Environment: Louis Simoneau: Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy – NYTimes.com […] http://tinyurl.com/cquru7

Environment: Louis Simoneau Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy – NYTimes.com 4 hours ago – Comment – Like Shannon Jiménez, Clare Dibble, roel and 2 other people liked this “Sacramento Municipal Utility District had been trying for years to prod customers into using less energy with tactics like rebates for energy-saving appliances. But the traditional approaches were not meeting the energy reduction goals set by the nonprofit utility’s board. So, in a move that has proved surprisingly effective, the district decided to tap into a time-honored American passion: keeping up with the neighbors. Last April, it began sending out statements to 35,000 randomly selected customers, rating them on their energy use compared with that of neighbors in 100 homes of similar size that used the same heating fuel. The customers were also compared with the 20 neighbors who were especially efficient in saving energy.” – lelapin “As Americans, we are good at entertainment and competition,” Mr. Kelley said. “It’s why on ‘American Idol’ they get 40 million voters. It’s the part of this culture that people really understand, and we should be harnessing it.” – Clare Dibble

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• 06:41 I had given up using the iPod to access the net when, yesterday, I tried to set up, again, the connection and Voila! Until next time… ^_^ #
• 09:34 ouest-france.fr – Deux millions de Français vivent à l’étranger , ff.im/-OTIS #
• 18:08 @erdelcroix pour mettre cette statistique en perspective que représente la part du ‘marché’ blog que détient WordPress? Si c’est 61% alo … #
• 18:08 pour mettre cette statistique en perspective que représente la part du ‘marché’ blog que détient WordPress? Si… re: ff.im/P5lO #
• 18:46 TGIF, wasn’t your week long? I thought mine would never end. I want to sleeeeeep…. #
• 21:58 Who doesn’t? re: ff.im/PmES #
• 22:04 None of the happy people who left comments seems to recall that not so long ago the same Google froze (not shut… re: ff.im/Pdwz #
• 22:37 @AIDSLifeCycle Just added a poll on the ALC8 bit.ly/eUA page; cool and simple way of knowing the ‘fans’. #

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delcroix: 61 des blogs du top 100 wikio hightech sont sur WordPress http://tinyurl.com/aej […] http://tinyurl.com/ca6e6k

delcroix – Twitter “61 des blogs du top 100 wikio hightech sont sur WordPress http://tinyurl.com/aej5qq” 4 hours ago – Comment – Like lelapin liked this pour mettre cette statistique en perspective que représente la part du ‘marché’ blog que détient WordPress? Si c’est 61% alors la première statistique n’est que ‘normale’ finalement. – lelapin

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• 06:20 J’essaye de m’éloigner de l’e-mail comme véhicule unique d’échanges. Je tends de + en + à transferer les… re: ff.im/N0Ix #
• 06:35 Is BrightKite down? I text messaged twice but nothing showed up. *sigh* ff.im/-NOPe #
• 06:46 It’s Thursday, eve of Friday itself eve of the weekend which may be so so… the perspective is sometime better than the thing itself. #
• 07:08 @sfopanda dead, your brain? I bet it must be if I trust the time at which you tweeted. Have a good restful night. #
• 13:55 Le siècle des Lumières trouve son achèvement dans les technologies web ff.im/-O4sf #
• 13:55 "Les concepts démocratiques du XVIIIe siècle n’ont en grande partie pas été réalisés du fait de technologies… re: ff.im/O4sf #
• 18:36 @AIDSLifeCycle Julie was my training captain in @AIDSLifeCycle 2006. Way to go Julie! #
• 18:36 Julie was my training captain in @AIDSLifeCycle 2006. Way to go Julie! re: ff.im/Ohd9 #
• 18:37 Looks great but in time gets rather confusing. I stopped using it ages ago. re: ff.im/O75J #
• 19:26 Like the L’Oreal ad goes: because you’re worth it. 😉 re: ff.im/OiCc #
• 19:54 [Digg](comment left) Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze ‘stops treatment after doctor tinyurl.com/bwpmaw ff.im/-OlkE #
• 21:15 We Cry (edit) – The Script ff.im/-Oplf #
• 22:37 Les réactions et la réflexion qui s’effectuent sur le sauvetage qui de l’industrie automobile qui des journaux… re: ff.im/O0UL #

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• 06:43 " Some, like Lulu Enterprises and CreateSpace from Amazon.com, allow the author to create the book free, but then… re: ff.im/MPnK #
• 06:46 "Some of these schemes have been operating for years, and others are of more recent vintage. But what is causing… re: ff.im/MPwm #
• 13:28 On Thursday 12 February 2009, for 24 hours, cities around the world will be hosting “Twestivals”, volunteer-run,… re: ff.im/N3Wp #
• 19:02 "When measured in terms of financial gyrations and national employment, 2008 was an absolutely terrible year…. re: ff.im/NjMY #
• 19:54 J’essaye de m’éloigner de l’e-mail comme véhicule unique d’échanges. Je tends de + en + à transferer les… re: ff.im/N0Ix #
• 20:37 Cool, I agree with the local coffee advertising/Twittering about the special of the day. bit.ly/7qTg #
• 21:02 I ‘play’ with Twitter, I ‘am’ on FriendFeed all the time. Great aggregator and excellent plateform for sharing. bit.ly/2Zi9LY #

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wikio: Economix: By One Measure, 2008 Was a Good Year (New York Times) (via Wikio – MyWiki […] http://tinyurl.com/ck5fsk

wikio: Wikio – MyWikio Economix: By One Measure, 2008 Was a Good Year (New York Times) 6 hours ago – Comment – Like “When measured in terms of financial gyrations and national employment, 2008 was an absolutely terrible year. When measured in terms of production, the United States economy in 2008 was the best in its history. How the economy can reach new production highs at the same time that jobs disappear and its financial system is in chaos? Given that the disease has such strange symptoms — One has to wonder whether the usual remedies are still appropriate.”

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• 06:36 Regrettably Pandora is for US listeners only. Last.fm, Deezer, Jiwa, Blip.fm are excellent alternatives though so… re: ff.im/LQqy #
• 06:45 “A recent study from QualPro, a consulting firm that advocates an alternative quality process, points out that 53… re: ff.im/LOgo #
• 06:50 @stoweboyd So by your standards, how should one define the entire US nation from having elected, twice, G.Bush then? #
• 08:44 twitpic.com/17q5u – sketches re-scanned #
• 08:48 sketches re-scanned ff.im/-LXAg #
• 09:17 sketches re-scanned ff.im/-LYJa #
• 11:01 Some idiot has been repeatedly calling me on my mobile (I lost track of the number of times). D… Read more at tinyurl.com/brjpmg. #
• 19:00 How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com ff.im/-MkXt #
• 19:00 “Since the Great Depression, presidents have frequently experimented with Keynesian economics to combat… re: ff.im/MkXt #
• 22:34 Watching: “TWiT Live – Live Netcasts from TWiT with Leo Laporte and Friends” ( live.twit.tv/ ). #
• 22:48 Wishful Drinking ff.im/-MvS1 #
• 23:04 I want to buy an app (Mindmapping) for my Ipod. Through Itunes store… it’s difficult. I’m not the verge of giving up. #
• 23:16 Better and better: 1st my visa card couldn’t be processed as it wasn’t, of course, issued in Finland, 2nd I need to download last Itunes version #

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