More random links
- Survivorman is back... June 30th
- The site has a 3 minute preview. Unfortunately my cable package doesn't include OLN - anyone feel like recording it for me?
- Car Rentals for the ‘Eco-Curious’
- Talks about how Enterprise is trying to integrate electric cars into its fleet and the problems that they're having getting consumers to rent the things. They mention "range anxiety" which for me seems pretty big for the rental car market. They mention initial problems renting hybrids which went away after consumers got used to them, but I'm not sure to what extent the same will apply to electric vehicles. Personally I rent only when I can't get places reasonably view transit which often means driving basically non-stop for 100-250km, outside the range of many electric vehicles. Enterprise does seem to be trying out a rent-by-hour approach in some locations for electric vehicles - which seems like a great. It's not exactly new though, akin to the car share programs that have been in existence for some time or even Hertz on Demand from one of Enterprise's competitors.
- One nicotine vaccine injection may help smokers quit for life
- Previously noted as an approach with the potential to treat cocaine and heroin addictions - seems to work for smoking as well.
- The Rise of Digital Urban Tribes
- "In addition, our research shows that typical parents are just as "addicted" to media and technology as are their teenagers, just in different ways. In an ironic and telling shift, the teenagers we interviewed complained that their parents' use of technology was inhibiting quality family time." (HT: JH)