el capitan, my capitan. Yosemite hits 123rd birthday.

So it seems that Yosemite National Park is 123 years old today. Today, Google pays trubute www.Google.com.  Links to Yosemite search. The massive rim fire has brought the Yosemite and Sequoya Parks back into full view. Even if you have only seen them once in your lifetime, it is one of the great spiritual experiences. El Capitan, my capitan.

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Anti-patent engineers a problem, says senior Google IP counsel – Blog – IAM Magazine

Anti-patent engineers a problem, says senior Google IP counsel – Blog – IAM Magazine: Wow this is an interesting point related to the effect that Patent Trolls have on the invention and innovation process. Google spends an ever increasing amount of time and money in prevention and avoidance within the new product/invention pipeline. Yuk! This is like the doctor avoiding malpractice issues by exercising defensive medicine, but on steroids.  (Sorry about the pun!) ‘via Blog…

Social Good Summit 2013 – Social Good Summit

Social Good Summit 2013 – Social Good Summit: Here’s a video of the conference on United Nations Foundation, Gates Foundation and more. on Social Good Summit 2013… Conference runs from Sept 22 – 24, New York, NY. Al Gore is in this too. Hash tag I guess is #2030now Check out the LP Recharge game, Kuuluu.com. Part of the UN movement to have affordable, renewable energy for all. 1.3B people do not have access to…

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Natural gas, the media’s failures, and you « The Cost of Energy

Natural gas, the media’s failures, and you « The Cost of Energy: Ouch! “The Cost of Energy” Lou Grinzo blogs (and reblogs) about how unclear NatGas really is. It all has to do with the Methane released from the fracking. See the reprint of the blog at EthicsAndClimate.org from Dr. Brown. Sadly NatGas may really not be cleaner than Coal. How dirty is that! Here’s my comments over to Lou’s post. Okay, as always, your…

Climate change: Sea ice, global cooling, and other nonsense

Climate change: Sea ice, global cooling, and other nonsense: I was rather pleased in my travels last week to get a glimpse of the news that the Arctic ice caps had been expanding again. They had been shrinking, and getting smaller at an increasing rate, so statistically, we were certainly due for a recovery. I saw a 60% recovery, however, so I was a little skeptical. So I just now get a chance to check…

The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC

The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC: This relates to sustainability because it pertains to the healthy balance of one’s body. When your body is working well (correctly) then losing weight or gaining weight should typically not be much of a problem. (And a kabillion studies show that the off-and-on fasting is rarely effective and often downright dangerous.) This is a very readable article about covers the…