Geekfoolery

What was once shocking and cutting edge inevitably becomes mainstream, even kitsch or quaintly nostalgic. Harleys. Tattoos. Rock and roll. And so it is with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
I can clearly remember that cold New England February in the 1970s when Cheryl Tiegs arrived in mailboxes and newstands wearing a fishnet one-piece bathing suit. […]

*apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley
You may recall a high school English lesson about Ozymandias, the great king whose shattered statue sitting abandoned in the desert reads,
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
The rest is here. I was reminded of this little snippet from English Lit class when I […]

If you do not already have an account on Flickr, even just the free account, just go stand in the corner. And sign up for an account. Flickr handles the pedestrian chore of serving as a handy online photo album for vacation pictures and family snapshots very nicely, but there are plenty of sites that […]

I ran across a website in my bookmarks the other day and was reminded once again of how cool it is. The site is called Sodaplay, and it allows you to build and animate bizarre wireframe sculptures. You control a handful of parameters: whether to use rigid or fixed sticks, how strong the gravity is, […]

Adobe’s Portable Document File format-you know it, you love it. Here are a couple of my quick hints to get a bit more out of this very common (and soon to be ISO Standard) document format.

The head of Microsoft’s Zune project, Bryan Lee, resigned last week, no doubt to “spend more time with his family” or to “pursue opportunities outside the company,” or whatever else they say when your project tanks.
Oh, I’m sorry-did I say the Zune tanked? Silly me. Let me re-assert my bloggeristic neutrality and unbiased eye. Ignoring […]