Say what?
Stop me if you've heard this one... Someone who speaks three languages is... trilingual Someone who speaks two languages is... bilingual Some one who speaks one language is... American! Sure, an oldie…
Micro-tastic!
Tonight I borrowed a couple of micro photography lenses from Phillip (thanks dude!) and played around taking close up pictures of anything that came close. I found taking pictures of the dog…
Honey, I shrunk the laptop!
Here's just what you need to get your geek buddies to drool: a 1 GHz laptop not much bigger than the power adapter powering your current laptop (4.9”x3.4”x.9” and 14 ounces). It…
Practice makes… well… better, I hope.
I've enjoyed taking pictures for as long as I can remember. After getting annoyed by me stealing his camera all the time my Dad gave me my first camera when I was…
CSS Positioning
I just found an excellent explanation of CSS positioning written by Mike Hall on his site BrainJar.com. Mike also has several other well-written tutorials on his site. Check them out.
Wow, you really do think highly of yourself.
Blogging seems to be seeping deeper and deeper into our culture. Aditya posted a link to a great NYT article on blogging. Here's the quote that got me thinking: And while there…
Serves me right
So, here I am sitting in a meeting, trying hard to focus when I get a sudden inspiration: why not do a Google search for “$g(Something Interesting)”? Why indeed. Here's why: if…
Smells like teen spirit?
At last a soap has finally been created for the modern manly man. If you want to be sure you aren't labeled as a metro-sexual you need to run right out and…
Turn your head and cough.
Over the past few days I've managed to go through 4 boxes of Kleenex. I think that's a new record but I can't find any listing in Guinness. It also got me…
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…
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). …