Great example Ross, I'm so stoked for this terminal! - D rek
Me too! It is definitely going to change the SF skyline... should be exciting! - Ross Miller
And with it being the endpoint of the California bullet train, this place really might become SF's Grand Central Station. It's almost a shame that they no longer have train tracks on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge. (Yep, until 1963 when they turned the lower deck into more car lanes.) - Kevin Fox
Whoa. Our office is adjacent to that. So are some huge new fancy condo towers that are going up. Quite a revitalization of downtown SF. - DeWitt Clinton
Hmn... sounds like if you wake up to coffee and white bread and eat baked beans with a Guinness and glass of red wine for dinner you'll be healthy as can be... - Ross Miller
@Ross...I think I have failed you in the nutritional knowledge dept. - Skye Miller
In other words...your suggestion above is a nutritional fail! - Skye Miller
"To achieve their goal they turned to Elevate Destinations (www.elevatedestinations.com), a philanthropic travel company based in Cambridge, Mass., that organizes luxury trips to locations with sustainable practices in place. Kate and Brian chose the African Honeymoon package, a two-week trip to Kenya, which included accommodations in a hotel where rooms were built on stilts made from salvaged wood, a luxury tent at a safari camp in the Masai Mara, and in their case (they customized part of the trip) a thatched banda on a beach in Lamu Island. Elevate donates 5 percent of the overall cost of each trip to charities in the host country. Other Elevate experiences include staying in an eco-retreat in a Honduran rain forest, a spiritual journey through India and a cruise down the Mekong River in Laos." - Karen Padham Taylor via Bookmarklet
"The British couple chose the Hoopoe Yurt Hotel in Andalucia, Spain (www.yurthotel.com), where guests stay in handmade boutique yurts (all with eco-friendly private bathrooms). The entire camp runs on solar power, including the pool and the electric sockets in the yurts for charging cellphones and laptops." - Karen Padham Taylor
"According to a life cycle analysis by Franklin Associates, Ltd, plastic bags create fewer airborne emissions and require less energy during the life cycle of both types of bags per 10,000 equivalent uses -- plastic creates 9.1 cubic pounds of solid waste vs. 45.8 cubic pounds for paper; plastic creates 17.9 pounds of atmospheric emissions vs. 64.2 pounds for paper; plastic creates 1.8 pounds of waterborne waste vs. 31.2 pounds for paper." So... Plastic wins by a long shot, but if you're really trying to save the planet you have to go canvas... - Ross Miller via Bookmarklet
Using reusable bags like cloth or recycled material is the way to go. If you shop in Europe, you can end up paying for each bag as a deterrent for creating waste. Like many things in the US, companies have not tried it because the pushback is considered bad for business. I hope that one of them will take the chance and do it. At least some of the chains are selling reusable bags to people who think of recycling at this point, not only Whole Foods but a few mainstream chains as well. - Aron Michalski
Yeah, I've noticed a big push toward store branded reusable bags, but it would definitely help motivate people if stores charged for plastic/paper bags... - Ross Miller
I thought the problem with plastic was that they would blow away and become litter, eventually strangling wildlife in the ocean or whatever. - ⓞnor
in most hotels in Hong Kong, they provide a cloth shopping bag; and the shopkeepers are quite happy when you use it. Noting also, that China has banned the plastic bag; though that's probably more of litter issue which was politically shifted into a 'green' solution as well - clarke thomas
Some stores like Whole Foods give you $0.10 for each bag that you bring in. It isn't much, but shows somewhat of a commitment. It would be interesting to see if you raised that to $0.50 or a $1.00 what effect it would have considering the higher grocery bills... - Derek Coatney
I just bought a ton of poop-bags for my dog. They're 100% degradable and you'll find them in any dog store. The best part is the cute fire hydrant that attaches to the leash that holds the bags. No more scrounging around for bags or taking the SF examiner wrapping :) - Ivan Kirigin
I've a friend who manufactures plastic bags and he told me to watch out when using them. A bag contains harmful chemicals both in the manufacturing process and in the product itself. Best to wash your hands or any items in it after usage least you consume any of the color dye or calcium carbonate specks. - Jason
I use reusable cloth bags. Wegman's sells them for $1, they help the environment and are dead useful. - Benjamin Golub
I'm becoming a fan of the cloth bags. Not only are they reusable, they're stronger than both paper and plastic. I just need to remember to bring them. - Robert Konigsberg
I only use shopping bags made out of hemp, they're three times stronger than normal cloth bags, and you can smoke them once you get home with your munchies. - Jim Norris
"With a principle focus of creating a balance between maintaining a fragile habitat for wildlife and using natural resources wisely, Finca Bellavista aims to implement sustainable energy practices such as hydroelectric and solar power, while operating a full-fledged recycling center and a common garden area for the community. This might make it an eco-utopia for some, but for others it’s a possible solution for dovetailing conservation with development.
