Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch April 24, 2009 The good news keeps rolling in. I hope to do a few more of these before real life resumes. Enjoy! Item: Use Energy, Get Rich and Save the Planet By the 1990s, researchers realized that graphs of environmental impact didn’t produce a […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch April 17, 2009 Inspired by some extraordinarily positive developments from last week, we are running a series of Better All the Time special dispatches this week and next. Articulating the Future of Humanity I’m a big believer in the Human Imperative, which states that […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch April 17, 2009 Inspired by some extraordinarily positive developments from last week, we are running a series of Better All the Time special dispatches this week and next. Articulating the Future of Humanity I’m a big believer in the Human Imperative, which states that human […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch April 15, 2009 It’s tax day here in the good old US of A: as good a time as any to remember that, whether your take is that it’s happening because of massive government spending or in spite of massive government spending, life in this […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch April 12, 2009 I don’t know how much time I’ll have for blogging while I’m on paternity leave from work, but it’all going to be good news stories. Let’s get this party started. Item: Lightning Hybrids Develops Biodiesel-Hydraulic Hybrid The LH4 was designed by a […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world #42 02/13/2008 Take your pick — either this is a lucky Friday the 13th edition of Better All the Time, or its the special Valentine’s Day edition, one day early. Either way, the news is just as good. Today’s Good Stuff: Quote of the Day A 21st […]
I’m entering week 2 of some nasty virus, so my blogging has been lighter than usual. I’ve been meaning to do a full-blown Better All the Time, but just can’t seem to get it together. Enough excuses. Here’s two really neat mini good news stories. Ibex is Back! Very cool – an extinct species brought […]
Stephen provides an excellent summary of 2008 technology news roundups, to which I would like to add one item: Better All the Time Year in Review 2008
Let’s set the mood with a little harp music, shall we? Hope you all enjoy this special Christmas and Babymoon edition of Better All The Time. The Specu-Wife and I are off to Hawaii for Christmas, our last getaway as a more or less independent couple (with my daughter grown and in college) before the […]
Dispatches from a rapidly changing, rapidly improving world Special Dispatch #9 Thanksgiving, 2008 This concludes our special Thanksgiving series. Thanks for joining us! Item 9 Honda unveils robotic legs that could improve people’s mobility HONDA has unveiled a new walking assist machine designed to make it easier for the elderly to climb stairs and […]