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Click survey. (via Metafilter)

Steely Dan vs Owen Wilson

An open letter to Luke Wilson from Steely Dan. But why did they have to make it an image? (via Metafilter)

Sunlight->Power

Another way to turn sunlight into usable power. (via World Changing)

During a stint in the Peace Corps in Lesotho in southern Africa, Matthew Orosz, an MIT graduate student advised by Harold Hemond, professor of civil and environmental engineering, learned that reflective parabolic troughs can bake bread. Now he plans to use these same contraptions to bring power to parts of Africa baked in sun but starved for electricity. His solar generators, cobbled together from auto parts and plumbing supplies, can easily be built in a backyard.

If we waited we wouldn't have invaded

Excellent Colbert interview of Ron Suskind. (via Robotwisdom)

Random thoughts

Embedded flash music players are great but I've lost track of the number of times I've accidently navigated away from the page and interrupted the stream.

Mind the gap

Hans Rosling of the non profit group Gapminder presents data in an innovative and effective way. He gave an talk at the TED conference that is online. It's interesting how much is revealed and how much is concealed by these animations. (via Nussbaum on Design)