December 2011
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No city has found a way to deal with climate... →
3 Things You Can Do To Combat Climate Change
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Living in Dallas is like living in SIMCITY2000.
– Alexander Kwapis
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The Health Menaces of 2011
Every December, you see lists of the year’s standout films, books, and songs. Here’s ours: The most notable film is bacterial. The must-read? Your text messages, but only if you aren’t driving. And the top song is an instrumental: the sound of your bell being rung on the field.
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Making fewer things of higher quality and utility is important.
– BRUCE NUSSBAUM
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How Aston Martin Builds the Gorgeous One-77...
By Basem Wasef
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December 15, 2011
GAYDON, United Kingdom — Henry Ford created a monster.
The mastermind of mass production gave rise to the modern automobile industry by perfecting the art of building cars quickly and cheaply. In 2010, Ford’s assembly line concept was responsible for the nearly 78 million vehicles that rolled out of the world’s factories that year....
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Most of us live by the myth that more, bigger, faster is better.
– Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything. Follow him on Twitter at @TonySchwartz.
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4 Reasons Why The Future Of Capitalism Is... →
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How an AT&T smartphone comes to life: behind the... →
Normally this kind of project would take 18 months, but Dante’s team was trying to shave over half a year off.
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I really enjoy Scott Belsky and I think it is because I am either already doing things that are similar to what he talks about on the 99% or I have full on embraced the things I have read from his book or website. With email I do find that it is important to always keep it simple stupid (KISS). And what I mean with that is don’t cram a bunch of different topics all into one email like some...
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air...
– Walt Whitman (via dirtcrumbgoddess)
Agreed. -AK
Kyoto Protocol: Canada Withdrawing From Climate... →
cultureofresistance:
Canada made good Monday on speculation that surfaced two weeks ago regarding the country’s intentions to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol.
Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa, Canada’s minister for the environment, Peter Kent, said the decision would save the nation some $14 billion in penalties that would accrue for failure to meet emissions targets agreed to by a...
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TEDxSMU viewing party at tech wildcatters is great. Hopefully I’ll be back later
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