September 2009
4 posts
Time, Inc's Assignment Detroit
Time, Inc has a new cross-publication, multi-article assignment on Detroit. I’m only through reading the Sports Illustrated articles, but here are some quotes and links to all the rest I could find thus far:
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When you come downtown only for a show or a game or a $9.95 filet mignon at The Detroit Pub, you can get fooled into thinking that things aren’t so bad here. It’s like...
Time-Lapse of USA Solar Panel Installations
The Cooler Planet folks made a great visualization. It’s a time-lapse Google Maps heat-map (that’s a mouthful!) of the solar installation inquiries they’ve received over the last 2 or so years. It’s quite interesting to see where the most solar installs are going (many in predictable places like SoCal, others not so much).
Here it is (if you’re reading this in...
The Cost Savings of Living Without Cable TV
Preface
I’ll be completely honest: I’m a TV junkie. TV is extremely therapeutic for me. It’s a great way to shutdown my brain after a long day of work. I like news, sitcoms, dramas, reality shows, game shows, and especially sports. I didn’t think I could live without cable/satellite, especially given my reliance on watching sports (ESPN was really the only thing holding me...