Back at Stanford and this quarter is looking like it will be a doozy. I am taking the maximum allowable units, so I will likely have minimal time to post, if at all. However, I will do my best when possible, even if its just a link dump. So here it goes, what I have been reading for the past month. Happy New Year!

Using Menu Psychology to Entice Diners - NY Times

Documenting the Decade in Photos - NY Times, I am a big fan of the NY Times photo stuff, this is a spectacular summary of the decade in photos. 

China Unveils Worlds Fastest Train - Inhabit, We need these in the U.S. now!

When Fear Makes Us Super Human - Sci American, This explains those urban legends you hear about.

What is missing from the Copenhagen Accord? - Treehugger, Good summary of the accord.

Key Countries Agree to Copenhagen Accord - Grist

DARPA Seeks Input on Transformers Program - Daily Tech, pretty cool futuristic tech

I know its been a long time coming, but I have a ton of reading for you guys this week.

Green

U.S. Still #1 Most Attractive for Renewable Energy - Treehugger

Winning the Clean Energy Race - Grist Magazine

Toyota May Be Readying Prius SUV/Mini-Van - Daily Tech

California Approves Orbiting Solar Panel Project - Inhabit

The Myth of Clean Coal - Popular Mechanics

Moral Call of the Wild - Sci American - I wholeheartedly agree with this article after spending a month hiking in America's National Parks.

Massive New U.S. China Clean Energy Plans - Tree Hugger

Harnessing Calories Expended at the Gym for Energy - Tree Hugger

Is Ford Green? - Clean Techies

Stimulus Investments in Green Tech - Grist Magazine

Worlds Top Polluter (China) Emerges as Green Tech Leader - WSJ

A New Look at How We Use Solar Panels - Clean Techies

Data Visualization

A Cool Visualization of those Choose Your Own Adventure Books - Flowing Data

Americans Consume 34Gb of Data Per Day - Life Hacker

Visualizing NYTIMES Traffic on The Day The King of Pop Died - Infosthetics

A Traffic Light With Progress Bars? - Infosthetics

Worst Infographics of 2009 - Infosthetics

Tech

How to be the worlds best ISP - Ars Technica

Stanford University Researchers Develop Paper Battery - Daily Tech

Dell Twitter Sales Double in Six Months - Daily Tech - Take a look at my report on the ROI of Social Media Advertising if you are interested.

 Life Hacker's Guide to HTML 5 - Life Hacker

Silicon Valley to Copenhagen: Its O.K. To Fail if You Do It Right - Grist Magazine

Misc.

Great Photographs of Dubai's Challenges - NY Times

Huge Amount of Debt Facing the U.S. Government - NY Times

That's all for now! Have a great week!