Recently, I downloaded the OmniGraphSketcher public beta to give it a quick and dirty trial. As you may have noticed, I can be a bit of a graph/visualization nerd. The first screencast 1 of OmniGraphSketcher made it look super easy to use and the output was (visually) very appealing. In my first trial run, I […]
My first ever Ebay score, the Canon EF-S 17-85mm lens (featuring image stabilization) was a much coveted item around here 1. It had come highly recommended and seemed to be a great complement to my beloved 50mm prime 2 and a perfect replacement for the 18-55mm kit lens that shipped with the XTi. Initial, first-night […]
Doug Rushkoff on DIY currencies at B² (tagged: currency money economy research ) NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer via DF: worth a link, for sure. worth a few minutes for a smile and a chuckle. (tagged: design visualization graphics humor math ) iPhone Wrestling Smackdown: WWE vs. TNA via The Apple Blog: tempting… if only […]
Nutella Frosted Cupcakes at Al Dente: oh man, these look dangerously good… (tagged: Nutella food todo ) Philip K. Dick Award Winners Announced: A Tie Between Castro and Walton at Omnivoracious (tagged: PKD literature scifi todo ) Daring Fireball: Complex at DF: Gall’s law raises hard questions. Where do you start? How small? How simple? […]
So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel. If however, my Lord insists it, then I shall endeavor to offer up some humble thoughts regarding its mighty, even epic narrative. Neh? The scope is so vast, the characters and settings are so many, the head is liable to spin at […]
After a long and humiliating training, my “brother” Jedi and myself are ready for our first assignments. Our mission? To pilot and defend a re-purposed, Corellian-equivalent of a school bus, taking it and its Rebel contents from one secret encampment to another. The Rebellion is young and the Empire still spreading its tentacles – Order […]
The whole “Extended Family” (plus “the new favorites”) is here for the occasion. The whole old school SMCM crew. It’s a pot luck and everyone has pulled put all the stops. There’s a little bit of everything: spicy beef tips, a herbed crusty bread, an Indian dish with lots of curry… I’ve dropped off my […]
I am dutifully reporting that I am swiping and re-posting this as it appears here in Precious Roy’s Flickr photostream: The description that appears under the photo on Flickr: The title was: “What happened to the dinosaurs?” (bonus points for the elephant humping the dino/reptile, though) Keith and I were two of the judges at […]
Mostly for Pete, a follow-up to a thread on Facebook today… The co-worker’s terminal font (click to make big): Now I used to have a big fat crush on Andale Mono but how could that be easy on the eyes? The painfully mucky tilde, the one digit and the lowercase L practically indistinguishable! And at […]