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My neighbors – Jiminy Peak ski area – are putting up a wind turbine that will more than cover their summer energy needs and provide 60% of their energy for winter, including snowmaking and lifts. Should pay for itself in 7 years
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Good overview of human rights concerns regarding Ethiopia, and the government’s disingenuous response: “We do recognize our limitations, and we cannot be expected in just one-and-a-half decades to build robust institutions of democracy and human rights.”
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Jonathan Coulton is the centerpiece of a NYTimes Sunday Magazine story about the rise of Internet-driven music careers and the change in public/private dynamics that result from this shift
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Excellent response to my “What we’re trying to do essay” by Jeremy Wagstaff: “This may often mean geographically localised, but actually it’s really about being culturally localised: We read stuff that speaks to us”
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David Weinberger’s response to “What we’re trying to do”: “The Net is not going to erase all culture. Who would want it to? We don’t need homogeneity to be at peace. We need to live with difference”
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Dan Gillmor would like to sell Dow Jones to Bill Gates… and he makes an interesting case for why socially-minded billionaires might be the guardians of quality journalism in the future