Eating My Own Dogfood (In A Good Way)
Sorry for the lack of posting. Not only has work been crazy, but I've also been burning the minutes on my freshly-received iPod Touch, thanks to Matt Mullenweg and the iPhone contest. WPhone been berry berry good to me. *grin*
Oh, did mention that this is my first official post from the Touch? Whee!
The Necessity Of Software Updates: Forsooth, An Inconvenient Truth!
Al Gore, the man who took the initiative in creating the Internet as well as in establishing a WordPress blog for his "documentary" An Inconvenient Truth, has had said blog mad haxx0red.
Gore['s technological advisers] had the blog sitting at a very (read: 18 months) old version of WP, hence it was a ripe [...]
Let Me Show You My Flying Segway. My Flying Segway, Let Me Show You It.
The VertiPod. I want it. Oh, how badly do I want it.
Cruising at 40mph at between 5 and 15 feet off the ground? Yes. Yes, please.
You're not a red-blooded American geek if you don't pine after such technology. "Be back in a bit, honey. Just popping down [...]
5 Christmas Songs From 5 Bands That You Might Not Expect
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series 5 Songs From 5 BandsIt's after Thanksgiving, so I can officially roll out the Christmas cheer and not feel bad about inflicting it upon others. In that vein, here are 5 of my favorite Christmas songs sung by artists you might not expect had it [...]
An Incomplete List At Best
Wizard Entertainment has a list of the "ultimate fictional weapons", including Glamdring (Lord of the Rings), Mjolnir (Thor's hammer), railguns (The Eraser) and He-Man's Power Sword, among others.
Stunningly missing, however, is Neal Stephenson's Reason. I hope Wizard are ashamed at their oversight and that they correct it with all due haste.
There Is No Justice Left In This World
…For Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon, with Lowly Worm as the Jolly Jester, one of my all-time favorite children's books, is out of print and unless you're looking to pay at least double on fleaBay, you're simply not going to get a copy.
Richard Scarry's publisher needs to get on the stick and get it [...]
