Tweets for the Week of 2014-10-12 to 2014-10-18

So, for how many years do I continue renewing the internet domain for my maiden name? It expires Tuesday. #21stCenturyProblems 18:59:09, 2014-10-18
@PierceLilholt At a leisurely pace. in reply to PierceLilholt 18:56:51, 2014-10-18
@bruteforceblog @PassiveHouseBB I wish! If there were a nationwide standard for ADU requirements, it would be easier… But good luck w/ that. in reply to bruteforceblog 16:14:40, 2014-10-18
Paging @bouldercounty RT @UtilityDive: Coming next week on Utility Dive: the impacts of marijuana farming on the grid and utilities. 15:36:44, 2014-10-18
@bradplumer @ericmbudd Wonder if higher price point + elasticity of demand results in enough less chicken consumed to offset that increase. in reply to bradplumer 15:31:32, 2014-10-18
@PassiveHouseBB @bruteforceblog Either of you ever come across any pre-fabricated Passivhaus accessory dwelling units (ADUs)? 15:26:57, 2014-10-18
RT @KBAndersen: Performance art idea: all 500K disenfranchised Texas minority voters apply en masse for Concealed Handgun Licenses, which c… 08:59:30, 2014-10-18
@ericmbudd because it’s so sunny in SF… right? in reply to ericmbudd 21:38:15, 2014-10-17
.@drgrist @bradplumer MT @BicycleLobby: We have just appointed ourselves to the position of White House Czar Czar, overseeing all the czars. 14:15:06, 2014-10-17
@StreetsblogNet For a second there I was like “Why is Streetsblog interviewing Edward Norton, star of Fight Club?” in reply to StreetsblogNet 12:19:03, 2014-10-17
RT @BoulderParking: Open House, Mon 10/20, 4pm @BMoCA. Share your thoughts about parking strategy and mulit modal access http://t.co/ZrQVD… 12:17:22, 2014-10-17
So much confusion in the world about the difference between the idea of a thing, and the thing itself. Especially in city planning. 11:14:06, 2014-10-17
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Actual price for Xcel’s 2013 DSM programs in CO (including participant contributions) still hella cheap: $0.036/kWh or… 15:01:43, 2014-10-16
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Ohwait, that’s just the utility expenditures. Doesn’t include customer contributions to DSM. Now if only they reporte… 12:49:22, 2014-10-16
RT @ClnEnergyAction: The lifetime $/kWh saved for @XcelEnergyCO efficiency measures in 2013: $0.0165. Or about 1/5 the retail rate. Uh, mor… 12:26:51, 2014-10-16
RT @KyleLSaunders: Best strategy to avoid phone calls/visits to your door: VOTE ASAFP!: RT .@fishnette: I voted! Now leave me alone #copoli… 11:59:04, 2014-10-16
Robustness and efficiency are very different, and often in conflict with each other. We seem to have forgotten how to argue for robustness. 11:16:08, 2014-10-16
RT @ABetterBoulder: Great @Streetfilms on transportation in Zürich, a walkable midrise city where new car parking is utterly verboten! http… 10:52:26, 2014-10-16
RT @ABetterBoulder: Tonight is our monthly happy hour at the Walnut Brewery. We’ll be talking about @EcoDistricts for East Arapahoe: https:… 10:32:44, 2014-10-16
RT @ABetterBoulder: How do we figure out what kind of streets/buildings people like?Good example of a “visual preference” study: http://t.c… 10:30:29, 2014-10-16
RT @CommunityCycles: A whole universe of protected bike lanes, from @peopleforbikes. What kind would you like more of in Boulder? http://t.… 10:30:19, 2014-10-16
@ericmbudd Yeah, I woke up to that nonsense on my deck. Half-conscious, bathed in the blazing starlight, covered with golden fallen leaves. in reply to ericmbudd 09:55:21, 2014-10-16
Sadly the @MasalaCoop ballot discussion centered on whether to simply not vote for governor, versus actively voting against @hickforco. 22:18:03, 2014-10-15
@JesseJenkins Though sadly he uses tonnes of oil equivalent per year as his unit of power 🙂 in reply to JesseJenkins 13:36:52, 2014-10-15
@JesseJenkins There’s some great graphs in the first part of @VaclavSmil’s Energy at the Crossroads that get this point across. in reply to JesseJenkins 12:37:55, 2014-10-15
@JesseJenkins 2-3kW/capita, avg rate of total energy use. Many real quality of life metrics seem to saturate in that range globally. in reply to JesseJenkins 12:37:20, 2014-10-15
@drgrist @JesseJenkins But this only makes sense if we can talk about how much energy is “enough” for high quality life. I say 2-3kW/cap. in reply to drgrist 12:13:47, 2014-10-15