As per Finca Bellavista’s guidelines on their website, treehouses in the community must be low-impact, stilt-built or arboreal dwellings that utilize a rainwater catch system to provide water for each unit. Waste that is generated is to be treated with “a cutting-edge technology found in biodigestors”. A “hydroelectric turbine system” will power the entire community. The power grid will run via a system of transformers and underground power cables installed along the horseshoe-shaped main access road that runs throughout the community, producing peak power o - Karen Padham Taylor via Bookmarklet
One of my dreams as a kid was to live a la Swiss Family Robinson. - Anne Bouey
anyone interested in timesharing this with me? Starts at $50k for 2 acres... - Oliver Deighton
"He noted that these spiders will wrap their trapped prey in what seems to be an excessive amount of silk. Earlier studies showed that two species of uloborids spent over an hour enveloping their prey, more than a hundred times what other orb-weavers will devote to the task. In doing so, they used up a spectacular 80 metres of silk." - Ross Miller via Bookmarklet
Hum... NoiseRiver was supporting this two days before :p - directeur via NoiseRiver
Very cool. If you go back a couple days, it has the proper timestamp format e.g. Tuesday at 12:15pm etc. I guess the question is what time zone are these based on. I'd guess Pacific time due to FF being in the Valley/Bay Area. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
About time too! :-) I think they should either allow me to pick my timezone or detect my regional settings so that the historical date/time always displays correctly for my timezone. - Tony Ruscoe
The great thing about the timezone issue is that it doesn't matter much. Small time deltas are done relatively "6 hours ago" so time zone doesn't come into play. Long time deltas are done absolutely and since FF doesn't ask what time zone you live in are likely off but it doesn't matter too much because it is a long time delta and thus it's ok to be off by a few hours because is 2 weeks ago really different from 2 weeks and 1 hour ago? Brilliant. - Benjamin Golub
I like it. The only problem I see though is it also displays over people's names when you hover over their name. It gets in the way. - Nick Munson
Translation to local time is pretty easy isn't it? FF (server side) doesn't know the time zone you are in -- but the browser can - Brian Sullivan
@Benjamin, that's completely true. So I'd argue why bother displaying the time at all for comments older than 24-48 hours. (Philipp's been doing that in the Google Blogoscoped forum for years: http://blogoscoped.com/forum/) @Brian, absolutely. - Tony Ruscoe
They definitely paid a visit to my neighbors. Go Texas! - Carla Thompson
Wow, Colorado is significantly lower than all the others. Any ideas why? - Jim Norris
This was posted separately and there was quite a bit of discussion about it. The Coloradans basically said that outdoor physical activity is a major part of the culture there. - ⓞnor
I say the thin air squeezes the fat out of them. - Steve Craft
Mean elevation: CO 6800ft, UT 6100ft, NM 5692ft, MT 3396ft, MS 300ft... - ⓞnor
This is obese - I don't even want to see "overweight." Colorado is the only state where it's not a granted that 1 out of 5 is obese (though by the looks of things, the average is 1 out of 4). Does this include children? Pre-edit: clicked on the article - the overweight numbers are amazing. I'm certainly in these categories - I must disclose. - Vince DeGeorge
cool chart - looks like our primary home (ct) is #3 & secondary (vt) is #5 :) - mike "glemak" dunn
Like we always said back in Arkansas, thank god for Mississippi and Louisiana or we'd always finish last! - Jesse Hattabaugh
I loved visiting Japan, where people seem to be healthily thin. It's very sad the changes since I was in high school. At a pediatric obesity presentation at Stanford, they showed a slideshow of obesity/state over the past 25 years, and it was really sad to see the whole country become fatter & fatter. An Economist issue from the past year shows that it's a worldwide trend - poor & rich countries... People were so much thinner when I was in high school. :-( - Mitchell Tsai
way to go guys, onwards and upwards! good luck! you haven't worked at a real startup unless there is a foozball table or a pool table. looks like you are legit :) - Ivan Stegic
a malmo chair from ikea! the very same colour as mine! - Giovanni De Stefano
I like that office, I wish mine was that nice!! - Paul
It seems you bought more tables and chairs to hire more hackers. I like how open your office is. - seman
We actually didn't buy any tables or chairs - they were left here by the last company. We have a table/chair graveyard in the back as a consequence :) - Bret Taylor
It looks exactly the same as the old office... - Jini
The red chair is still my favorite, but it looks like I have more seats to try out. - Amit Patel
On first thought - great Place! I like the open air about it... but on second thought I don't think I can work in such an open space. I just need my personal space. - Parth Awasthi
sweet, but I'd put those pool cues in a cue holder or they will bend stored leaning against a wall...causing bad shots. also sunlight on pool table will cause fading, but you probably will just get a new table eventually w/ all the success! :) - Pokai
sacrilege to say I think it looks pretty ugly? - Adam
many of them are so similar. If it weren't for the text, I'd really confuse them. That does not sound good for the logo designers - Dragos Ilinca via twhirl
My fav here would have to be the Kiwi one [as much as that pains me to say ;-) ] - maybe because it is so different. - Patricia Hanrahan
I was struck by that one too, but with the thought that it needs to reflect the natural colour of New Zealand. It stands out, but only because it surrounded by colour, methinks. *edit* oh, and I like Italia best of those. - Michael W. May via twhirl
Wow, these really ... um ... suck. Most are so similar you'd think it was a logo-by-numbers kit. I'm guessing it has more to do with the decision making process the logo goes through which yields a bland group-think decision. - AJ Kohn
I'm being picky, but: Dubai is not a country - Kirk Kittell
"Visit the UAE - don't let it pass Dubai!" Or how about: "Oh Phuket! Just go." (sorry, they were rather tragic) - Patricia Hanrahan
My favorite is the Bahamas logo. It's clean and classy while also evoking a sense of fun and whimsy. Well done. - Erica Baker
Erica, i like the bahamas one too. at first, it looked like a microsoft product logo. The Bahamas brought to you by Microsoft. - Ginger Makela
The Espana sun logo must have been around for at least 20 years. My least favorite is Colombia - it has the classic disease awareness group look, e.g. the British Heart Foundation: http://www.bhf.org.uk/ - Thomas Brox Røst
