Links, Have Some

1) From Tobias Buckell, our future will be brighter then you think. The gist of the article is that technology is offering radical solutions to problems such as providing enough clean water to drink. The article mentions in passing that the cost-per-watt of solar energy is falling through the floor. It would seem to me a good use of cheap solar is to purify water - run the plant during the day and stash the water overnight.

2) A two-fer from The League of Ordinary Gentlemen: First, how not to fire somebody, and second, a fantasy letter written by a lawyer to his clients.

3) Our great Twinkies crisis has an end in sight - the new owner of Hostess plans to have Twinkies back by this summer.

4) A reminder - there was no such thing as a Paleo diet. Our ancestors ate anything and everything they could, and what that was varied wildly by location.