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Chances are that you’ve seen news on TV or your newspaper or the Web about polar icecaps melting, or rising sea levels, or changing weather patterns. It’s easy to be an observer on the sidelines, and let the news happen on its own. We can take steps on our own to live more energy efficient lifestyles, like purchasing hybrid cars, or using public transportation more frequently, or buying energy saving household appliances, and conserving energy more wisely where we work and where we live. The problem of climate change can seem overwhelming though. Most of us aren’t in positions where we can influence public policy, or the actions of large corporations, or come up with scientific breakthroughs that bring clean energy to the world. But we can act locally, and we can help spread awareness, and become informed on the issues involved, and share that knowledge with others. How much do you know about what is going on in your own community to combat climate change? Local … [Read more...] about Getting Involved Locally to Overcome Climate Change

From California, Google has spread out across the great land of the UnitedStates. New York! Washington! Arizona! And now which of thefifty nifty United States isGoogle heading to next? Oklahoma! Below, some news of Google’s plans for theSooner State and well as a recap of what other states it has conquered overtime, as it builds the United States Of Google. Google is eyeing Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Since the industrial park has its ownpower plant, the smart money is that Google will be placing another of itsenergy-guzzling data centers there (shouldn’tthey all go out in the desert now, with miles of solar collectors to powerthem?). From Computerworld: All Google will say about the Oklahoma site isthat the company is evaluating it. "We’re just sitting here in a corner of a state —out of sight, out of mind," says Sanders Mitchell, administrator of theMidAmerica complex. He says that with a bit of a chuckle, because his 7,000-acreindustrial park may be the largest … [Read more...] about Oklahoma, Where The Google Comes Sweepin’ Down The Plain

My little town of Warrenton, Virginia, started off life not as a destination, but rather as a convenient stopping point between other destinations. In the late 1700s, it had a road running through it between Falmouth, a port town on the Rappahanock River, and Winchester, an early European settlement and frontier town where once a 17 year-old George Washington was offical surveyor in the area. That road crossed paths at the place where Warrenton would grow with a road between Alexandria and Culpeper, Virginia. At the crossroads, a trading post was set up, known as the Red Store (the original building has been incorporated into a larger building, and still exists on Main Street in Warrenton). A blacksmith shop and an inn or two also came into existence, and the commerce in the area originally existed primarily to serve those who were traveling down one of the roads or another. Others started settling into the area, and a decision was made to set up a Courthouse at this crossroads, and a … [Read more...] about September 2011 Archives – 2/2

My little town of Warrenton, Virginia, started off life not as a destination, but rather as a convenient stopping point between other destinations. In the late 1700s, it had a road running through it between Falmouth, a port town on the Rappahanock River, and Winchester, an early European settlement and frontier town where once a 17 year-old George Washington was offical surveyor in the area. That road crossed paths at the place where Warrenton would grow with a road between Alexandria and Culpeper, Virginia. At the crossroads, a trading post was set up, known as the Red Store (the original building has been incorporated into a larger building, and still exists on Main Street in Warrenton). A blacksmith shop and an inn or two also came into existence, and the commerce in the area originally existed primarily to serve those who were traveling down one of the roads or another. Others started settling into the area, and a decision was made to set up a Courthouse at this crossroads, and a … [Read more...] about What problems does your Website solve?