nd Stanford Geothermal Conference yesterday. Let’s first setup the measurement system, it’s in exa-joules (EJ.) A kilowatt hour is approximately 3.6M joules. An […]

• Business, Innovation, Media

  Something new in advertising

  01.22.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Something new in advertising

  As evidenced by my earlier entries on advertising in the Rose Bowl and in an NFL Playoff game, I’m not really interested in constantly being advertised at. In part, it’s because it happens alot and in part because the ads are generally bad and in part because people are so rarely selling anything I’m the […]

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