Recycling is Bullshit
Got half an hour? Let Penn and Teller tell you a bit about the real costs of recycling.
Thanks, Craig.
I was listening to Valero‘s second quarter conference call today, and while I’m sure that the prospect of another big oil company reporting all time record earnings will upset the likes of the Expose Exxon crowd, the downside of supply and demand is that darn supply-side sometimes can bite you in the ass when it…
Speaking of the Skyway… since winter has officially ended, let’s tally up Skyway closings. We had an early unprecedented storm in October that resulted in widespread driving bans, yet no official Skyway closings. We had another late start to winter, but then had a pounding of snow and frigid temperatures. For the second year in…
I’ve been having a hard time keeping up with all the blogs lately, so I completely missed this piece from BuffaloBlogger, whose in-laws were in town from England and ranked the Central Terminal at the top of their vacation memories list. This ladies and gentlemen was their highlight. This grand old building that so many…
No, it’s not because Mary Kunz Goldman said it’s the best feature of Buffalo’s waterfront, although that was a surprise to read. It’s that yet another of the oft-repeated reasons to tear it down is about to be disproven. We’ve heard before that Buffalo doesn’t have the shipping traffic it once had, so we don’t…
This is a cool app that I just ran across today. The Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition (NITTEC) overlays traffic data, camera feeds, and message board messages on top of Google maps for the Buffalo area. Comes in handy on days like today, and presumably tomorrow morning!
“Lotus – the final frontier. These are the days of Lotusphere. It’s continuing mission – to seek out new connections and new technologies; to boldly go where no company has gone before.” – Patrick Stewart, Lotusphere 2004 Opening General Session It’s Lotusphere week, and this year’s keynote speaker did not hail from the Star Trek…