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 Stories About: green living AND websites AND funnies
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Green Onion
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Holly Richmond |
30 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Onion's green issue is out, and it's a doozy -- from eco-junkies recycling ('If you come across an old needle lying around, by all means, use it'), to crediting Working Assets' long-distance with the planet's survival, to an opinion piece by a smokestack ('Soon, my tummy starts to feel full. And when I feel like I can't hold any more, out pop the wonderful clouds!'). They even get in a poke at Steven Johnson! Priceless. |
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| Topics: green living, websites, funnies (all these topics) |
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Recycle or die! The KABMAN Game |
Yolanda Crous |
02 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Last week, David Roberts brought you the Keep America Beautiful Man videos. This week, I bring you ... KABMAN, THE GAME. I came, I saw, and I collected 40 recyclable items on my second try. Top that, Gristiacs. |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, websites (all these topics) |
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TPM on Kerry on Colbert
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David Roberts |
18 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm sure lots of you follow TalkingPointsMemo, one of the earliest and still best political blogs on the net. They've started doing a (rather charmingly low-budget) daily TV show, and today they debuted a clip wherein they interview John Kerry before he goes on the Colbert Report. They also got some interesting footage from backstage. Here it is: |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, politics, websites (all these topics) |
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Global warming floods London ... In Second Life |
Chris Schults |
09 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| How did Grist miss this one last week, as reported by National Geographic News? Tokyo, Amsterdam, and the entire Mediterranean island of Ibiza were inundated with floodwaters today due to rising sea levels brought on by global warming. Oh: Or at least, that would have been the headline if events in the virtual world Second Life mirrored reality. A rolling flood temporarily swamped several areas of the online world as part of a campaign to illustrate the poten ... |
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| Topics: climate change impacts, funnies, green living, websites (all these topics) |
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Paper? They still make that stuff? Good one, Google |
Kate Sheppard |
01 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'll admit it. Google's Gmail Paper April Fools Day gag got me late last night when I was all tired and groggy and indignant: 'Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it's here. We're bringing it back.' Paper made from post-consumer organic soybean sputum? Genius. |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, websites (all these topics) |
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