I’ve wondered if Wikipedia ever was going to branch out more into Google’s space but I never thought about the reverse.  Their new project is totally inline with Google’s vision and at the same time bringing more credibility and incentive for people to publish online.  I love it… I wonder how or if Wikipedia will have to change how they do things.  I imagine a war of purists of Wikipedia going against the “paid” Google model.  It’s a risky proposition for Google to go against a non-profit powerhouse like Wikipedia in terms of internet culture but I think this might be a win.

A few years ago I stumbled upon a website with a simple picture and a snippet of text by astronomer Carl Sagan:
We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you know, everyone you love, [...]

Think classic children’s novel stay the same? Think again. Publishers do update them and this guy has an interesting photo evolution of it happening.
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If you didn’t know, I’m blogging at china.bstandards.com and I have some pictures posted too.  Check it out!

Unless Facebook has not been on your browsing list in the past month or two, you have probably noticed the numerous applications flooding people’s profile (and maybe flooded your own profile!).  I appreciate Facebook’s openness to allowing other companies to get into their network, all the blocking and restrictive policies of MySpace have done nothing [...]

Wow, this is one of the saddest pictures I have ever seen in my life.  It comes from an article I Stumbled Upon, about how a huge plastic island, twice the size of Texas, floats in the Pacific. While trash has obvious effects like the picture above, there is more to this story:

The more invisible [...]

Here’s some of the video I took for Steven’s surprise party and some footage of Yaddi, Steve, Tiff and I at Denny’s after we all watched Knocked Up. I edited most of the beginning footage, but the last half is largely untouched since I wanted the clips to be included but didn’t want to [...]

It pretty much is impossible to avoid chemicals, even if your home is completely “organic” the outside world continues to use chemicals in practically every product. Unfortunately chemicals tend to stick around. I leave you with this disturbing tidbit:
10 Americans is the story of environmental legacy and heritage, of evolution, revolution and degradation; [...]

Water droughts are going to be one of the biggest problems of climate change, while economic growth is adding to pollution. People in the US take water for granted, typically not even knowing where their water comes from. It just comes out at the turn of the tap. However, across the globe, [...]

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