The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

• Barack Obama: Youth To Pull Up Pants For Obama!

  Terrific ~30 sec video clip included on this page:
  QUOTE
  Barack Obama did an interview with yesterday with Sway, MTV’s official friendly ambassador from the land of hip hop. A viewer asked him about towns that try to pass laws banning baggy pants. First Obama said those laws are a “waste of time.” But then he added, “brothers should pull up your pants!”
  UNQUOTE

  tags: obama, mtv, baggy_saggy_pants, sartorial_flair

• Joho the Blog » We. One.

  I think David Weinberger says something really true here:
  QUOTE:
  Learning to hear and respond to what is good and shared in an expression we find detestable is harder. The best teachers do this routinely. We can all learn to do it. We can. Yes, we can.

  It is a big part of how Obama brings out the better nature in us. It is a big reason the unrelenting and unreasoned negative campaign aimed at him failed.

  It is also a task performed historically all out of proportion by African-Americans. That is a blessing we have not deserved, but could not have survived without.
  UNQUOTE
  The African heritage of America is a rock, and with Obama in the White House, it’s a rock to build on at last.

  tags: obama, david_weinberger, politics, race

• Laser Sensors for Wind Turbines (MIT Technology Review)

  “A new fiber-optic laser system can measure wind speed and direction up to 1000 meters in front of a wind turbine, giving the massive machines enough precious seconds to proactively adapt to gusts and sudden changes in wind direction. The device, developed by Catch the Wind, a startup based in Manassas, VA, could improve the efficiency of wind turbines and keep them from breaking down. “

  tags: wind_power, turbines, energy

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.