Black is the New Green.

I just set my browser default page to Blackle. They purport that energy consumption by computers is directly related to the colors displayed on the screen: lighter colors use more energy, while darker colors use less. Could be bunk, dunno, I haven't read the details. But, whether it is or not, they've created a page, all in black, that's powered by the Google search engine.

Now, I love Google. It can find me anything from technical documentation, (What IS a SQL -38001 error, anyway?), to recipes, to a good restaurant. And black just makes everything cooler. So Google + Black? Sweet!

And if I save a few kilowatts in the process, well, that's cool too.