Tom Elwood -best of the internet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/dining/21carv.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 Advice from a 3rd generation butcher in New York about how to get the...

I rarely read something that demonstrates society is on the precipice of a new era, but this article changed my thinking about the future. ...

This is a pretty positive report on driving the Chevy Volt after it has reached the limit of its range. "I point the Vo...

http://techblips.dailyradar.com/story/official-google-blog-automatic-captions-in-youtube/

Nissan leaf the small photo of the light blue car, 80kW motor, 4 passenger " impressively smooth, quiet and quick " at " $2...

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2009/innovator/pied-piper-mucus Where to get it: $70 in Canada http://www.1stflash.com/files/Lung-Flute.htm

Free apps: Pandora : Pandora is a music player that takes your favorite songs, and streams continuous music using songs that match simila...

A list of online security techniques to avoid identity theft: " 9.9 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2008" ...

Doctors are paying too much attention to things that are quantifiable (like handwashing and proper charting) and too easily neglecting the ...

When mapmaking is opened up to everyone, the resulting map may be better than what experts produce (much like wikipedia). It's unfortuna...

Hydrogen directly from photosynthesis - wow. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-11/process-deriving-hydrogen-algae-paves-way-hydroge...

A Seattle company converts diesel vehicles to waste-vegetable-oil vehicles (they start and run the first few miles on diesel) for about $140...

Providing an ivy-league college education to inmates: I understand the dilemma they describe here of providing funds to educate prisoners...

I've noted this in my blog before - a swirling mass of plastic garbage the size of Canada. What an optimistic idea to turn the plastic ...

An interesting list from a NYT list of things waiters shouldn't do: 3. Never refuse to seat three guests because a fourth has not yet ar...