presenting.. your favorites
it’s been an awesome year at sb and before we jump into new year, we thought we’d take a look at your favorite stories from 2009. here are the top 5, in order by page count:
omg sharon, you’re … huge is the story of one man’s love … for his pumpkin.
not sure I want [...]
the big ball dropping event
like everything else, the times square ball is going green this year with the replacement of some older halogen bulbs with new led lights. rain is in the forecast this new year’s eve so if you were planning on heading to see it in person, you might want to rethink it and choose one of [...]
up up and away
yesterday was the maiden voyage of the new boeing 787 plane. the first commercial plane to be built from lightweight composite materials (they have been traditionally made from aluminum and titanium, the 787 will emit less carbon emission, use 20% less fuel, is able to carry more passengers and fly longer distances than the [...]
you can help save the environment
it’s cool to go green these days so it’s no surprise that all nippon airways (ana), an japanese airline, is testing a new “green” promotional program on its flights. what is a little odd is how ana is going about it. the strategy of the “e-flight” program is to lighten the load the plane carries [...]
spammers are kidding the environment
no, not the people who make the “meat” product, the emails. the antivirus/spam filtering service giant mcafee has released a new study, “carbon footprint of spam”, which finds that email spam is bad for the environment. the excess energy utilized due to the transmission of spam is equivalent to the electricity used in 2.4 million [...]
earth hour 2009
what are you going to be doing tomorrow night at 8:30pm? hopefully, it’s not something that requires electricity. march 28th is the third annual earth hour where people all across the globe are asked to turn off their power for an hour starting at 8:30pm local time. the earth hour website goes so far as [...]
is it just me or is there some irony here?
everyone is going green these days, even hunters. there’s a small, but growing, movement to use “green” bullets rather than the traditional lead bullet which contains lead. scientists, environmentalists, public health officals as well as a small number of hunters say the lead bullets pose a public health risk. environmental cleanups in many military training [...]
