The company is pledging that we'll see these "born electric" cars in production by 2013 and coyly specifies that three is not the smallest number nor eight the largest, meaning we should expect other models to fill that gap -- just like the company's current alphanumeric lineup.

ENGADGET: BMW launches new 'i' brand focused on electrification, lower-case letters

Our family and other centers of influence need to know our end of life wishes just like they know our phone number, address, and the current car we drive.

FORBES: Do Conversations Around End Of Life Really Matter?

If you, like me, believe that current high oil prices are not just a blip, you should also believe that shipping companies with a proven commitment to efficiency will outperform their peers in the years to come.

FORBES: A Leader in Efficient Shipping

In the meantime Toshiba has just announced a new Lithium Ion battery that recharges something like 60 times faster than current batteries.

BBC: A laptop

But evidence indicates that publishers may not have much to fear from library e-book lending -- just like they haven't been hurt by library lending of print editions of current bestsellers.

CNN: E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?

Especially in our current moment of doom and gloom, stories like Jason McElwain's seem like just what the doctor ordered.

CNN: What really makes people happy

Maybe it was a great hank of river weed turning below in the cold current, maybe it was just the way gravity works in water, but it felt like something that matched me exactly, the same shape and weight and volume, and it always seemed as if that something came to life the moment I stepped into the water.

NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy