The talented Michael Phelp’s – the shining star in swimming shattering multiple records.
Stats on the Phelp’s 2004 trading cards in circulation:
about 5,000 “common” cards not bearing the American swimmer’s autograph
300 are autographed Phelps cards – the market value could potentially exceed $1,000.
The non-autographed cards have enjoyed a spike in market value too, going from $2.50 to about $20.
Coaching transitions – hopefully will conclude the seven game winless streak. Cobi Jones will be stepping in as the interim coach.
The strongest players on the LA Galaxy are forwards: David Beckham and Landon Donovan.
Ruud Gullit has resigned as coach of the slumping Los Angeles Galaxy for personal reasons, and president/general manager Alexi Lalas also is out of a job.
The Galaxy play Chivas USA on Thursday night (Aug. 14).
According to the study, nearly 50% of internet users use search engines like Google or Yahoo on a daily basis – substantially more than the number of people who check news (39%) or the weather (30%). While search still falls behind Email use, which holds steady at 60%, it is showing significantly more growth. In the six year span between January 2002 and May 2008, search use increased by 69%, while Email use grew only 15% during the same period.
I=PAT is
the size of the population (P) is multiplied by the average affluence or consumption per individual (A), and that in turn is multiplied by some measure of the technology (T) that services and drives the consumption. Thus commuting in automobiles powered by subsidized fossil fuels on proliferating freeways creates a much greater T factor than commuting on bikes using simple paths or working at home on a computer network. The product of P, A, and T is Impact (I), a rough estimate of how much humanity is degrading the ecosystem services it depends upon.
This is a very well written and extremely thought provoking article on overpopulation and overconsumption. It is worth your time to read.
34x25x36: The Perfect Woman?
Here are some cool old (1880 – 1918) posters for free download.
Star Wars Clones Cartoon airs in the Fall, can’t wait to see it!
Ben Harper on being green:
Eco Tip: Ben Harper from susty.tv on Vimeo.
“We have water,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. “We’ve seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted.”
Link to article.
Hasbro, which sells the Scrabble board game, has sued over the wildly popular knockoff on Facebook called Scrabulous
Knew it was coming. But come on, this is pretty lame. Link to article form cnet.
From dvorak.org/blog
A teenager from New Zealand who was accused of stealing millions of pounds has been let off without a conviction, despite pleading guilty to hacking into computers around the world.
From C|Net
In a suit filed July 2 in San Francisco Federal Court, Gotuit charges Silverlight infringes on several of its patents and seeks an injunction against the software maker as well as damages and attorney’s fees.