There are definitely some great bits here, including my favorite Hulk, and some hilarious surprises. It’s a rather humorous romp down Nostalgia Lane.

Want to do more for the environment? This list of fifty ways to help the planet should offer plenty of inspiration.

At the very least, get out of the house and spend some time outdoors today. It’s a beautiful day today! And, if it isn’t, stay indoors and watch this video.

Reblogged from Russell's Rants and Raves:

I highly agree. Also, if you're using a free service that you rely on, and they offer a paid upgrade or paid premium plan, pay for it to show how much you appreciate their product. I'm not necessarily referring to WordPress.com here, but the No Ads Upgrade is a clear win-win.

If you support original music, or just want to say thanks for something I may have done for you in the past, please leave a pledge on my wife’s Kickstarter project for the recording. There are only 5 days left to pledge, and we’ll have to forfeit everything so far if we don’t reach our goal, so please drop on by as soon as you can!

Thank you!

One of the advantages that I keep hearing about online, from friends, and even from speakers at events is that they are moving to the cloud because it’s green (better for the environment). This is false. Sure, the resources that originally took an entire server to run are now efficiently spread across hundreds of servers (hooray!), but those servers may receive their power generated by coal or other fossil fuels (boo!).

Just because something is energy-efficient does not mean that it is green. Facebook’s Prineville Data Center is a miracle of energy efficiency, but it receives its power from PacifiCorp, who derive 70.6% of their power from coal and natural gas, 22.5% from other supplies, and only 6.9% from water and wind. So, while the Prineville Data Center is a miracle of energy efficiency, its overall operation is not green.

Now, if your cloud service derives its power from 100% renewable resources, then you have something highly efficient and green. Google has made incredible strides go green, and A Small Orange covers 150% of their power consumption with Renewable Energy Certificates (which is a topic for a later date), but most cloud services are not so environment-conscious.

Of course, you don’t have to take my word for this. Tom Raftery, the man behind GreenMonk, gave a brilliant keynote address on Cloud Computing’s Green Potential and I highly recommend that you watch it.

I do feel that the cloud is really the future of software and web-based services, and I use many cloud-based services myself, but make sure that you know the facts before touting the cloud as good for the environment.

Nothing fancy, just good old-fashioned greasy diner food, at Corky’s Kitchen & Bakery in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Less junk, more accents.

From the previous night at Taps in Corona, California.

At Taps in Corona, California.

Earlier this month, the new Core Happiness team met for our very first chance to work together as the new team. We invaded Tybee Island, Georgia, the home town of fellow Automattician Jane Wells, for a week of work, food, and some sightseeing.

As you can imagine, there was a lot of work to do. Since we mostly work on the customer service end of things, you might not see any of the week’s work outright, but you’ll probably notice that we’re able to resolve issues a bit quicker than before.

As for sightseeing, we toured the island itself and bits of Savannah, including River Street and Bonaventure Cemetery. Throughout the trip, I managed to snap a few photos, and you can also sample some of the local delicacies in my tbimeetup2012 tag.