Academy Awards Oscar Goes to 12 Environmentalists

Yeah, the big news is Gore is the first person to win both a presidential election and an Academy Award, but there's also this from nature.com;
"As the film world awaits the tearing of envelopes at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, some are already clutching their Academy Awards. Among them are the 12 technicians who, in the name of reducing pollution, have de-silvered the silver screen for good. The team worked to replace the silver used in soundtracks with cyan dye, reducing the need for harmful chemicals and saving 2,000 kilograms of silver and more than 150 million litres of water each year."
By replacing replacing the tungsten light used to read the audio in movies with red LEDs removing the need for silver and harmful chemicals.

Amazing Photos of Our Planet

Famous Environmentalist/photographer Yannarthus Bertrand offers free downloads and desktop images of his amazing photographs. This link will take you to pictures of France, use the menu to the left to go to all the other countries (this image is from Russia)

Another Inspiring Free Hugs Video!

MAXED OUT - New Award Winning Film Exposes Credit Industry

It is rumored Maxed Out will expose the credit rating scam, and equates debt collectors with drug dealers, this trailer, provided by Magnolia Pictures looks promising...

100 Free, Legal, Downloads - Again!

emusic, an independent mp3 site, similar to itunes (but without all the limitations, and without as large of a collection - but a great collection of independent stuff, with a bit of mainstream stuff too) usually offers 25 free downloads to try out their service out. If you follow this link, you should get 100. Enjoy. This is a repost from over a year ago, but I checked it out and it still works, several readers wrote to say how happy they were with emusic, and how amazing getting 100 free downloads is. You don't have to pay, you do have to sign up, and then you can continue monthly, or cancel within 30 days and keep your DRM free music.
Emusic promo Link

Public Pressure causes UK to pull out of Iraq

According to Glenn Greenwald in Salon, British troops will be pulling out, will the US follow? "Blair's reversal was likely motivated in large part by various domestic political pressures. Still, the fact that President Bush's most steadfast ally has reversed himself in such a public and humiliating way, and announced a clear-cut withdrawal from Iraq on a set timetable, should embolden frightened American Congressional war opponents to move beyond inconsequential and limited non-binding resolutions and begin thinking seriously about how to compel an end to this endlessly destructive occupation."

The Stackable, Foldable Car

Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced and folded and stacked like grocery carts at subway stations or other central sites. It's called the City Car. Source:Boston.Com

Great Cell Phone Deal for you

I researched cell phones, and cell phone plans for quite a while. As my old provider was terrible. By far the best plan I found was a "secret" plan through Sprint.

This is what I get for $24 a month:
500 anytime minutes
7 pm evening and weekends unlimited
mobile to mobile unlimited
"Power Vision" (unlimited high speed web access, various applications (like maps, weather, etc.) some TV, like NFL etc.)
etc.

(it will cost you between 22 and 30, $30 minus a discount based on where you work / go to school)
You may also be able to get free text, etc.
You can also sign up for 1000 minutes for more.
You can get most phones they offer for free (after rebate) with this plan (RAZR, KRZR, fusic, etc.)
If you want the details leave me a comment, and I'll respond when I can. I am not going to reveal how to get this plan in this post, because it would be a long post, and I try to keep these short and sweet.

This is of course completely above board, legal, etc.