December 2009
5 posts
NYTimes: The Vendor Disappears, Leaving a Void →
“She would peer at his wares from her apartment widow, with a pair of binoculars for help, call his cellphone to let him [the fruit vendor] know what she wanted, then pay him at the door of her building”
Unintended Consequence of Technology: New LED... →
Traffic lights using state-of-the-art LED illumination use 90 percent less electricity, offer a much longer service life and are more durable than their incandescent counterparts. Taking advantage of the countless benefits, cities around the country have been replacing traditional filament-based traffic signal bulbs with LEDs for years. Unfortunately, the low-watt LED units burn much cooler than...
“The places that were keenest on American cars during the clunkers program were...”
– Patchwork Nation: American communities in a time of change. > Patchwork Nation Blog | The Christian Science Monitor