Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data

Google might be a helper and/or distributor of our scorecard:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/adding-search-power-to-public-data.html

Hunters' Groups Ask Limbaugh to Cease Humane Society Support - Philanthropy.com

Another example of our great country:

"Twenty-eight organizations that represent gun owners and hunters have asked the broadcaster Rush Limbaugh to cease his public support of the Humane Society of the United States, according to The Washington Times."

http://philanthropy.com/news/?id=8022&pth&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=lefttop

A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets - NYTimes.com

Maybe that whole invest in a company thing has value... though not sure if you can get around the high minimums that some require in assets to be an accredited investor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/technology/start-ups/23vc.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Facebook Causes makes no money?

Supposedly nobody's making any money on Facebook Causes?  Only two have earned more than $100k.  So says the Washington Post / MSNBC, but now the article has been pulled?  No idea what that means, maybe somebody thought that was too negative...

California utility bets on space-based solar power | Grist

PG&E has contracted for a solar plant in space.  Pretty cool stuff, and apparently hugely impressive source of solar radiation compared to stuff on the ground.  And what seems the most interesting is that they can transmit the energy via radio waves?  I didn't even know that was possible.  If they can do that, why can't we have wireless power everywhere?  Why do I have to plug in my laptop?

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-16-solera-space-solar/

Environmentalists Adopt New Weapon: Seed Balls : NPR

We should take these hiking and throw them in post-fire areas!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103129515

America’s first solar city, from a former NFL player | Grist

Master planned eco-friendly community, just like you wanted to build...

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-10-americas-first-solar-city-fro/

Kyoto stove wins $75,000 FT climate change innovation competition | Grist

Some awfully smart people developing some awfully cool shit that might actually change the world.

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-09-kyoto-stove-wins-competition

Dog parks

And you guys thought I was crazy to want to open a dog park combined with an internet cafe and coffee shop...

Building a better dog park
Kelly Acree loved taking her Labrador mutt to the public dog park in Dallas, but she didn't like the heat or the mess. Unleashed Indoor Dog Parks is her attempt to solve the problem -- 50,000 square feet of artificial turf under a soaring roof. The park offers Wi-Fi, indoor/outdoor play areas and a gift shop, plus dog handlers to break up any fights. For $7.50, dogs get an all-day pass, and there are even "toll tags" available to avoid a stop at the front desk. National Public Radio (4/7)

 

Google Insists It’s a Friend to Newspapers - NYTimes.com

Nobody knows how to make money on the internet yet, not even google!  Oh, wait, google can make money, just nobody else can...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/technology/internet/08google.html?th&emc=th

Transparency in Non-Profits

From Tactical Philanthropy:

A funders allegiance should be to impact, not individual grantees. If sharing information about a grantee will increase system wide impact (such as warning other funders to not give money to an inept nonprofit) then it should be shared even if it hurts the grantee. But if hurting a grantee might lower impact (such as if the info might scare other funders away from what is otherwise a high impact nonprofit) than the information may be rightly withheld.


http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/04/center-for-effective-philanthropy-knowledge-sharing-session

submodal - Google Code

Pretty easy way to do modal dialog boxes in javascript/HTML, fairly easy to configure and cross-browser compliant out of the box (or so it seems).  Pros and cons to loading an outside file to do the box, but if you really didn't like it you could change that part pretty easily.

http://code.google.com/p/submodal/

Equation to help understand inflation

Can't figure out if we'll have inflation or deflation? Guess using this equation from Mauldin: Money x Velocity = Price(infl/defl) x GDP

And don't forget in 1933 Roosevelt had the new deal. In 1937 tried to fix it and balance budget, drove back to recession. Think Obama can do better in his 4 years?

Thanks.

--David

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