Blue hour in the city of roses/bridges/etc. — February 03, 2012 at 06:04PM

@Bullseye: Don't miss Errol Morris' latest short documentary at the New York Times on the competitive eater El Wingador: http://t.co/ZBrqnFGk

@chairkicker: RT @kevinfreitas: RT @kevinfreitas: Ya look beautiful tonight, Mt. Rainier! http://t.co/YdzKoRci #Tacoma

@chairkicker: RT @Jennison: Consider joining me in donating to this neat accessible #gaming project: Rock Vibe http://t.co/xbIRo90n #gamedev #accessib ...

@robertashley: Eternal Life Vol 2 being mastered today. Out later this month.

@Ascalon: Radiohead? No, that's just the way he combs his hair

@chairkicker: If you haven't recently, might be a good night to re-read The Big Here and Long Now http://t.co/czvVGmAZ

@mitten: When you have too much sugar, you get insulin shock. When you have too much irony, you get Portland.

@katynicoud: THAT ROCK WAS POOP. (That I tried to kick.)

@chairkicker: Humpback whale in Dabob Bay (with truly awesome photo): http://t.co/73yc4Dmz

@mitten: avatar interaction http://t.co/cGZ0PZyV

@Vaguery: I swear there is a practical reason for this interpreter https://t.co/4JvBTHhx

In 2005, VC investment in clean tech measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The following year, it ballooned to $1.75 billion, according to the National Venture Capital Association. By 2008, the year after Doerr’s speech, it had leaped to $4.1 billion. And the federal government followed. Through a mix of loans, subsidies, and tax breaks, it directed roughly $44.5 billion into the sector between late 2009 and late 2011. Avarice, altruism, and policy had aligned to fuel a spectacular boom. Anyone who has heard the name Solyndra knows how this all panned out. Due to a confluence of factors—including fluctuating silicon prices, newly cheap natural gas, the 2008 financial crisis, China’s ascendant solar industry, and certain technological realities—the clean-tech bubble has burst, leaving us with a traditional energy infrastructure still overwhelmingly reliant on fossil fuels. The fallout has hit almost every niche in the clean-tech sector—wind, biofuels, electric cars, and fuel cells—but none more dramatically than solar.

@zoecello: The very best birthday present you could give me? Tell someone about my music. They can stream it here ;-) http://t.co/7ngMiWs7

@RR_Anderson: REMINDER: Stadium Video's complete inventory of dvd's is up for sale today. Heading over on my lunch hour. Nice day for a walk.

@Pinboard: Of course, long-term the best way to help people get everything organized is to roll out stacks and thumbnails...

@mitten: Good morning, Oregon, you look lovely in snow.

@zoecello: In this video, I spend an entire hour answering questions: http://t.co/n7UntRm1. Have another one? Ask it here: http://t.co/GEcaGpPn

@devonpersing: Whoever signed me up for that Rachael Ray magazine probably also got me signed up for this: http://t.co/RCTaMqlu

@chairkicker: South Sound Users Guide http://t.co/jp1h12Lx — überlocal kickstarting RSW ACCESS-inspired book about our grey whirling slice of heaven.

@chairkicker: RT @weeklyvolcano: State Senate votes 28-21 to legalize gay marriage: http://t.co/Ey2MOV8r #waleg

@jackcameron: Holy sh*t! My mom just found my Wilson High School senior year book that went missing about 12 years ago!

Liked: shadow by emilliner

@chairkicker: Got the Group Works pattern language / card deck http://t.co/lpEdPvfg in today's mail; it's a gorgeous, warm, and humane little thing.

@Ascalon: On the Coast Starlight for a 30hr train ride. Looking forward to this journey a lot

@lianaleslie: @chairkicker @zkline Like "What To Expect When You're Expecting"? That does it for me lately. Reading about labor makes me curl up and cry

@zkline: My recent Lovecraftian phase seems to relate quite well to my over all fear of what the future might hold, an extremely unpleasant prospect.

@chairkicker: AWW HELL YEAH RT @KELLYSIMS: SLABTEXT – A JQUERY PLUGIN FOR PRODUCING BIG, BOLD & RESPONSIVE HEADLINES http://t.co/SoKRwU81

@Vaguery: The cold has got the better of me, but we've also finished our labor for the day (and no doubt spread germs all over the south of town)

@DougGaynor: State of WA guidelines for designing bike & Ped projects are from 1981 w/o updates. Time for a change #TransportationAdvocacyDay

@twbrandt: LaRoucheites on the NE corner of Main and Washington. #avoidthearea

@twbrandt: In case you haven't heard, @workantile has a new membership level for occasional users at $25/month. Check it out at http://t.co/sYcjTQeW.

@CityofTacoma: What an amazing sunny morning in Tacoma. January is going out in style.

@chairkicker: @chtxristina http://t.co/cs4bQmJU

@nickd: ☞ i quit my job last week, and now i want to work on small projects with rad people: http://t.co/2s9HFFYf

@nickd: thanks for the support, everybody! i know things are going to be okay because i just wrote an email with a subject line of "Scheming".

@chairkicker: Listening to the new @webaxe episode w/ @Jennison and various other luminaries; cool #CSUN12 preview http://t.co/eT67oyeV

@3pointross: @meadowfete tweeting in between runs. http://t.co/LbNmkPrO

@jackcameron: Watching Moneyball. This is one of those situations where I am glad I don't know the history so I can just let the story unfold.

@meadowfete: Finally getting the hang of snowboarding! Awesome first day on the mountain.

@towntaker: From Russia with Love party. Tonight. There are many vodkas. You will think you are in port.

@towntaker: From Russia with Love party. My place. Tomorrow night.

@WillJordanMusic: i love my city man. #Tacoma

@meadowfete: Somehow I have more luggage for a week in Utah than two weeks in Europe

@Vaguery: I am told my new haircut makes me "fit in so well" at Knight's.

@chairkicker: @mitten @ourfounder http://t.co/znFJO2wp

@thedaniel: current status: cold and snowy, social cloud cabin of win-win etc

@Oxalcoatl: Moses film in the style of Braveheart. This cannot go well.

@acekittyhawk: Did I mention that i'm leaving for mofucking europe in 2 days?! Week of vacation-like conf, then week of vacation! #vacationvacationvacation

@Vaguery: Small businesses and freelancers who run up huge social capital debts don't deserve any more respect than other con men.

@chairkicker: Super excited for this Urban Studies Forum https://t.co/gJ78TUPd Feb 9 '012 at UW Tacoma.

@RR_Anderson: Friday April 6th, 2012 - FIRST FROST PARK CHALK OFF OF SEASON 5 (5 year anniversary) guest speakers and ribbon cutting. HUGE deal

@chairkicker: RT @agilezen: AgileZen Integration: Bitbucket http://t.co/FTPIQjQR

@lukew: Our obsession with layout (carried over from print design) keeps us from seizing much bigger opportunities on mobile.

@AndreaWiggins: Vernors! 4 cases of pop traveled 500 miles to bring the gingery joy of a little taste of #Detroit to Central New York. :)

@RR_Anderson: inside the Kalakala http://t.co/kr3np56Q that one time my grandpa and I snuck aboard when she was in Seattle

@thedaniel: Node.js: the thing that makes SF dev nerds finally respect windows developers #nodesummit

@logista: For the true Michigan football fan (sold, unfortunately) http://t.co/LyQZrCiP

@MattH: Way to work that in twice.