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Birth of an Ocean Occurring in the Ethiopian Desert | Blue Living Ideas - http://bluelivingideas.com/topics...
Another great and interesting post from Blue Living Ideas. A new ocean being born!!
- EcoAussie
Re: Make Some Money - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/make-so...
"Been thinking about this a bit since you posted Chris... Some thoughts: - i _love_ some of the concepts from say garyv - work your butt off on something u love and eventually, community, fame, $$ will follow...and i plan to pursue this on 1 main topic/idea on a part time basis...issue i have is that it takes a _long_ time and that inherently means u have some decent $$ up your sleeve or already coming in to afford you that time....in gary's case, he had the wine biz...not sure about your case or other similar.... - in reality - i need to make $$ a bit sooner than that model...i looked for quite a while at the standard internet marketing models...affiliate, ecommerce etc...for 90%+ of this though, i have no interest/passion in the typical 'find a pain, solve it' advice...for the few interests of mine (ie wine) that i could see myself building information of physical commerce sites around; the competition was already pretty embedded.... So - what am i doing - venturing to the offline..."
- EcoAussie
Swine flu vaccine will contain mercury | MNN - Mother Nature Network - http://www.mnn.com/family...
The new swine flu vaccine contains a deadly brain toxin linked to autism and neurological disorders.
- EcoAussie
Lifehacker - Reduce Your Footprint this Earth Day - Environment - http://lifehacker.com/5223072...
A day late:)
- EcoAussie
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Green technology at Coachella Music Festival | MNN - Mother Nature Network - http://www.mnn.com/technol...
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Psychedelic LED's, water-filling stations and Carpoolchella makes this the greenest music festival yet.
- EcoAussie
Life on Purpose: 15 Questions to Discover Your Personal Mission | ThinkSimpleNow.com - http://thinksimplenow.com/happine...
our lifetime achievements be? What would matter the most at the end of your life? Is it what you are doing right NOW?
- EcoAussie
YouTube - Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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No one saw this coming....
- EcoAussie
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Skelliewag.org » Posts » How Not to Sell-Out - http://www.skelliewag.org/how-not...
Really great post - Made me a think a lot in particular about social media
- EcoAussie
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Holy Cow - CNN just reported that 40% of Americans would like to see Palin run for pres in 2012. That's horrifying. :(
Roman, petar vucetin, AJ Batac and 26 other people liked this
note: they said like to see her run, not like to see her win... I'd like to see her run for the entertainment value
- Bastard Operator From FF
In other words, something even smaller than McCain's likely-to-lose faction wants to see her get beaten in 2012. OK: see ya then.
- Chris Baskind
They just want more Tina Fey.
- Steven Perez
Wow, 40% ??? Americans really have turned on the republican party haven't they LOL
- Scott Bannon
Assuming she and John McCain don't win this week: I'd like to see her make a run in 2012, for sure. That said, I'm thankful that she would have little chance of even winning the 2012 Republican primary.
- j1m
Is it horrifying or a demonstration of the lack of potential talent people see in the current Republican party?
- Johnny Worthington
Right John - the Republicans have a lot of great potential candidates, but most of them won't satisfy the lunatic fringe that Palin speaks to
- Chrimmus Tad
Why does this surprise you? Seriously. haha
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
I'd like to see her run. She'd be easy to beat.
- Sean Quinn
from twhirl
It would be tje best comedy since "Rosanne".
- Mark Edwards
from fftogo
I'd LOVE to see her run. I've been drooling over that option for the past 3 weeks. But we don't matter. We'll have to see if she can play nice with The Village.
- Admiral Anika
That just made me choke on my oreo
- Amber, Random Time Lord
It's the 40% that are going to vote for McCain this time.
- Ian May
I just lost all faith and hope for 40% of America. Can we round those people up and send them to Alaska?
- xero
what Sean said.
- Anthony Citrano
from fftogo
we need our entertainment, even in politics...please pacify us, CNN
- Pete Delucchi
I'd like to see it to. We need more laughs.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
NO way!!!!!!!!!
- Susan Beebe
Sigh.
- Neal Jansons
Screw that. Tina should run.
- Roberto Bonini
Yes, because democrats have such a talent poll this time around. A no-name, one-term senator and the wife of a former President. Sometimes, you need to stick your head out of the internet group-think for a minute.
- Spencer
Now wait...if Palin does run in 2012, since she doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being taken seriously and winning, that would put the race between the Democrats and a 3rd party candidate. Yeah, I'd like to see her run too, just to give Americans more real choices.
- April Russo (app103)
@April: Remember, Bush won twice against better candidates. Palin can win if she's "marketed" right.
