Nerd Stalker

I love winter, if it were up to me there would be 365 days of it. I know everyone thinks I'm nuts when I say that but i'll take the cold over heat any day. Bummer bout this global warming crisis, if it was an ice age i'd be smiling all the way to Armageddon. With this kooky time of year comes kooky xmas music, I must admit i'm a sucker for most of it. Granted Starbucks has coopted the idea of listening to the warm and fuzzy music and cozying up to some hot chocolate, but doesn't that sound nice all the same? My favorite xmas song was this duet by the oddest couple i've ever seen, Bing Crosby and David Bowie. Check out the vid above in all it's glory but for some interesting color read this 06 article on it too. Happy holidays all, hope you all get exactly what you deserve.

I wish Microsoft would come out with something comparable to Adobes Thermo for ria design/development see the sneak peak here it's pretty damn impressive.

Today I went to the last day of the Green Festival here in San Francisco. As we walked up to the concourse we were bombarded by everyone wanting us to sign petitions galore. There were the token hacky sackers, plenty of dreadlocks and petuli. Fortunately there were also those of us who were simply interested in what we can do in our small way to make this a better place (minus the hippy uniform). The line to get in was really long, it looked very crowded and we had a stroller. We thought of just leaving then decided to brave it, it helped when a nice lady who was leaving gave us her pass (love it when that happens). We get in check in the stroller in an area that was overflowing with stuff then we were off through the maze of organic/hemp clothing, bedding, social investing, solar gear, recycled bags, supplements, food/drink of all kinds, activist groups, magazines, eco educational masters programs and so much more. My favorite group/biz of the day was an Amazon.com alternative called...

I bought tix for Henry Rollins several months ago, every time I see him I feel like such a lazy excuse of a human. The man puts so much effort and energy into everything he does, it's pretty damn inspirational. I left the Herbst Pavillion determined to let that creative alien burst it's way out of my entrails. Check out some of his Prevoked spoken word here .

Amazing talks by the author of an amazing book, " Confessions of An Economic Hitman ". Part 1 Part 2

I get the craziest catalogs in the mail and the wife who hates sports got a football betting one today, luckily my friend Scott gave me a tip. Go to Catalog Choice , the mission of Catalog Choice is to reduce the number of repeat and unsolicited catalog mailings, and to promote the adoption of sustainable industry best practices. We aim to accomplish this by freely providing the Catalog Choice services to both consumers and businesses. Consumers can indicate which catalogs they no longer wish to receive, and businesses can receive a list of consumers no longer wanting to receive their catalogs.