Time magazine's failure to choose the Tea Party as its Person or Persons of the Year surely reflects a desire that they will cease to be significant any day now. David Von Drehle's “runner-up” article in its Person of the Year issue concluded the Tea Party has already peaked and is well on its way to collapse: “The Tea Party is a hot brand, but there's no one in power to enforce the trademark. Now that the bailouts are history and Democratic hegemony is broken, what does it stand for? It's a sign of the incredible velocity of politics these days that the colossus of 2010, a movement not even two years old, is already facing an identity crisis.” Von Drehle tried to compare the Tea Party to Beatlemania — which is a goofy analogy, considering they were rock's hottest band for six years. But he was wishing and hoping for a breakup: In a sense, identifying with the Tea Party movement was like catching Beatlemania in the 1960s. People were drawn in for different reasons — the beat, the haircuts, the lyrics — and great gulfs of taste divided the John fans from the Paul fans, the George fans from the Ringo fans. read more
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From stylish handmade party hats to hand-painted champagne flutes filled with organic champagne, start 2011 off on the right green path with an eco-friendly New Year’s Eve party. Oh, and don’t forget the an award-winning organic lip balm for sultry lips ready for that 12am kiss. The 10 items on this list — everything you need for toasts, cheers, and decor — won’t leave you with an environmental hangover in the morning.
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Lieberman surprised at row sparked by his remarks against Turkey, says ‘I don’t think I presented anything unknown or different from what I usually say. I find it unacceptable that the other side can do anything while we have to practice restraint’
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Yehuda Weinstein replies to letter of blaze victim’s father, who demanded criminal investigation against PM, senior ministers. ‘The place of the discussion is not in the criminal arena, but in the public, parliamentary arena,’ he says
Continue reading …Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video)
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Oh, look at you Europe, with your white Christmas blizzards and your fancy satellites. All proud and bragging as your second internet-beaming vehicle in as many months rockets off into orbital oblivion. Following November’s Hylas 1 is Ka-Sat, using the same spotbeam technology to rain down limited, focused areas of connectivity that are a couple-hundred kilometers across, allowing better management of overall satellite bandwidth. Hylas 1 used its beams to cover areas across the UK and Eastern Europe, while Ka-Sat will cover more areas of Europe and also hit parts of the Middle East. Maximum speeds offered to subscribers will be 10Mbps down, 4Mbps up, but with only 900Mbps on tap total per beam we’re thinking that could get a little slower on Saturday nights. Obligatory countdown and blastoff video below. Continue reading Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video) Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Joys of Winter Cycling: Cold Noses, Pretty Landscapes and Fewer Fellow Bikers
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: joiseyshowaa , used under Creative Commons license. The thing I love about The Guardian’s cycling blog is that it manages to masterfully tread (pedal?) that fine line between the practical and the philosophical. From discussing how to keep your feet warm biking in winter to talking about what you should do if you see a bike thief , ther… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: North Circular The North Circular ‘s chic knits are perfect for current winter temps, but they’re dually suited for cooler spring days and breezy summer nights. We’ve covered the UK-based knitwear label that uses only ethical wool– knitted by grannies, supported by supermodels –from Wensleydale sheep that graze on organic land before, but their most recent collection of soft, cozy knits for spring 2011–now available for men–is oh so crush-worthy: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Once one network attached storage manufacturer upgraded to 3TB hard drives , it was only a matter of time before the rest followed suit, and this time it’s Synology’s turn with the DiskStation DS1511+. In case you haven’t done the math already, this particular unit can store up to 15 terabytes of your juiciest secrets across five 3TB hot-swappable drives, and its 1.8GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of memory handles a RAID 5 array capable of speeding that data across a local area network at up to 197 MB / sec read speeds and 165 MB / sec writes. If that capacity isn’t enough to house your plan for world domination and monitor all the IP cameras in your underground volcano lair, the unit can scale up to 45TB with a couple of secondary expansion units, each with five more 3TB drives of their own. Yours for roughly $900 — sans storage — wherever NAS are sold. PR after the break. Continue reading Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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