I think this Penny Arcade strip perfectly sums up my opinions about the Sun: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-05-01
Into the Oracle — Arol Zendik
I was approached this afternoon by a guy who said he was part of what basically amounted to a hippie enclave of folks who had decided to drop out of society. For a meager donation, I could receive a magazine, a bumper sticker (“STOP BITCHING – START A REVOLUTION…”) and a CD of the founder’s…
LEGO Escher
AAl just sent me this link to Escher’s “Relativity” in LEGO. A pretty amazing feat of LEGO engineering, with links to a few other Escher drawings that the author has built with LEGO blocks. The extended construction photos are quite amazing.
This Old Mac
In recent days, two Flash-programmed replicas of old Macintosh computers have appeared on the radar. For your enjoyment: Web SEThe better of the two, in English or German. A remarkably faithful rendition of System 7 with equally accurate software, right down to the After Dark control panel, and the MyEyes eyeballs that used to sit…
Random Dictionary Spam
A new trend in email spam is to add a couple of random words from the dictionary to the end of the subject heading, which somehow appears to trick the spam filters into thinking it’s not spam. Obviously annoying, as I’m getting more spam, but it allows for oddly entertaining subject headings, such as: Big…
Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
After a marathon 26-hour session, this Animal Planet show is out the door. Another edit and 2-3 hours more to go. I guess I’m not going to be doing the 48 Hour Film Project this weekend after all. Addendum: It ended up being 30 hours… minus a couple on the office couch somewhere in the…
Election 2004
You want to keep up on the real issues for this fall’s election? Just hit this page every once in a while: Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004