Loyd Case's Sunnyvale, Calif., house with new solar panels.

Going Solar: At ExtremeTech, Loyd Case, back in January, decided to replace much of his $4,400 annual electric bill -- he has lots of computers -- with solar panels. By the end of May, he was reporting on the install. The 27 panels cost around $36,000; modifications to his house were additional. He expects to get in back in nine years at current rates, immediately if they sell the house.

With lots of photos, this details the nuts and bolts of going solar.

Yesterday, he came back with the interim report, Going Solar Power: One Month Later "My electricity bill for 19 days? $11.34." Lots of data here, plus the unforeseen: brushing ash from the California fires off the panels, a tree that's not his shading them in the evening.

Back when we were little freaks, we figured they'd have this all worked out by now, cheap and readily available wind, water and solar power.

The Mozilla CEO on His Firefox Strategy, His Google Gambit, and Working With Apple. At Wired, a short interview with a skeptic.

John Lilly: We're like a university. We have a public mission -- keeping the Web open -- that we're supporting with economics. It's just that our competitors are all for-profit companies.