My Sicilian Adventure
Last week was spent traveling Italy’s football, or as the locals call it, Sicily. The girlfriend and I traveled from Copenhagen to Rome to Catania, the eastern part of Sicily, where we logged into a hotel. A taxi trip from the airport and to our hotel turned out to be not as cheap as we’d [...]
Ringworld & Ringworld Engineers Mini-Reviews
Reviews are spoilerfree but beware of comments.
During a trip to Sicily last week, I read the first two books set in Larry Nivens _Ringworld_ space epos.
Obama For President
In a little over four weeks, there will be a new tenant in the white house. This tenant will get the nuclear codes, so who you pick is of global interest. If you’re reading this and you’re undecided or going to vote republican, I’d like to try and convert you.
Turn Firefox Into A Chrome Clone: Misunderstood Usability
Lifehacker has an article on how you make your Firefox browser look just like Google Chrome using a few extensions. While the article really speaks to the adaptability of Firefox—the results are a close match—there’s one feature about Chrome they failed (or forgot) to replicate.
Chrome has sacrificed the browsers titlebar in favor of pushing [...]
Register To Vote [Updated]
US unregistered voters now only have two days left to register to vote. If you’re one of them, get off your ass and register! According to Google, 10% of nonvoters in 2004 didn’t vote because they didn’t know where to go. What do we do when we can’t find our way? We find a map.
Another [...]
Algorithm Ink
Algorighm Ink is an open source JavaScript and Canvas project that’ll let you make illustrations in your browser by simply jotting down simple code. Google recently made something similar, Top Draw.
You’ve Been Left Behind
Come the Rapture, the true believers will ascend to the heavens and us godless creatures will be left behind. If you believe that, you might want to apply for the services of You’ve Been Left Behind. The service, which is subscription based, lets the true believers store personal messages to the friends they do not [...]