Weekend links.

• Ten years of our impatience – hilarious article on the tech trends of the ’00s, and some nice snarky editorialism on our growing impatience as a culture. [Globe]

• Top baby names of the decade – you know you’re curious.  In short – bible names for guys, and grandmother names for girls.  Best news – no more Mike!  Oversaturation wins! [Globe]

• No one blames Canada for Copenhagen – we may not have helped matters, but we all know it’s U.S. and China that needs to lead.  And our reputation is turning into blue slime. [Globe]

• How to debate a climate change skeptic – learn more about their traditional arguments, and hear how Scientific American rebuts those arguments. [Scientific American]

• Montreal’s BIXI bike sharing program coming to Toronto – more talks coming, but I think changes to Toronto’s bike infrastructure and culture need to be improved before it can be as successful as Montreal.  Here’s to hoping. [Urban Country]

• New microscopes show the true shape of atoms – humans are amazing at some things.  Atomic and sub-atomic science can be truly spiritual. [New Scientist]

• 10 basic HST myths – learn more about our business friendly and electorate-somewhat-unfriendly tax. [Globe]

• Everything you know about going green is wrong – some valuable perspective for those who mean well but still buy into the greenwashing. [The Daily Green]

• The cap and trade critique – watch the trailer of a new movie critiquing cap-and-trade.  Us environmentalists are never happy are we?  if only it was politically palatable to implement a revenue neutral carbon tax.  Too bad Stephane Dion was one of the worst spokesmen to push said tax.  Siiigh…. [New York Times]

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