Some Western European countries are getting serious about transporting consumer goods through automated subterranean networks – introducing a fifth transport mode next to road, rail, air and water. This rare combination of low-tech sense and high-tech knowledge could lead to a further economic growth without destroying the environment and the quality of life. Full article: […]
MARK BITTMAN – New York Times I took a real day off this weekend: computers shut down, cell phone left in my work bag, land-line ringer off. I was fully disconnected for 24 hours. ….In short, my name is Mark, and I’m a techno-addict…thus began my “secular Sabbath” — a term I found floating around […]
Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web Adobe will release AIR, a software development system that will power potentially tens of thousands of applications that merge the Internet and the PC, as well as blur the distinctions between PCs and new computing devices like… Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25adobe.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Morris Miselowski’s thoughts This is one of those […]
(AP) Virgin Atlantic carried out the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels. full article http://www.physorg.com/news123077967.html Morris Miselowski’s thoughts: Over the next decade we will see many attempts at using biofuel’s, some will succeed and […]
A recent study culminating in Norton Online Living Report offers an interesting insight in to the digital lifestyle habits of adults and children around the world and focuses on how people worldwide are conducting personal interactions and connecting emotionally online. One of the interesting findings from the worldwide study is that parents’ perception of what […]
From Morris’s blog at InsideRetailer: http://www.insideretailing.com.au/articles-page.aspx?articleType=CategoryView&categoryId=53 There’s so much fully-sick stuff on the web that it can be overwhelming, so here’s the first of my lists of some of the great, useful and sometimes unusual sites and tools that are out there: Google Docs – http://docs.google.com This is part of a growing trend towards free […]