cheese, wine & robots

And it should be. Gasoline is going to hit $5/gal this year and probably won't come below $4/gal for quite some time. Cries of "let's sue OPEC" and "let's fine the oil companies" can be heard throughout by people who don't understand who will ultimately pay those fines or are just looking for a scapegoat.

Looks like NetFlix will finally start streaming it's "Instant Viewing" catalog to a set-top box. Not quite as cool as an HTPC, but great for the masses if they get the interface right.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/how-googles-checkbook-stymied-m...

This is pretty simplified in a lot of ways and extremely slanted at times, but considering how well the project looks to be funded that's not a surprise. Either way it's a good use of 20 minutes.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

You're doing it right now.