Grant M Lundgren

Yesterday Erick and I had an interesting discussion about Facebook vs. Google+ and I came down on the side of G+. Why? Because tools are important, toys aren't. Granted Facebook's 500 million visitors a day proves me wrong in numeric terms, but in general usability and quality, I'm coming reluctantly down on the side of Google Plus. As you well know, Facebook won the Internet with its app features and new timeline feature, a view of your data that offers a sort of time machine into the distant past. I saw pictures of my kids from years ago, their faces implike and far more natal than they are now. It was a great feeling but it lasted maybe fifteen minutes. Now Facebook is showing me a list of things that happened since I was born, a fairly impressive feat given I spent two thirds of my life without the Internet.

...the Canadian government has stepped in with monetary support to help quicken the pace of development for the plug-in Ram and other future PHEV trucks. Sustainable Development Technology Canada has provided Electrovaya with a $5 million grant to help the company further develop its advanced energy storage systems for plug-in hybrid trucks.

Scientists still don't know why cells with the same genome can have different traits. But that's the puzzle that Florida State University and Florida A&M University biologists are looking to solve with a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

I’m not going to lie. Always Sunny hasn’t impressed me all that much this season. Granted I still think it’s one of the funniest shows on television, the “newness” has pretty much faded. And how can you blame ‘em? It’s been seven years. I just think shows like Workaholics and The League that are still novel in concept give me more to look forward to.

The resurfacing project is courtesy of a $65,000 grant from the state legislature to the Fairbanks ... according to an e-mail Tuesday to Schmidt from Bob Lundgren, Beynon vice president for tennis. Two of the courts are scheduled to have dimensions for ...