Monthly Archives: January 2006

Some­time back I men­tioned a study that showed ethanol fuels require more energy to pro­duce than they offer. The claim seemed rea­son­able, given the sub­si­dies and lim­ited dis­tri­b­u­tion out­side of corn coun­try. But it’s not nec­es­sar­ily true. The issue is … Read More →

IMG 0032 Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz. This is the ter­mi­nal in ques­tion. The city gets $1 per year lease fee and no share of the rent charged to occu­pants. The only peo­ple there when I vis­ited were secu­rity and some … Read More →

Part of what made the ferry such a dis­as­ter are the sweet­heart (for some­one else) deals the city signed. For instance Maplestar Devel­op­ment pays $1 per year to lease the ter­mi­nal until 2044 (no, really). They also get to keep … Read More →

Pixar is a very dif­fer­ent com­pany than what you’re prob­a­bly used to. It’s funny, but I’ve never worked at a suc­cess­ful com­pany. Most were for­merly suc­cess­ful but were declin­ing when I got there. Oth­ers were suc­cess­ful after I left but not … Read More →

IMG 0062 Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz. Today was bright and sunny for a change. I was down­town near South Avenue and took a lit­tle side trip to the sub­way entrance. I was not alone. This group of pho­tog­ra­phers came in … Read More →

Google Removes Its Help Entry on Cen­sor­ship. Because, well, it does cen­sor. Tags: cen­sor­ship Google China