The NY Times has a piece on the resurgance in popularity over the past decade of Ye Olde Filament Bulb.
I especially love that the conclusion of the article is to use candles! I often remind people that LED hotshot Color Kinetics, right before being acquired by Philips for $700m+, made only $65m in revenue, while Yankee Candle Co. makes well over $600m a year in revenue.
People would still be buring whale oil to light their homes if it wasn’t illegal…