Cane-Based Ethanol in Brazil
Lynne Kiesling Tyler beat me to mentioning today’s WSJ article on cane-based ethanol in Brazil, so I simply refer you to him and his commenters.
February 2006
Wireless Connectivity Is Not A Public Good
Lynne Kiesling Mike Madison responds to my earlier post on wireless in Pittsburgh’s Market Square. I argue that the businesses would benefit from the wireless, and thus have an incentive to pay for it. Mike responds: The answer is pretty obvious, at least to me: The city, or some public authority, is the right entity …
Oil Price Discussion: Instapundit Podcast
Lynne Kiesling I am on the most recent “Glenn and Helen” Instapundit podcast, discussing oil prices with Glenn, Helen, and Roger Stern from Johns Hopkins. One of the several things I didn’t mention that I wanted to was the effect of exploiting the Canadian oil sands. Oil prices above $30-35/barrel make it economical to extract …
Marcus Cole on Mortgage Counseling in Chicago
Lynne Kiesling Marcus Cole, a law professor at Stanford, is one of the smartest and nicest people I know. Happily, he is guest-blogging at blackprof.com. Sadly, the legal change to which he applies his considerable analytical skills is disturbing: On Tuesday, in addition to Mrs. King?s passing and Justice Alito?s elevation, the State of Illinois …
Super Bowl: One For The Thumb
Lynne Kiesling Yay Steelers! How satisfying a win; the teams were well-matched, so not a dominating win … but a fun game. Ben throws two interceptions and still wins, Randle El throws a pass for a touchdown, Parker has the longest rushing touchdown in a Super Bowl, and Jerome Bettis goes out in style.
Smoking the Tall Panic Grass
Michael Giberson Switch grass, sometimes called “tall panic grass,” is not often the subject of fervent policy debate. But the weed was thrust into the limelight this week when it gained Presidential mention in the State of the Union address along with wood chips and stalks, as pillars of hope for our energy future. Maybe …
Technorati Advice, Please!
Lynne Kiesling I am soliciting advice from you exceedingly knowledgeable folks out there about Technorati tags and links. I am messing around with tags on posts, but my posts never show up on Technorati searches. The only one that did recently was the Low Sugar one that I copied from Becks & Posh, but I …
Coal Holes in London
Lynne Kiesling Londonist has a fascinating little post on coal-hole covers in London. Ornate cast-iron plates to cover holes in the pavement for delivering coal into basements; now obsolete, but still there and subtly ornamental. I love pieces of urban history like this. Another example of such a thing is the fire insurance plaque, from …
Street-level Activity and Urban Vibrancy
Lynne Kiesling Mike Madison finds a great quote about Pittsburgh that invokes thoughts of Jane Jacobs, complete with a book picture and link. He quotes from some reader letters to the Post-Gazette’s architecture critic: Responding to New York architect and developer Stan Eckstut’s observation that Downtown Pittsburgh has too much public open space for a …
Manage Your Cellar
Lynne Kiesling In the course of reading the Wine Blogging Wednesday entries, I found this great wine cellar site: Manage Your Cellar. It’s kinda like wine inventory spreadsheet meets wiki. You can record your inventory (including when you should drink), your tasting notes when you do drink, and your purchases. You can also see the …