Our list of environmental goodies, oddities, and inanities We thought about being earnest this Earth Day — compiling some sort of inspiring list of in-the-trenches eco-heroes who need recognition and encouragement — but then we remembered: we’re Grist. So we bring you instead a c … | Continue reading
With Earth Day fast approaching, we’re pleased to bring you the First Ever List of Grist Superlatives. It’s our modest take on the year past, and a few predictions for things to come. Miffed about what we missed? You’re welcome to make additions in Gristmill. Soaking up the Sunda … | Continue reading
Everything you ever wanted to know about the burgeoning efforts to suck oil out of the Canadian tar sands in an enormous, magisterial story by Marianne Lavelle in U.S. News & World Report. | Continue reading
Wednesday, 19 Apr 2006 New York, N.Y. Why was last night different from all other nights on which people have gathered to party for an environmental crusade? Because it was the launch party for the first green issue of Vanity Fair — a glossy, celebrity-drenched cry to mainstream … | Continue reading
Turns out CSPAN2 will be carrying our Climate & Culture panel live on Thursday at 12:30 pm EDT. Tune in or watch it here. It's not Vanity Fair, but it's a start ... | Continue reading
Last night, Nova tackled an interesting, less-discussed danger from pollution: global dimming. It hasn't gotten that much attention (outside of Grist, of course) but Nova presented a very compelling and rather harrowing picture. Basically, while the earth has been getting warmer … | Continue reading
As your Outlook/Blackberry/secretary administrative professional has no doubt alerted you, Saturday is Earth Day: a celebration of all things green and, um, earthly? A celebration not lost on the youth of today. And since lists of the best ways to help the planet on Earth Day are … | Continue reading
Dear Umbra, I know you don’t make up questions, but in this instance I think it’s acceptable. Could you suggest a collection of resources on climate change? I think it might help us all get better educated on this vital topic. Even if they don’t spend an hour of their Earth Day s … | Continue reading
Since everybody else on the planet is commenting on the issue, I suppose I should as well: No, high gas prices are not the result of oil-company price gouging or nefariousness. It's the market balancing supply and demand (i.e., you, dear consumer). Yes, politicians -- mostly Demo … | Continue reading
Wal-Mart is building a store inside Chicago city limits with a 67,000 square foot green roof. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart's plants do not absorb rainwater or prevent runoff. They only emit eeeevil. You've been warned. (via TH) | Continue reading
Have you ever been shopping and wanted to know how environmentally friendly a particular item actually is? Me too, and I have been meaning to propose that someone create the very database that GreenScanner has now developed. | Continue reading
I was thinking a bit more about a point David raised yesterday: While it's dandy that groups outside the fold of the mainstream environmental movement, from sportsmen to evangelicals, are expressing concern about global warming, how do we know wily conservatives won't be able to … | Continue reading
Internet bigwigs are putting their money on cleantech Some people know a good investment when they see one: Steve “Founder of AOL” Case, Bill “Founder of Microsoft and Stoopid Rich” Gates, and John “Early Investor in Amazon and Google” Doerr. Now they’re seeing in green technolog … | Continue reading
I've recently had to create a generic text data file uploader in PHP (namely to import tab-delimited fields into a database). After experiencing a few problems related to memory issues, I came up with a solution that might be of interest to some people. Here it is. The idea is to … | Continue reading
MyDBO est pour tous les développeurs PHP/MySQL qui en ont marre de faire et refaire les mêmes fonctions ajout/édition/liste/... sur leurs bases de données pour chaque nouveau site ou application web. Cette application a été créée en PHP, est gratuite, et s'installe très facilemen … | Continue reading
Eric Meyer, figure du CSS, sur son site complexspiral reprend tous les détails techniques du comportement des marges en CSS. Sujet souvent obscur qui après cet article devient limpide! À lire absolument pour tous ceux qui ne comprennent pas pourquoi les marges disparaissent subit … | Continue reading
Toujours voulu faire des photos macros? Jamais eu l'argent pour acheter l'objectif? Cette entrée blog donne une recette DIY (do it yourself) economo-pringlo-dangereuse-mais-bien-coolos pour arriver à de superbes resultats. L'idée est bien trouvée en tout cas! A voir! La photo ci- … | Continue reading
On any battlefield, he struck the mystic chords of memory | Continue reading
Paul Thek's haunting sculpture looks beyond the pomp of traditional battle memorials | Continue reading
A red sweater in the Smithsonian collections was the trademark of kindness and caring in the indelible 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' | Continue reading
What makes Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican cake) so special? The secret is that this cake is incredibly delicate in texture and sinfully delicious. The post Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican Cake) appeared first on Dominican Cooking. | Continue reading
What makes Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican Cake) so special? The secret is that this cake is incredibly delicate in texture and sinfully delicious. | Continue reading
What makes Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican cake) so special? The secret is that this cake is incredibly delicate in texture and sinfully delicious. The post Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican Cake) appeared first on Dominican Cooking. | Continue reading
What makes Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican cake) so special? The secret is that this cake is incredibly delicate in texture and sinfully delicious. The post Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican Cake) appeared first on Dominican Cooking. | Continue reading
Morir Soñando (milk and orange juice drink), a marvelous beverage that should be the official drink of the Dominican summer. It's a very easy recipe too, you could be enjoying this in no time! The post Morir Soñando (Milk and Orange Juice Drink) appeared first on Dominican Cookin … | Continue reading
Morir Soñando (milk and orange juice drink), a marvelous beverage that should be the official drink of the Dominican summer. It's a very easy recipe too, you could be enjoying this in no time! | Continue reading
Morir Soñando (milk and orange juice drink), a marvelous beverage that should be the official drink of the Dominican summer. It's a very easy recipe too, you could be enjoying this in no time! The post Morir Soñando (Milk and Orange Juice Drink) appeared first on Dominican Cookin … | Continue reading
Mangú, or Dominican mashed plantains, is one of Dominicans' most beloved dishes, the base of "Los Tres Golpes", the most complete and complex breakfast of our gastronomy. And if you are wondering how to make mangú that delights every Dominican, here are my secrets. The post Mangú … | Continue reading
Mangú is the best known and most representative dish of the Dominican breakfast, a flavorful, rich dish that you should most certainly try. | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) I knew it all along. George W. is a robot. . . . . . . Random linkage . . . . . . | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) This site: http://www.badassmofo.com/ is pretty damn funny. I think I'll add it to … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Crispy M&M's suck. Anyone who says otherwise is a.. um... a poop head. . . . . . . … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Email from my grandma | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Hi Brooke. . . . . . . I bought this book today. Mostly for the drawings, but the text … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) HOHOHO! Merry Christmas! Here are a bunch of Christmas links for you today: This is a t … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) So What if it's Christmas eve???????? HOW COME NO ONE IS UPDATING THEIR WEBPAGES!?? … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) The real story on how the internet was created . . . . . . Hrm... maybe I should start … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) The rental car is nice. It's not nice as in nice and fancy, but it's nice as in … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Ugh. I got my car back Sunday night. Two kids (16 year old girl and 14 year old boy) st … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Well, nothing new to say about my car. It's still gone. But in other news, I decide … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) One little piece of broken glass. It's broken in little pieces, but still held toge … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Wacky site of the day: Stop Alien Abductions . . . . . . Hey- my company just got new f … | Continue reading
(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Snow! And lots of it! I would say that we have about 4-6 inches now right now in the su … | Continue reading