@drgrist @JesseJenkins Vastly different implications for the energy starved vs. energy obese. One gets easy access, one easy reduction. in reply to drgrist 12:12:09, 2014-10-15
RT @NewHorizons2015: !!Embargo lifted!! WE HAVE A KUIPER BELT FLYBY TARGET–IN FACT POSSIBLY UP TO THREE TO CHOOSE FROM! Details here: http… 11:10:06, 2014-10-15
Portable nuclear fusion power stations in 10yrs from @LockheedMartin? Color me very, very skeptical:
http://t.co/sF2ymomJv1 via @jaredpolis 11:06:22, 2014-10-15
@ericmbudd That’s okay. They’re the ones that count. I wonder if FB does selective display based on keyword content? Assume so. in reply to ericmbudd 09:48:28, 2014-10-15
@ericmbudd Then it’s harmless at least. They do get a fair amount of response actually. Except on TAB days, when I’m sure FB mutes me. in reply to ericmbudd 09:42:26, 2014-10-15
@ericmbudd I just spam them all with my Tweets. in reply to ericmbudd 09:37:00, 2014-10-15
.@meltzere The “no more land” meme is so frustrating. Land is recyclable. All the world’s great cities have been “built out” for centuries. in reply to meltzere 09:33:03, 2014-10-15
FB & Apple will pay to freeze your eggs, so you can work longer. Soon: free outsourced Indian gestation surrogates? http://t.co/yDLpPaYaaN 17:33:49, 2014-10-14
@ericmbudd did you really just read that ridiculous spew of notes from TAB in 10 minutes? 15:10:38, 2014-10-14
@Revkin @drgrist @Kenwardjr Automation took US coal miners from 229k in 1980 to 83k in 1995. Hard to go much faster. http://t.co/aZGELqxbSx in reply to Revkin 14:45:17, 2014-10-14
@drgrist Sadly, an easy illusion to sell to people that are doing just fine with the way things are rigged right now, thank you very much. in reply to drgrist 14:28:09, 2014-10-14
@drgrist So we have to do something unprecedented. As it turns out, no matter what path we choose, we will be doing something unprecedented. in reply to drgrist 14:09:19, 2014-10-14
@sugarmags3 I know. Took me 1.5 hrs to get to work today. Up Boulder Canyon to Fourmile, over to Sunshine on Poorman road. I hate commuting. in reply to sugarmags3 09:55:44, 2014-10-14
@MikeSalisbury78 Angle is GHG, but not sure what the additional information they're hoping to glean is. in reply to MikeSalisbury78 07:06:11, 2014-10-14
Whoa. TAB has one member from each of @OpenBoulder, @ABetterBoulder & @PLANBoulder boards. #BoulderPoliticalTrifecta 20:39:45, 2014-10-13
Boulder looking at tracking “person miles traveled” not just VMT. How would my weird 2000W life look? I go very, very few miles. 20:18:13, 2014-10-13
Shout outs at TAB to transportation related Boulder Energy Challenge winners @egocarshare & @SnuggHome in connection w/ Climate Action Plan. 20:00:30, 2014-10-13
Boulder is going to change. Our choice is at best about how it will change. Need to acknowledge that. Up front. 19:48:40, 2014-10-13
Need to do better highlighting of hard goals… and the tools that will achieve them. Don’t like the tools? Maybe you don’t like the goals. 19:46:54, 2014-10-13
TAB talking about scope of the upcoming Comp Plan update. Given the last month’s brouhaha, I can’t imagine this will be a small effort. 19:43:44, 2014-10-13
So much talking for something everyone already agrees on. If eBikes become a problem on the paths, I have do doubt we’ll hear about it. 18:26:03, 2014-10-13
Also looking at transferring management of a few small connections on Open Space paths to @bouldergobldr, enabling eBike use there too. 18:23:53, 2014-10-13
Also happy to meet Megan Tolbert, the new director of @btransportc, Boulder’s TMO. http://t.co/vzjrnC7UrP 18:19:43, 2014-10-13
A couple of people at TAB in support of removing sunset clause for eBikes on the Boulder bike paths, including Ray from @CommunityCycles. 18:09:01, 2014-10-13
Okay, so, 1.5 days and 300 pages of TAB packet later… I sure hope they’ve got us some tasty (and yet economical) dinner fixins.. 17:34:25, 2014-10-13
2014 Boulder TMP aims for 20% less VMT in 2035 => New projects must be net VMT negative, while adding jobs & residents. => @citiesforpeople 15:25:11, 2014-10-13
Seems odd to require a TDM plan when developer requests a parking reduction. Seems more important when they want to build excessive parking. 15:11:52, 2014-10-13
@trueanomalies Mmmmm. Original horizontality. in reply to trueanomalies 13:29:14, 2014-10-13
@JesseJenkins @drgrist @alexrolfe Sadly BC strikes me as a special case. Nearly all hydroelectricity. Population ~half Vancouver metro area. in reply to JesseJenkins 12:33:32, 2014-10-13
