global warming

Al Gore: Highlights from AsiaD (Video)

Beth Callaghan in AsiaD on October 20, 2011 at 11:20 pm PT

Former Vice President Al Gore arrived at AsiaD almost directly from Steve Jobs’s memorial at Apple, and the first thing he talked about in his interview with Walt Mossberg was the event itself.

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The Marathon of Stress

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on August 13, 2010 at 11:09 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

BoomTown Heads to TED (And Promises No Pretentious Tweets!)

Kara Swisher in News on February 10, 2010 at 12:09 am PT

What is it about TED, the iconic conference founded an astonishing 25 years ago, that gets so many people who don’t go in a lather? Nonetheless, the gathering still represents one of the best venues for deep and varied thinking on a wide range of important issues, even if there are moments that might seem twee and elitist to some. TED2010 officially opens tomorrow morning in Long Beach, Calif., although events at the conference actually began last night. Speakers run the gamut and will talk on a wide range of topics, from poverty to clean tech to global warming to ukulele playing.

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The Original Climate Conference

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on December 16, 2009 at 10:22 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Viral Video: When Forests Attack–Al Gore Is Taping Toy Guns to Trees

Kara Swisher in News on November 23, 2009 at 7:00 am PT

Former VP and full-time envirogod Al Gore, who appeared at the fourth D: All Things Digital in May 2006, turned out to be a very funny guy onstage. And he’s funny on television too, as you can see from his appearance this past weekend on “Saturday Night Live.” In the bit, Gore talks about getting his crazy on to get folks to not forget about global warming.

As Promised–Tina Fey as Sarah Palin as Tina Fey…

Kara Swisher in News on September 15, 2008 at 2:38 am PT

While you might have seen it everywhere by now, BoomTown promised this would actually be the last post of the multitude of video spoofs about Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin that have popped up on the Web of late. Thus, here is Tina Fey’s version–which, as I expected, is the best–of Palin on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend. She is joined by Amy Poehler, who does a perfect slow-burn impression of New York Senator Hillary Clinton. It will doubtless be the most popular video online this week.