Geothermal is the bastard child of renewable energy. Constantly overlooked in articles and headlines in lieu of the much sexier solar and wind, which have become the go to cleantech representatives, geothermal energy use could quietly double in the next six years. It requires no fuel, can provide ba...

Lovely WashPost column by John Kelly. The last two journalists in America sat at a card table in the middle of their empty newsroom. They faced each other, about to flip a coin. The coin was to decide which one would be the second-to-last journalist in America and which one would be the last journal...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Hiking, Learning, Skiing, Festivals and Events, Stories, Ecotourism, Budget Travel, Travel Deals When I think of Maine, I think of leaping off barnacle covered rocks into the ocean and eating clams dipped in butter in Ogunquit like I did one summer when I went there to...

Epic Games has some bad news for Unreal Tournament 3 fans looking forward to new content on their PlayStation 3s. That "Titan Pack" expansion planned to hit the PC and PS3 tomorrow... won't. Originally timed for tomorrow's PlayStation Store update, adding new maps, units, vehicles, characters and mo...

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At first I was hung up on the name. Hung Zhou crab and pork steamed dumplings (eight for $8.95), seemed to be none other than Shanghai steamed dumplings (the very next item on the menu), except, perhaps, for the crab. In New York, xiao long bao (sometimes called soup dumplings, steamed juicy buns, o...

Concurrent with an update announcement for Team Fortress 2 was Valve’s re-explanation of their Steam Hardware Survey. Perhaps noticing the privacy concerns raised regarding their data collection service (which has no opt-out), Valve decided to point out its benefits in their own special way. F...

This is a steampunk computer affectionately known by its creater Dana Mattocks as 'Frankenstein Steampunk'. Personally, I would have named it Frankensteam or Steamenstein, but that's just me, and I'm awesome as hell. Except way cooler. HIYO! The first thing you notice about this mod is its size--it'...

In Part 1 of this examination of three ideas/trends that rose to prominence in the 19th century, we looked at the industrial revolution, social Darwinism, and postmillennialism and how they fueled each other to wreak enormous societal change. Today, we look at their effects on Western Christianity a...

Most people have never considered the ideas I will be presenting this week. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone write on this subject (apart from me), either from a Christian or secular perspective. I believe with all my heart that what I write here today and in days to come is key to un...