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Over the last year I've been involved with the guys at d::gen. d::gen have put together the AMEE (Avoiding Mass Extinction Engine) Carbon Calculator, which has since been chosen by DEFRA as the official carbon calculator for the UK, and provides back end for the ActOnCO2 site as well as providing a public repository of official carbon emissions data. Today marks the launch of the next big thing in AMEE's short history: Google's Carbon Footprint application, which is available as a gadget on Google's UK iGoogle home page. The app was developed by Avenue A / Razorfish. My role at d::gen has been to deal with server and application configuration, deployment, hosting and monitoring, database configuration and load testing. AMEE continues to grow in flexibility, ability, capacity and content, all while remaining a shining example of the 'right way' of running an open-source project. Anyway, congratulations d::gen and AMEE, and thanks to Google and Razorfish for using us! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and deal with the prospect of being on the receiving end of a link from a Google home page....