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• Sao Paulo banned Billboards this summer

  I applaud the mayor of Sao Paulo. He had the stomach to approve a law banning billboard advertising in the city. Imagine what a difference this would make in so many U.S. cities. In the San Francisco Bay area there are two main highways to get from San... Posted Oct 07 2007, 12:49 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Environment

• Apple’s new iMacs

  It’s almost a sacrilege to admit it for someone working with traditional PCs for a living, but I’m just blown away by the new stuff Apple announced today. Their marriage of sleek, elegant hardware, fabulous software and web services just screams... Posted Aug 08 2007, 02:49 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Opinion, Environment

• A truly brilliant description of cloud formation

  Eric Lippert paints such vivid pictures of cloud formation, I just had to link to his two part miniseries: Talking About The Weather, Part One Talking About The Weather, Part Two I’ll have to go back and read these one more time. Fascinating. Share... Posted Aug 04 2007, 05:59 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Environment

• The enemy of progress on environmental issues

  I was surprised at a headline in the newspaper the other day: California (or was it just the San Francisco Bay Area) is officially in a drought this year. Strange, when just last year there was more than enough water to go around. We are being asked to... Posted Apr 15 2007, 10:39 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Sustainability, Environment