Archive for April, 2009
The cost of electricity
Surfing around for content on renewable energies, I found an extremely interesting research on the cost of producing electricity made by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The research is dated 2004 and very well written. Although the price of fuels have changed a bit since then, it is still quite valid and an interesting source on [...]
Lethal index!
Nice application for iPhone -shame I don’t have an iPhone, but I might fix this sooner or later, I am a crackberry addict right now.
It tells you the risk you are facing in the location you are. Here’s the features list:
View each areas’ overall “Lethal Index” which tells you how dangerous that area is. The [...]
Natural resources: how long will they last?
Love the chart below (courtesy of flowingdata), very informative. Also interesting to see how faster we will run out of natural resources if the world starts using them at half the US pro-capita consumption rate. Simply put: the current situation is not sustainable, and there need to be a convergence in pro-capita consumption, and it [...]
Is the bottom in?
It seems most of the market participants believe the bottom is in on the equity, with the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq way above the minimum of March after a 7 week (bear) Rally. I am not so convinced and therefore stay almost fully cash waiting for the true bottom to be in. If I am [...]
Localization and customization
People always confuse these very different terms that have far reaching consequences in the online and tech world, especially when related to products.
Here’s what the Oxford dictionary says:
localize
(also localise)
• verb 1 often as adj. localized restrict or assign to a particular place. 2 make local in character.
customize
(also customise)
• verb modify (something) to suit a particular [...]