Our Thursday nights ritual… Now with w/ GPS data.

We stopped at Wal-Mart earlier today to buy some ding dongs, HoHos, etc… It also gave me a chance to have a look at their new Recycled/Recyclable Shopping Bags.

Wal-Mart is not known for its quality, but these are really good. We picked up 4 of them, at $1 a pop. They are very light, yet very sturdy. They don't look very big, but actually hold a lot.

We did our weekly grocery shopping at Safeway later on. We were able to fit $126 worth of groceries in 3 bags, and picked up a cool 3¢ discount per bags too.

According to the label each bag is:

• 100% recyclable
• Made from 85% recycled materials
• Made from approximately 4 plastic soda bottles
• Can replace 50 plastic shopping bags
• Can carry the same weight as 2-3 plastic shopping bags
• Made in China

Our second time here.

I've started collecting items of interest on Google Reader, you can access them via  Erik's Shared Items.

Don't you start thinking I'm restarting the old linkblog. You won't see much about programming, etc.

Toyota advertises itself as the greenest, most fuel-efficient car company in the industry. But now the maker of the best-selling Prius hybrid is opposing tougher U.S. fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. It's time to tell Toyota to back up its planet-friendly image by supporting a standard of 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

Maybe it's also time to tell them to import those 50+ mpg diesel engines they've been selling in Europe for years too.

In a recent office action, the USPTO has rejected the claims of the Amazon.com one-click patent following the re-examination request that I filed on 16 February 2006.

Way to go, Peter.