Category Archives: Computers & Technology

GM Designers in the classroom

May 7, 2008 – 8:55 am

It appears that General Motors is in the midst of a transformation from a massive company to a somewhat less massive company. It seems that while - or perhaps because - that is happening, interesting things are bubbling out of Michigan's largest company.
One such item is a venture of GM and the College of Creative [...]

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Arresting Site for May 2008: Michigan Innovators

May 6, 2008 – 10:14 am

Hands at Work by detroitsky
Tim Pulice's Pulice Report blog has announced the Arresting Site of the Month for May 2008. The inaugural selection is Michigan Innovators and Tim writes:
I first ran across this terrific online destination last summer, which dovetails perfectly with the spirit of this blog, wherein I look to spotlight Michiganders who display [...]

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Earth Day in Michigan

April 22, 2008 – 9:44 am

Green Frog Reflection by Pine Photography
It's Earth Day ... pretty much all over the earth. The official Earth Day site is more or less overwhelmed, so we'll have to wander around to find out what's up.
Wikipedia says that the story goes that the first Earth Day was spearheaded by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson who - [...]

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Absolute Michigan Sponsor: Apollo Alliance

April 2, 2008 – 8:00 am

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are [...]

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Building Green in Michigan

March 31, 2008 – 10:09 am

grand rapids art museum by chad™
When the topic of 'green building' comes up many still think of images such as earthships, built from recycled materials including used tires. Although efficient and intelligently designed, they didn't necessarily appeal to the maintstream home owner or developers. Today green buildings appear much like any other home or [...]

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Harvest, Michigan's first commercial wind farm starts spinning

March 25, 2008 – 7:11 am

Spinners 2 by n8xd
John Deere Wind Energy is now producing energy at Harvest, the state's first commercial wind farm. The 3,200 acre installation has 32 windmills in Huron County's Oliver and Chandler townships. According to Windmill farm starts to generate power in Huron County from mLive:
A total of 32 windmills were installed last year on [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 5, 2007

February 5, 2008 – 11:27 am

Welcome to a Super Fat Pazcki Tuesday edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. We've been meaning to share the video of Gov. Granholm's 2008 State of the State speech, which probably ranks near the top in the "Getting People Who Don't Want to Stand Up and Applaud to Stand Up and [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, January 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 – 9:16 am

Welcome to the Michigan Goes Global edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan where we try and see how Michigan and Michiganians have fared on the wider stage over the last week or so. Somehow we didn't have room to fully explore Grand Rapids' title as the new Bingo Capitol of the [...]

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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 11, 2007

December 11, 2007 – 11:59 am

The Kalamazoo Gazette notes that while our state's leaders pay lip-service to protecting our environment and many plans call for re-development that leverages our amazing natural assets, we are almost at the bottom of US states in spending to protect & enhance them.
Great Lakes Town Hall turns two
In December 2005, an online social network called [...]

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Service Tax repeal appears certain

December 1, 2007 – 12:49 pm

Capitol, Landing MI by Irina Vasiliu
Below you'll find a news release from Governor Granholm regarding an agreement to add a 21.9% surcharge to the new Michigan Business Tax to replace the 6% Michigan Service Tax.
The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have details on the agreement as well.

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