April 11, 2005

Methanol Energy Storage For Ibm Thinkpads

Lynne Kiesling We here at KP are a bit in the futurist optimist vein, so we pay attention to fuel cell technologies. One of my personal favorites is work to commercialize small methanol cartridges for use in phones, PDAs, and other small devices. So my instant thought when I saw this article on the development …

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An Interesting Auction Institution in Hamburg’s Fischmarkt

Lynne Kiesling I visited old friends in Hamburg over the weekend. On Sunday morning we went down to the Fischmarkt, the traditional old fish market in the harbor. Hamburg has a long history of prosperity from the fishing industry and from shipping; it was notably one of the cities with merchant associations most prosperously involved …

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