links for 2006-10-17

In Links on 17 October 2006

• Planespotting
  Nerds with binoculars bust the CIA’s torture taxis
  (tags: activism bush CIA cover-up politics torture USA planespotting aviation citizen distributed)
• Google to convert HQ to solar power
  Google Inc. is converting its renowned headquarters to run partly on solar power, hoping to set an example for corporate America.
  (tags: business energy environment sustainability green power solar sun Google)
• How to (and how not to) sell technology
  Steve Jobs can make sharing earwax sound sexy. Ballmer can make a digital file transfer sound like something you’d need to clean up after.
  (tags: technology marketing innovation positioning branding communication product development)
• It’s a Shipping Container. No, It’s a Data Center in a Box.
  Sun Microsystems has developed a novel “data center in a box” in an effort to transform the fundamental economics of corporate computing.
  (tags: hardware datacenter sun computing shipping container business network startup google)
• Wind Shaped Pavilion Concept
  The Wind Shaped Pavilion is a design proposal for a large fabric structure where the wind slowly and randomly rotates each of the six segments around a central open support frame.
  (tags: architecture art building design dynamic environment energy generator green home house living nature power sustainability smart wind concept placemaking)
• Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention
  Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and these virtual economies are beginning to draw the attention of real-world authorities.
  (tags: virtual economy game online community government taxation)
• Keeping it ‘Green’ With Panels and More
  Tom Kelly’s house in northern Oregon is the first single-family home in the West to be certified by the United States Green Building Council.
  (tags: green building house sustainability design innovation lean LEED)

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