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• Commentary, Innovation

  Thanksgiving Thanks

  11.22.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Thanksgiving Thanks

  Whenever I take a moment to reflect on life, I am overwhelmed by the good fortune I have enjoyed. I am truly thankful for my family, my friends, my colleagues, trusted advisors, and service providers. I am thankful for all of the people who’ve come before and have created, modified, improved, and protected our ability […]

• Business, Energy, Innovation

  Energy conservation is important too…

  11.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Energy conservation is important too…

  I am delighted to see this joint program between Sun and PG&E: Sun Announces First-of-its-Kind Energy Rebate With PG&E Space, power, cooling and budget are the growing constraints for every datacenter. In August of this year, Sun announced a first-of-its-kind energy rebate for its Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers with California utility PG&E. As […]

• Business, Innovation

  StormWatch keeps your roof on your house

  10.27.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on StormWatch keeps your roof on your house

  One of the people I’ve gotten to know through TTI/Vanguard is Meredith Anzulis. Recently, she decided to strike out on her own and formed a new company called StormWatch. Effectively, for those of you who live in areas with high wind (think hurricanes,) you use the StormWatch roof mesh product to keep your roof where […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Community portable power bag (and lights)

  10.24.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Community portable power bag (and lights)

  If you’re into way off the grid living, this is an interesting way to get some light. The University of Michigan has done some prototyping on a “light bag” – effectively a solar textile that charges 6 individual lamps and/or a central battery. Ohio State’s 2006 record: 8-0 Next up: Minnesota 10/28 Tune: These Streets […]

• Humor, Innovation

  GPS navigation is good, but not that good…

  10.23.06 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  An interesting snippet from the wire service this morning: BERLIN (Reuters) – A German motorist followed the command “Turn right now!” from his navigation system and crashed into a small toilet hut by the side of the road — about 30 yards before the crossing he was meant to take. The overly obedient 53-year-old from […]

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