Pyramid Head's Blog – September 2009 Archive (12)

I think a blog about this was posted long ago. However that was back when the site had far fewer members and hardly anyone signed up for twitter so i'll say it again.



DramaTube has its own account at twitter. In fact we've reposted some of your blogs, pictures, and videos there to help the rest of the web check out your stuff. Let us know if you have twitter and we'll follow you there.…



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The DMCA doesn't permit you to copyright your own face. The guy in the video thought that he could DMCA people for this and well he got a rude awakening. The legal system is like fire, you start playing around with it and sooner or later your ass is gonna get burned. Think twice before abusing the DMCA or you could find yourself having to swallow your pride and make an apology video in order to avoid jail time....… Continue

U.S. must take lead in renewable energy

Woodrow Clark,Grant Cooke

Sunday, September 27, 2009





America must reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, reverse the pace of environmental degradation and embrace the reality of renewable energy generation on smart grids.



We must grab the lead of the "Third Industrial Revolution," as Jeremy Rifkin called it, to create sustainable, agile communities that are energy independent and carbon… Continue

James Robinson uses solar and wind energy to power his Lisle home. His home will be featured on the Illinois Solar Energy Association's annual tour on Oct. 3



Imagine retiring, secure in the knowledge that no matter what catastrophes might befall the economy, your home is as safe as you can make it.



You have paid off your mortgage and thanks to solar and wind power, you don't have many, if any, utility bills to pay each… Continue

response to Joanna's earlier blog post.



Ok here's my take on it. Could it ever become more "mainstream"? Yea sure anything is possible i guess.



If it were to gain more publicity I dont think it will change the website in itself. That is unless the ppl managing this place were to suddenly have their motives changed. Despite some of the pessimistic jackasses who always say this place is "dying", actually DT has been growing steadily. During the site's steady growth I… Continue

The Huffington Post embedded a DramaTube video called "The Return of McCarthyism".









Find more videos like this on DramaTube





Big thanks goes to BeornBorg for reposting the vid and informing them that the vid was now hosted here.



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I personally have been waiting for this moment for a LONG time. Yesterday evening we beat Vloggerheads in the Alexa ratings. We not only just beat them but we SOARED past them by about 7000 points!! At the time of writing this, DramaTube is currently ranked at 186,876 while VH is 193,000 something. This is a pretty big feat because Vloggerheads has always had more resources at their disposal then DT has. It's kinda like the Ma n' Pa grocery store kicking the local Walmart's… Continue

HOwever it's happening VERY slowly though. Yeah I know this blog is a very long but i found it very interesting, educational, and even a prediction of things to come.

The electrification of motoring

Sep 3rd 2009

From The Economist print edition





The electrification of motoring





After many false starts, battery-powered cars seem here to stay. Are they just… Continue

How we lost the solar industry



By Thomas L. Friedman

THE NEW YORK TIMES

2:00 a.m. September 18, 2009





Applied Materials is one of the most important U.S. companies you've probably never heard of. It makes the machines that make the microchips that go inside your computer. The chip business, though, is volatile, so in 2004 Mike Splinter, Applied Materials' CEO, decided to add a new business line to take advantage of the company's nanotechnology… Continue

NEW MARKET, Md. - Frederick County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of offering marijuana to store clerks in payment for gasoline.



It allegedly happened Monday about 3 p.m. at the Classic Fuels Store on Old National Pike. Deputies said a 52-year-old man offered marijuana to pay for gasoline, and a clerk in the store called authorities.



The man and his motorcycle were searched, and deputies said they found suspected cocaine, Oxycodone pills and suspected… Continue

Off the Shelf

Visions of an Energy-Starved World

By DEVIN LEONARD

Published: September 5, 2009







CHRISTOPHER STEINER was once the happy driver of a sport utility vehicle. Mr. Steiner, the author of “$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better,” makes this confession early in his book: “I drove an old Toyota 4Runner all over the country for a decade — running the odometer past 240,000 miles — and I… Continue

Chinese Get Angrier About Pollution

Protests over pollution in China are heating up these days, and in Fujian province and elsewhere, the demonstrations are turning violent





By Bruce Einhorn



China has some of the most polluted cities in the world, a consequence of the country's rapid economic development. More than 320 million people in China drink unsafe water, according to Greenpeace China. The country's Environmental Protection Administration considers… Continue