Sunday, November 29, 2009

Periodic Table Cupcakes
















An idea whose time has come. From neatorama.com.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Clean Tech Open Gala











The Cleantech Open is the world's largest Cleantech Business Competition. They're running an amazing Expo and Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco this coming Tuesday, November 17th. You need to be there!

The details:
* Expo from 10am to 2pm - showcasing cleantech from innovators throughout the US and ideas from around the world
* Awards Gala from 2pm to 6pm - technology demonstrations and speakers
* Networking Reception from 6pm to 8pm.

There will be networking all day, and speeches from Bill Weihl - Green Czar at Google, Lesa Mitchell - VP of Innovation at Kauffman Foundation, Gil Friend - CEO of Natural Logic, Steve Westly - CEO of Westly Group and Marc Stanley - Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Outstanding speakers, all.

The Cleantech Open is a nonprofit and the Awards Gala is intended as a fundraiser. Tickets normally go for $129 and up – but I have some discounted tickets which will give you a 40% reduction – just click this link: www.cleantechopen.com/gala

Greenbuild Phoenix











Great, big (30k?), inspiring event. Real nice to meet people on the other side of the conference call, but real nice to be back home.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Long time, no talk...


A few pictures to put things in perspective: A Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, the remains of a "tremendous" stellar explosion. According to NASA, observers in China and Japan recorded the supernova nearly 1,000 years ago, in 1054.

More here.