Take the time to watch this.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/ (via Phil)
Consumption and energy and recycling and generally destroying our planet are all topics that are increasingly interesting to me.
Currently reading "Why we buy" to better understand the enemy within 
http://www.ddj.com/dept/opensource/193500812
Microsoft has formed a technical partnership with Zend Technologies to optimize its open-source scripting language PHP to work better with Windows Information Server.
Further in the article there are some lines that can always make you smile, like … "Yeah, that's ma boy" 
For example:
PHP is now the leading scripting language on the Web with 3.5 million users…
Facebook, Flickr, and Yahoo are all heavy PHP users…
Wikipedia too!
Seventy-five percent of Web 2.0 sites are powered by PHP…
coComment looks like a very promising service. Helping you keep track of all comments you post on all various blogs … sweet!
Check it out:
http://www.cocomment.com/
My first test comment didn't work, but maybe it was just me, rushing things.