Madison Parks and Recreation does a fantastic job clearing the bike/ped paths after a snowfall (nice for citizens who like to stay in shape all year), but Madison Streets department certainly doesn’t prioritize for their plowing for bike commuters. Here’s the contra-flow lane on University Ave this morning (note the use of bike lane as [...]
Books in the Age of the iPad, by Craig Mod, is perhaps the most beautiful and thoughtful post I’ve read in years. In it, Mod argues that the iPad is a universal container for rich media and what he calls “well-formed content”— I’ll let you read the article (you should) to understand what he means. He [...]
Ethereal Glow Shelters now have Solar lights! Last night, biking home from a friend’s birthday celebration, I noticed an ethereal glow from the canopies of the Quann Park dog “shelters” (they’ll shelter from a straight-down rain, or the noon sun, but not much else). With the newly-installed (I think it’s recent, anyway — hadn’t noticed [...]
‘Tis the Season On the same weekend of this NYTimes editorial on backyard gardening, the local expo center is holding Madison’s Garden Expo: The 2009 Garden Expo will be held February 13, 14 and 15 in the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. This is the 16th annual Wisconsin Public Television Garden [...]
The Promise of the Sun Early February is, in no way, Spring in Wisconsin. But yesterday and Saturday it was warm (in the 40s!). The sun was out. The snow (that had turned into dirty ice) on the roads and sidewalks was melting and forming quick little streams and rivulets throughout Madison. I have, what [...]
Unretouched light from a 7-dollar, 48-LED “bulb” I bought from dealextreme.com More Efficient Fabrication lowers the cost Researchers in England have found a way to make the ultra-cool LED for less money. Much more efficient that standard incandescent bulbs (and CFLs, with the added benefit of containing no mercury). I’ve purchased a bunch of 48 [...]
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Every little bit counts Northland College just got rid of trays in their cafeteria, following in the (carbon-lighter) footsteps of places like Dalhousie University (and I’m certain some others). From Dalhousie’s site: Aramark is saving approximately 1040 gallons (3936 litres) of water a day and approximately $13,000 worth of electricity. They’re saving a little over 900,000 trays from being washed [...]
Every little bit counts In the spirit of “every little bit helps,” folks at SPRANQ have created a laser printer typeface with tiny little holes in it that don’t affect readability, but cut down the amount of toner needed to print by 20%! It’s called EcoFont, and it looks fine at smaller font sizes. Clearly [...]
