Richard Yoo’s Weblog

This is genius! Put wind generators over freeways!

Proposals would turn highways into wind farms

Metro City Wifi is coming to Houston!

In your front yard, at the store or at the mall, it’s a plan to make the Internet available everywhere in the Houston area.

Can Houston fit into an Internet bubble?

Maybe there is some sense in getting a huge SUV to protect your butt in a wreck…

Small cars continue to be the least safe on the road, but all vehicles and SUVs in particular are getting much safer.

SUVs do better in report on fatalities

A live shot from the camera on my phone.

A live shot from the camera on my phone.

I think its hard for many to make the right calls when it comes to their home…

I HAVE SOMETHING un-American to confess: I rent an apartment, despite having enough money to buy a house. I plan to keep renting for as long as I can. I’m not just holding out for better prices. Renting will make me richer.

Renting Makes More Financial Sense Than Homeownership

Interesting read on the different HDTV technologies…

Forking out a few thousand dollars or even just a few hundred is a serious investment, and the last thing you want to do is buy an HDTV with lousy color rendition. Navigating the minefield in consumer electronics is a confusing proposition even for the seasoned gadget geeks, so I created this survival guide to help you make a wise decision. I’ll explain the various types of HDTVs as well as cabling and testing the color depth of your display.

Don’t buy an HDTV without reading this first

A live shot from the camera on my phone.

Anyone who has tried to register a domain name as of late will find this Dilbert cartoon (sadly) amusing:

Do you know if you’re ingesting Bisphenol A?

Bisphenol A is ingested by practically everyone in Canada who eats canned foods or drinks from a can or hard plastic water bottles.

‘Inherently toxic’ chemical faces its future

Has it begun?

Real estate group sees 0.7% decline in 2007, first annual drop since it began keeping track.

Home prices set for first drop in 40 years

A live shot from the camera on my phone.

I never really understood how this was going to save such a monumental amount of power…

The early onset of Daylight Saving Time in the United States this year may have been for naught.

Early Daylight Saving Time a bust

A live shot from the camera on my phone.

Is it just me? or does it seem like Apple is having more and more issues with QC….

Is Apple covering up a mass problem with the MacBook? First a MacBook exploding, now one customer gets 6 MacBooks in a row with faults and told by Apple just to take the refund, they won’t replace them anymore.

Diary of a MacBook Nightmare

This is a fascinating read…

Artificial Lighting and the Blue Light Hazard
(The Facts About Lighting and Vision)