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Well, it was a vegan night at the Pops for Jo and I anyway – maybe some day they will have an official night. Started out with dinner…
So Oprah Winfrey’s joined the list of celebs taking the vegan challenge. From the PETA files: Inspired by the book Quantum Wellness, by Kathy Freston, Oprah’s going to…
I’m in San Diego (Mission Bay) for a conference this week. Based on the sad state of the menu at lunch (stumped at the notion of someone not…
Old news, I know, but I find Garfield Minus Garfield captivating. It’s sort of existentialist, nihilist, and postmodern all at the same time.
(Via Organic Consumers Association) A new study published in Environmental Science & Technology discusses the contribution that food makes to global warming: Van Wing, who coined the term…
For a limited time (doesn’t say when they’ll stop) you can get a wonderful 16-song sampler of ANTI- records artists at their blog Click on the image to…
I’ve blogged a fair amount (too much, some might say) on the connections between global warming and animal agriculture – it’s the true inconvenient truth that many meat-eating…
I’ve been watching Ted talks lately on my morning commute. This one is definitely inspiring – Dave Eggers talking about Once Upon a School (which, unfortuntely, seems to…
Although our seats weren’t as good this time as they were for Eels, Gibson and (especially) Meloy put on one heck of a show. (More photos in the…
Finally got a chance to see Eels live at the Somerville Theatre back on March 31st (slideshow below). Sorry for the quality of the pics – managed to…
I’m at the airport getting ready to board for SXSW. If you’re going to be at SXSW (interactive), or in Austin March 6th-12th, check out VegSXSW on Twitter…
Just came across an excellent post from Jamais Cascio on the Carbon Footprint of the Cheeseburger In summary, he concludes: To make it clear, then: the greenhouse gas…
Via a tweet by Beth Kanter I discovered a new booklet produced by the Tactical Technology Collective: Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to Information Design In their…
What if will.i.am were a McCain fan rather than an Obamaniac? My favorite moment is the guy hyperventilating into a paper bag as McCain talks about a hundred…
Eels are coming to Boston! Playing the Somerville Theater on March 31st, 2008. If you don’t know Eels, you should check out Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006,…
Via MARC comes an article in the Boston Herald’s Edge section on Grezzo, the new raw vegan restaurant: “Raw Energy: High priestess of ‘living food’ movement brings new…
As previously reported here, last year’s report from the UN International Panel on Climate Change was pretty clear, if subtle, about the idea that livestock production was a…
Upgraded the blog to 2.3.2 today, and I’m testing some new plugins – apologies in advance if this post appears in the feed more than once. (I did…
Brian Ibbott of Coverville allows encourages people each year to send in brief “intros” to each of the top 40 songs in the Coverville Countdown. This year I…
Second Pass at Avatar Plugin (MBLA plus)
A little while ago Alper ÇuÄŸun released an hAvatar plugin, which parses the url left by a comment author, and if it finds an hCard there, looks for…