The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon

An cool video tracking obesity and social networks over time. Surprise surprise, there is a tendency for obese people to be linked socially to obese people, and for non-obese people to be linked socially to non-obese people. The study takes place over a 30 year people.
Thanks to David Weinberger for bringing it to [...]

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Introducing Blackle! It’s Google, but with a black background instead of a white one. The idea is that producing the color white on a computer screen uses more power than producing black (the lack of color). On the main search page there is a “Watt hours saved” counter that, at the time [...]

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There is a great article in the New York Times about eco-consumerism; the idea that you can buy your way into environmental conservatism through everyday purchases such as a hybrid car, hemp blanket, bamboo flooring, CFL light bulbs, etc. What I really liked about the article is how it highlighted, with specific examples, how [...]

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