Gotta love this one; it encapsulates the stereotype of the pajama-clad slacker-blogger so perfectly that I’m almost tempted to let it through as a comment. Almost. Instead, I’ll just quote it here, without its pages of accompanying links:
I haven’t been up to anything lately. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me recently. Today was [...]
I first read Lewis Padgett’s “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” when I was about 12. At the time, scifi—preferably from the “golden age” period of the 40s and 50s—was about all I read, an obsession fed by my father, who had worked for Galaxy in the 50s, and kept a stash of old anthologies around the [...]
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen the key players lie repeatedly to the media, spread misinformation and deliberately block efforts to uncover the truth. No, I’m not talking about Alberto Gonzales and his merry band at the Justice Department. I’m talking about Ron Moore, Katee Sackhoff and the gang at “Battlestar Galactica.” As [...]
After using a DSLR almost exclusively for the past year or so, I’ve started to dabble with compacts again. Basically, it’s come down to the old adage that the best camera is “the one you have with you.” And since carrying a DSLR around constantly can be something of a pain, I’ve started carrying a [...]
I’ve been spending way too much time lately playing with Yahoo Pipes. It really is one of the most addictive Web 2.0 apps I’ve ever seen. It also has the potential to be one of the most disruptive. As Yahoo adds features and users take advantage of the power of drag-and-droup remixing, I could [...]
Okay, this isn’t really a great app by the usual standards (whatever they are). But it’s still pretty cool. John Watson’s Writer is basically a web version of WriteRoom, the Mac app that rips out your entire GUI (not literally, of course, but you get the idea) so you can focus on writing. WriteRoom spawned [...]
Om Malik has an interesting post up about how IM is the “last desktop app standing.” As he says, “the desktop IM clients, popularized by America Online’s AIM are still amongst the most used pieces of software, and have not only survived the Web 2.0 revolution but are thriving.” Om’s post got me thinking [...]