I’ve told some of you this before, but ran across this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this weekend, and thought I ought to make it official: don’t trust Microsoft Word’s grammar checker any further than you can spit a semi-literate rat. The article explains how Sandeep Krishnamurthy, an associate professor at the University of Washington, is taking Microsoft to task …
You Like‑a Da Juice?
A quick tech-break for the iPodders in the audience (I know you’re out there…): As our recent band trip may have demonstrated, sometimes (especially with heavy use) the ol’ iPod can leave you a little short on longer trips. There are solutions for this problem, of course, but they’re a little pricey, and these backups also need to be recharged, …
Crafty.
I’ve added a new page to the Extras section, for those times when you’ve got nothing better to do—Papercraft. It’s not really complete yet…it’s just been on the back burner for a while, and I figured I’d at least kick it out, and then work on it some more later. There’s no direct link on the main Extras page yet—I’m …
Nail Loops
Nah, it’s not some annoying pub game—something a little more amazing: Trent Reznor has made NIN’s new single, The Hand That Feeds available as a download formatted for Apple’s GarageBand on NIN’s web site. How cool is that? (Well, not too cool, if you don’t have a Mac, or aren’t interested in messing around with music…but still, it’s a pretty …
nostalgia.google.com
Everybody’s abuzz about Google’s merging of its new (beta) Maps feature with its recently acquired Keyhole satellite mapping products. Folks on Flickr have been making “memory maps,” and I thought it might be fun to do my own. So here it is—my stomping grounds in Charlotte, from about 6th–10th grade. (Things opened out a little after that… :wink:) I put …
He’s Baaaack!
After more than 50 years, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is back on Broadway. The show, featuring Denzel Washington as Brutus, opened Sunday night, and reviews range from the good to the bad and the ugly. If you’d like to take a peek, here are a few pictures I’ve scraped off the Web. (For further reference, you might also like to read …
Cue Ominous Incidental Music…
Heh. Why does this promo video remind me of something you’d see characters watching at the beginning of a sci-fi/adventure flick leading up to robot servants running amok, some terrorist incident erupting, nature going on a rampage, or evil people swiping memories or even body parts? Well, more power to ’em, I suppose. (Reserve your country today?)
Calendar Update
I had some calendar-stuff to take care of, so I updated the school calendar while I was at it. (The others…not so much.) Those of you who’ve been wondering on what day you take which Gateway and such, they’re on there now. As are all the holidays, openings and closings for next year, if you’re thinking that far ahead for …
Sandman.
This clip has been making the rounds lately, and it’s pretty amazing—it’s a performance by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó at the opening ceremony of SICAF 2003 (Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival). He draws everything with sand on a light table, using just his hands to create the shapes. It’s especially cool how he transforms parts of one picture into …
GTA Amherst?
The annual Game Developer’s Conference was held last week in San Francisco, and GameSpy has an interesting report on one of the conference’s more unusual highlights: the Game Designer’s Challenge—where three leading game designers apply their creative whazzit to create a concept for a game based on a, well, unconventional subject. (Gamespy calls it a sort of Iron Chef with …