Edge-a-muh-ka-shun!
This weekend will include some serious geeking out. I picked up a few books from the Library at work: Visual Basic .Net Complete Introduction to C# using .Net Creative HTML Design First…
Year: 2003
On the level
For those of us who like to do projects around the home but hate having to try to get things level Zircon has come up with a really cool product. The Laser…
Thrill Seeker
Got Milk? Yeah, sure. It’s the stuff I bought right before going on vacation for the holiday. Sell by 12/26? Still smells good. What the hell, let’s be a little daring! Things…
Killer product for plant killers
Here's a really cool product for people who like to travel or who simply forget to water their plants: DriWater is a gel made of water and vegetable matter which, when it…
Guilty Conscience?
Let's say, for the sake of argument, you are a criminal. Let's say you also have an inconveniently overactive conscience. To make things worse, you're really, really lazy. What's a thug to…
Naked Muppets?
If you liked Sesame Street as a kid and enjoy twisted humor you have to go see Avenue Q the next time you're in New York. My eyes were watering through most…
Beam me up Scott-e
Exhibit A: I'm a geek.Exhibit B: My wife has great fashion sense. For Christmas this year (yeah, we celebrated a little early) my lovely wife bought me a very cool SCOTTeVEST (SeV). …
I want! I want! I want!
Okay... here's the story... I was looking for a small toy, a puzzle-type thing that really has no purpose other than to entertain your fingers (I have several in my office, they're…
Proximity-based chat
Trepia™ is an interesting twist on chat clients. Instead of having a buddy list of friends, Trepia™ searches for buddies based on proximity. People in your buddy list won't be friends you…
Snap! Pop!
Sure, it doesn't sound quite like bubble wrap, but it's still satisfying. http://www.social-stuff.com/bubblewrap.swf 6/27/06check of link reveals 404, virtual bubble wrap is no longer.
Even munchkins need trees
Mike sez: “That's a really small tree... or a really big car.”
Yo!
Sure, perhaps the Yo-Yo hasn't been cool since the '50s but there are still some people into it... and some have mad skilz (see, use the right lingo and it's cool again). …
CSS Zen Garden
I've known for a while that CSS is a powerful tool for keeping a flexible design for my web site but I had no freakin' idea how powerful it can be! If…
Tastes like chicken?
The world continues to get wierder. Evidence: The K9 Water Company. The K9 water company sells bottled water for your dog, marketed the way the dog would like it. K9 water is…
Can’t wake up today…
I’m really tired. I don’t know what is slowing me down. Perhaps geeking out a little bit will help get my brain going.
Think People Look Like Sissies In Bike Helmets?
Think people look like sissies in bike helmets? You tell him.