Allowing only preexisting residents to park on-street might, ironically, be an improvement. A totally unfair improvement. 11:55:34, 2014-10-13
@AlexSteffen Well that’s good to hear. Because it sure seems like we suck at creativity when it’s not mandatory. in reply to AlexSteffen 11:43:41, 2014-10-13
This both drives up real overall parking costs (which are often ~$100/month) and works against our stated transportation goals. 11:37:56, 2014-10-13
They're required to pay for parking they may or may not use, while glut of supply makes allocating costs fairly with pricing impossible. 11:36:55, 2014-10-13
But tacitly requiring plentiful, free, unmanaged on-street parking imposes huge costs on multi-family housing dwellers. 11:36:09, 2014-10-13
Neighbors often object to reduced off-street parking requirements because they fear imposed costs of on-street spillover. 11:35:52, 2014-10-13
As a transportation policy tool, parking requirements should lead demand, not lag behind it. Because, feedback. 11:27:30, 2014-10-13
But setting parking requirements to meet observed demand ignores the fact that unpriced parking is itself a huge determinant of that demand. 11:25:04, 2014-10-13
Boulder is considering reducing parking requirements in some higher density housing zones, in part due to observed excessive supply. 11:24:32, 2014-10-13
@ericmbudd Which do you think is more powerful long-term? I think it depends how far we deviate from prevailing norms. in reply to ericmbudd 11:07:53, 2014-10-13
I’ll guess that the latter (changing the population) is more powerful long-term — a selection effect, for those less intent on driving. 11:07:20, 2014-10-13
With parking & transportation policy, do we change the behavior of the existing population? Or do we actually change the population itself? 11:04:32, 2014-10-13
Can we subsidize affordable housing with additional development rights? @housingRobert on Inclusionary Upzoning: http://t.co/rSn6gWxLZF 10:57:48, 2014-10-13
If developers won’t solve affordable housing on their own, can they be tricked into doing it with the right policies? http://t.co/zYdbZFtlvp 10:34:14, 2014-10-13
As far as I can tell, only about half of local government understands what a feedback loop is. Which is problematic. 10:31:06, 2014-10-13
I especially like the sneaky reference to giant Planning Board packet for all the parking ordinance details: https://t.co/jJJWzkrNHg 09:24:38, 2014-10-13
Whoever thought putting parking overhaul, Boulder Valley Comp Plan, and Climate Commitment into the same TAB packet was a good idea: WTF? 09:22:23, 2014-10-13
@kelseykccody Ever since I was a kid playing in the marching band, I knew there was something wrong with sportsball. in reply to kelseykccody 09:12:21, 2014-10-13
I think Boulder is just about ready for some competitive spirituality. https://t.co/dxvn1yPibg #StayOutOfMyNamasteSpace #OnlyInBoulder 09:11:43, 2014-10-13
@sumnums @ericmbudd @mikesonn I read that @ACEEEdc report last year. Reading it again now, I’m surprised how vague it seems. 01:13:09, 2014-10-13
@drgrist Occasionally I feel weird for spending so much time with so many younger people. But mostly it just feels good. in reply to drgrist 22:44:55, 2014-10-12
@dawnofmidi Anything that can stay on infinite repeat for this long while I work is an easy sell… in reply to dawnofmidi 22:42:59, 2014-10-12
RT @BillMoyersHQ: “Don’t step off the curb, that’s where the danger lies in American life,” not ISIS. — Tom Engelhardt
http://t.co/WhfSfK… 22:35:50, 2014-10-12
Weird info-commerce. The strange and wonderful bits of Dysnomia flowed to me from @dawnofmidi, causing monetary bits to flow back. 22:20:24, 2014-10-12
@ericmbudd @sumnums @mikesonn Which is (a small part of) why they’ve requested a revenue decoupling mechanism in 14AL-0660E, at CPUC now. in reply to ericmbudd 19:43:53, 2014-10-12
@sumnums @ericmbudd @mikesonn Xcel’s DSM performance incentive is insufficient to overcome their throughput incentive (to sell more kWh). in reply to sumnums 19:42:40, 2014-10-12
RT @ABetterBoulder: A longer-form piece from the @dailycamera on the coming discussion around the future of Boulder’s growth/development: h… 19:22:45, 2014-10-12
RT @Green_Footballs: I wonder if all the conservatives yelling that Ebola might become airborne realize it means they now believe in evolut… 19:22:38, 2014-10-12

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