- Rui Pereira
@Rui & @april - or... she runs as an independent, sort of a cultural Ross Perot. Or... she teams up with Newt and they run a full R ticket from the start, freezing out anything but smarter, more metro Republicans thru the primaries and setting up an epic clash with a - hopefully still - popular incumbent in the Fall.
- Thom Kennon
Maybe just for the fun of it? I hope...
- Holger Eilhard
Names like Gregg and Jindal don't have the recognition factor yet.
- Robert Hafer
and this survey was done by whom? when? against what group(s)? i am rarely moved by "a recent poll shows.." stories. IMO, they are often attempts at managing news cycles and supporting self interest. i don't often see a poll designed to -remove-biases. i see too many designed to -support- biases. anyone got the details on this one?
- MikeAmundsen
The only bottom line that's for sure is what Ian May said.
- Micah Wittman
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- Canada's Web Shop
Yeah, I agree with Holger. They just want Palin to run for the lulz.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
That us probably all those conservatives who went crazy over her.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
They just want Tina Fey back :)
- Roberto Bonini
I think Roberto is right! Bring back Tina!
- petar vucetin
I'd like to see her on dancing with the stars! lmao
- MicahBear78
The numbers and huge sway of conservative voters in America is quite astonishing. As a liberal, at the very least if conservatives are going to get into power again, please put someone in who can speak and write well and is intelligent. The Bush's weren't that and Palin certainly isn't.
- EcoAussie
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EcoAussie, Unfortunatly, Condi Rice wouldn't run.
- Robert Hafer
Responding to Australias water crisis: Idea Central, ground-breaking international online event for public and experts to have their say, find solutions - http://www.csrwire.com/News...
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Great to see the power of the internet being leveraged here.
- EcoAussie
Fast-Food-Restaurants-CAN-Be-Green-Weve-Researched-and-Rated-Them - Greenopia Green News - http://www.greenopia.com/LA...
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What do you do when you've forgotton your healthy snacks and your only option is...nothing but fast food joints? Do you give up and go eat the greasiest, cheapest burger and fries and then throw away a bag full of garbage? Your excuses to indulge in unhealthy and unsustainable fare are dwindling. These days, there's lots of diet-friendly options at most fast food purveyors, and they are also making strides towards being healthier for the planet too (some more so than others, so read on).
- EcoAussie
Appalachia's Best Hope for Ending Mountaintop Mining | SolveClimate.com - http://solveclimate.com/blog...
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Follow the Appalachian Mountains by plane from West Virginia to Tennessee, and you'll see the scars left by mountaintop mining - huge gray gouges where coal companies stripped away the trees and blew off the tops of mountains to get at the coal inside.
- EcoAussie
NASA Photos Reveal Why Cities Are Running Dry | Lighter Footstep - http://lighterfootstep.com/2009...
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In terms of economic development, Las Vegas' growth is an amazing success. But as a quarter century of satellite images show, sprawl comes at a high price. A new series of NASA Landsat 5 images taken of the Las Vegas area over a 25-year period dramatically illustrates why some cities are finding it difficult to keep up with water demands
- EcoAussie
Green-or-Greenwashing-Ecotourism-and-How-to-Travel-Green - Greenopia Green News - http://www.greenopia.com/USA...
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Of all the industries accused of pulling the ol' eco switcheroo (eco-housing, eco-banking, etc.) perhaps the most consistently maligned is eco tourism (and for good reason, see below).
- EcoAussie
Re: Futuristic Green Transit: 10 Vehicles for 2010 - http://ecoble.com/2008...
"Did you follow the Tata site link in the article? I'm not sure what you mean by "totally different"."
- EcoAussie
Thirty Day Challenge 2008 - Day 29 - http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members...
Link Building 3 - 30dc
- EcoAussie
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World's Largest Hydrogen-Powered Town Starts in Japan - http://www.treehugger.com/files...
V cool.
- EcoAussie
Motorcyles: Mission One to Be World's Fastest Electric Motorcycle - http://i.gizmodo.com/5146464...
One of these would be great in Chicago Traffic:)
- EcoAussie
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Wind-energy mapping tool now covers the world - http://springwise.com/eco_sus...
Great, free utility.
- EcoAussie
Another day, another pile of DISQUS comment spam to delete ...
Chris Farrugia, ·[▪_▪]·, Haggis (Sean Loyless) and 3 other people liked this
Can you use Movable Type's spam filter service (akismet competitor)?
- coldbrew
I know DISQUS is aware of this and working to beat it. But wow. You know what's a bad sign? Go to the DISQUS support forums. They're usually full of spam, too.
- Chris Baskind
No, you're locked into DISQUS' system.
- Chris Baskind
Never knew anything about it. Can you restrict comments to registered folks only?
