From pen to pixel: my proposal for a new "green" SMV symbol

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Originally uploaded by Peejster

Check this out :-)


For the nitty-gritty about this symbol's development and purpose, please click on it to go to the Flikr page.

Note the CC license and tell me what you think.

No, not THAT P.J. Emery...

.. but thank you for the compliment. Or, at least, the surprising web search result .

But he's a he and he's holding his guitar the wrong way. Better luck next time.

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A new calculator in which to crunch your meals... but for carbon impact

When it comes to the environment, I've discovered that food is a really, really fraught subject: foodways + individual psychologies + politics + those awful, terrible commercials with the barbecue sauce just dripping off the chicken (hang on, tummy, it's almost lunchtime) = the ultimate tinderbox. And the fires that so easily ignite are not good for the environment, people.

So bear with me. I'm not advocating all-or-nothing ascetic responses with this link. And the site itself is careful about acknowledging the limits of its calculator (see their FAQ) and the goal of mitigating "relative carbon impacts."

But, you know, if you're a militant meat-and-potatoes type (you know who you are)... if you're curious, turn on your anonymizer and click through. I won't tell. :-)

Eat Low Carbon Diet Calculator - Bon Appétit Management Company

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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: (IM)agna Carta.

ROTFLMAO!

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: (IM)agna Carta.

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I can vouch for this: I lost six years there myself

A myth, huh? People don't get lost, huh? So, tell me... why is the Coleman company headquartered there?

30 Years Of Man's Life Disappear In Mysterious 'Kansas Rectangle'

CHICAGO—The last known communication from Kevin Corcoran made reference to plans to marry a large blonde woman and enroll in a local technical college.

Because nothing works like good old-fashioned meta-journalism

Dying Newspaper Trend Buys Nation's Newspapers Three More Weeks

WASHINGTON—A recent glut of feature stories on the death of the American newspaper has temporarily made the outmoded form of media appealing...

UCLA Squirrel EXTREME CLOSE-UP

My very first upload. Aww, isn't it cute...