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{ Monthly Archives } December 2011

our next car… maybe?

This bugs me: Volvo is laying claim to the first production diesel plug-in hybrid title with the company’s new V60. The vehicle makes use of a five-cylinder 2.4-liter turbo diesel engine with 215 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission as well as an electric motor good for up to […]

ignorance

This is a must read if you are concerned about free speech and the internet. Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How the Internet Works So it was as proponents of the Hollywood-funded bill curmudgeonly shot down all but two amendments proposed by its opponents, who fought to dramatically alter the document […]

Digital Divide

I’ve blogged about this before, but it bears repeating. America is suffering compared to other countries with regards to internet access. We pay more for slower connections with fewer options thanks to our “free markets”. Great op-ed in the New York Times about this new digital divide: It doesn’t have to be this way, as […]