- coldbrew
Yes, and I've had to do that to keep so much link spam from actually getting live on my sites.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
I like DISQUS and their people -- Daniel Ha is great. But spammers have caught on to the fact that their links are dofollow, and having so many sites concentrated like that makes DISQUS a tempting target. Yes, I'm considering returning to native WP comments.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
Disqus is bound to start charging for something, and this [comment spam filter] would be a good candidate. $20/yr?
- coldbrew
DISQUS says they're already using three stages of spam filtration. It's a difficult problem -- particularly the human-entered stuff from the professional SEO rings.
- Chris Baskind
I'm uninstalling Disqus on all my blogs today.
- Admiral Anika
Are you having the same spam crapflood issues? I just don't have time to check every single like to see if it points at a casino or whatever.
- Chris Baskind
from IM
I would not go back to normal WP comments. Akismet reported that after installing Disqus I had 99.9% less spam on my site than without it. I get maybe 3-4 spammy comments per week now, as opposed to the several hundred i'd get per month before using it. It's secure from the auto-spam bots, but yes, human entered spam is still a problem and will continue to be. I have faith in the developers, and i'll give them more time to fix this.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
How about being "ambitious" with their efforts to police and providing an ombudsman for disputes?
- coldbrew
I"m tending to lean towards Haggis on this one at the moment.
- Ian May
Is there a service that acts as a universal ombudsman?
- coldbrew
Yeah, I'm going slow on the trigger here, too. BTW, I am getting dozens of spam comments a day.
- Chris Baskind
That's funny, my spam comments shot up.I was averaging about 5 spam comment a month. I'm now averaging 3 spam comments a day. That's on 3 of my blogs, 2 of which you must sign in to make a comment.
- Admiral Anika
I've read the most horrible thing in the news today. It's horrible, and I'm crying.
Tyson Key liked this
If you're curious, it's here. But it's unthinkably awful: http://www.news.com.au/story...
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
I saw that: horrible. Last year, some guy threw his three children off the Dauphin Island Bridge, not far from here. They all died. It's difficult to even comprehend such things.
- Chris Baskind
I thought it would be that story. I could only read halfway through it. I feel sick.
- Chris Loft
The father is up on murder charges. Rest in Peace, wee Darcy. My heart goes out to her family, and others affected by this tragedy. Thankyou to the emergency services who tried their best to revive her.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
At a 7-11 by my house, a stack of petitions beckoned at the register protesting a .25 bag tax. Is it too much to pay or too much to maybe not use a plastic bag for a few simple convenience store items? What sayeth you?
Chieze Okoye liked this
It should be enough to make you think twice before you leave your front door. Anything that helps shake the USA out of it bloated consumption has to be welcomed. Afterall when 5% of the world population use over 30% of the world resources, its time for a change.
- yodhe
It's the principle!
- Mona Nomura
Germany has a "no bags" policy. People bring their own, bag their own, and carry their own to the bus stop. My 97 year-old grandmother can do that, I'd be dammed if we can't teach the able-bodied redneck yokels in your mini-Red State down there to do it as well.
- Jonas M Luster
I think that's a pretty high amount, but it's really lame that the petition is at a 7-11. How many times do you buy something at a 7-11 that even warrants a bag?
- Admiral Anika
I think charging for plastic bags is a great idea. I'd like to see our country completely wean itself off plastic bags.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Bag Tax is a great thing. Taiwan has it and it has really cleaned up their entire country. Be conscientious.
- Bjorn Stromberg
not for 7-11. They mark up everything! Have you looked at the price of there TP or shampoo??
- BEX
Wow Jonas, way to make it personal =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I'm down.
- Chris Baskind
No heh, Jonas pegged it, he's been to my house <3
- Eric Rice
17 Mistakes Start-ups Make « Failures - exposed, reflected upon, considered - http://fail92fail.wordpress.com/2009...
spend enough
- EcoAussie
New Twhirl features demoed in video by Robert Scoble - http://www.loiclemeur.com/english...
Bill Sanders, polymath22 and Jonathan Brown liked this
Yeah, count me as a Twhirl convert.
- Kevin Whalen
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great! thank you all for your comments
- Loic Le Meur
*Popular Mechanics* tries out Honda DN01, records 44 mpg - http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009...
Cool - Scooters and efficient motorcycles are going to be big.
- EcoAussie
YouTube - Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Love the talk about passion
- EcoAussie
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Coffee Could Fuel You, and Your Car - http://digg.com/environ...
Multiple uses for the cup of joe
- EcoAussie
World's Smallest Fuel Cell Could Power Your Gadgets [Fuel Cells] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5137246...
can't wait for this
- EcoAussie
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