Interesting timewaster

AmazType - via Craig Andera

Titanium based solar cells

Day Star Technologies has an interesting new solar cell product based on titanium, rather than silicon.

Can't wait for the day when oil is used solely to make plastic, fertilizers, etc.

Star Wars Fan Film Awards

To be watched at home: Star Wars Fan Film Awards -- Only on AtomFilms

Solar Cell Innovation

Day Star Technologies has an interesting new solar cell product based on titanium, rather than silicon.

Can't wait for the day when oil is used solely to make plastic, fertilizers, etc.

More thermal depolymerizatyion

Fast Company's Innovation Scorecard talks about Changing World Technologies' thermal depolymerization process.

The Windows Paging File

The history of the Windows Paging File from Adrian's Rojak Pot

The End of Oil

Rolling Stone magazine weighs in on The End of Oil.

It's catalogued as News. Really? The conclusion makes me think that Rolling Stone still employs high-schoolers to write their pieces:

"The survivors will have to cultivate a religion of hope -- that is, a deep and comprehensive belief that humanity is worth carrying on. If there is any positive side to stark changes coming our way, it may be in the benefits of close communal relations, of having to really work intimately (and physically) with our neighbors, to be part of an enterprise that really matters and to be fully engaged in meaningful social enactments instead of being merely entertained to avoid boredom. Years from now, when we hear singing at all, we will hear ourselves, and we will sing with our whole hearts."

New url

For all three of my weekly visitors: the blog has been moved to http://austegard.blogspot.com

Why? - Makes more sense.

A Directory Of Programs Designed For USB Drives

From Jeremy Wagstaff's LOOSE wire: A Directory Of Programs Designed For USB Drives

13 things that do not make sense

From New Scientist: 13 things that do not make sense

DBDocumenter CodeSmith Templates

I've used these before - hopefully this will point to updated versions: DBDocumenter CodeSmith Templates

Three Productive Days per Week

I don't feel so bad then: Survey Finds Workers Average Only Three Productive Days per Week

AJAX and ASP.NET Resources

Robin Curry - AJAX and ASP.NET Resources

Articles to read later

• Design Guidelines Update: Factories vs. Constructors
• Multi-threading in .NET: Introduction and suggestions
• User Interface Design For Programmers
• Improving Typed DataSets
• Runtime Web.config / App.config Editing
• Say goodbye to XP theme bugs
• Webservices Throwing Exceptions
• The New American Idol
• Where Do the Extra Embryos Go?

Multiple Computers - one keyboard and mouse

I'll have to play with this one day: Synergy

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds - How to improve the decision-making environment.

Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds - How to improve the decision-making environment.By Malcolm Gladwell and James Surowiecki

Amazon links:

• Blink
• The Wisdom of Crowds

3-Tiers Application Templates for CodeSmith

Wow. Impressive work. And apparently I am an actual contributer, though I was completely unaware of the project (see bottom of page): 3-Tiers Application Templates for CodeSmith

Greenspan touts consumption tax

I've been in favor of a national sales tax ever since I took a public finance/tax policy class in college. The Forbes presidential bid made tax reform a hot-button item back then. Now Greenspan touts consumption tax as well.

"Addressing concerns about increased taxes on necessities like food, Greenspan said policy-makers could design a consumption tax that would exclude products mostly consumed by the poor."

Dataset Feature Requests

Sahil Malik has a list of Dataset Feature Requests spurred by Andrew Conrad's question What can we do to make DataSets better?

My input: How about the ability to have one datatable definition, but have it included in many datasets? For example I have a Notes table that is referenced in many other tables - I should be able to create one Note DataTable Type and have it contained in multiple DataSets.