Monday, November 30, 2009

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Cannondale Dutchess - beautiful bicycle design

Wytze's graduation project for Cannondale from Eelke D. on Vimeo.

The Cannondale Dutchess is a a new concept bike designed by Wytze van Mansum, a design student at the Delft University of Technology. The bike is a working prototype, but the bike is not in commercial production. The bike looks beautiful and has many interesting design features like the adjustable sweep of the handlebars which also serve as a lock. Watch the video and check the links below for more information.


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Monday, November 02, 2009

The rise of the trollumnist

I first came across the word "trollumnist" in this article from New Matilda. I tweeted about it and also mentioned it in an e-mail to Dan Bloom. Dan added the word to the Urban Dictionary (although misspelt as "trollumist"). Crikey mentioned it on their Pure Poison blog. Range also mentioned the word on his blog. Google currently returns 159 results for the word in a search. This is significantly more than when I searched for it yesterday. It will be interesting to see how far the word spreads.

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Al Gore in the news

Al Gore, the former US Vice-President that won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change is in the news.

Newsweek reports on the evolution of an eco-prophet, a behind the scenes look at Gore's work and the writing of his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Interestingly it reveals Gore trained 200 Christian ministers and lay leaders in a version of his climate change slide show that is filled with scriptural references. He also has Muslim, Hindu and Jewish training programs coming up.

The New York Times reports on some of Al Gore's investments in green businesses (aka greentech or cleantech). While some people might want to point out potential conflicts of interest, they would do well to look at the much more serious ethical issue of businesses that advocate a political position supporting industries which are harmful and exploitative.

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