One Dome to rule them all…

December 18, 2001 – 12:00 am

You can’t buy better publicity for your movie amoung geeks than to get an MIT hack. The dome has a gold band with ‘elvish’ script running about.

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Obey Kitty!

December 12, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via Allen Baki ] The grey kitten with flashing eyes is our new master. We will do its bidding, and scoop its litter box.
“Oooh. Cuteness and evil in the same package.” — Cyn
“You can leave it running on your computer while you’re away to entertain your cats.” — Allen

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Portrait of the Weblogger as a Photoshop Collage

November 18, 2001 – 12:00 am

Do you think this makes me look phat?

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The iPod Easter Egg

November 2, 2001 – 12:00 am

Even before the iPod has hit the streets, it’s easter egg is out: a game of breakout starts when you press the right keys. According to the Mac Observer, Steve Wozniak wrote the original Breakout for Atari.

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America needs an anthromorphic car.

October 23, 2001 – 12:00 am

Open the door! The automobiles bright future. — slogan from Tokyo auto show
From an early age I’ve strongly favored appliances that talk, teapots that walk, chairs that jitterbug and automobiles that flirt by batting the eyelashes over their headlights. I’ve had an unwavering commitment to topiary ever since I can remember. I’ve always been a [...]

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Totoro goes to Burning Man

September 7, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via the Muted Horn ] You’d think Burning Man was reduced to a bunch of sun-burnt horndogs clutching their 35mms, prowling for grrls in body paint, then along comes a bus full of whimsey.

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Live FRPG in the Bay Area

June 24, 2001 – 12:00 am

A friend turned me on to NERO (New England Role Playing Organization) — it’s live-action role playing gaming. Or all the stuff that I attracted me to the SCA but the SCA wasn’t interested in (what do you mean a wizard’s stave of power with a flash powder charge on top isn’t period?)

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G_D v. G_D

May 21, 2001 – 12:00 am

Who’d win in a fight: Ahura Mazda or Lord Krishna, Eris or Bob Dobbs, Thor or Michael Jackson? There is a war in heaven, and you’re the jury.

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Hands on XSL Tutorial

May 10, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via XML-Dev ] Learning XSLT using markers and construction paper. Really. Working through the exercise, you’ll create a paper representation of a XSLT style sheet, and use it to generate an output tree. Doing this physical example may help you better visualize how a XSLT processor works. In any case, I think it’s cool.

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Astronomers at work or space battle?

May 3, 2001 – 12:00 am

If you ignore the caption on April 25th’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, you’d think it was a still frame from a science fiction movie. From the angle of the photo, the concrete tower of the observatory looks like a spar of battle cruiser. And the ruby red beam of the laser, looks like, well, [...]

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BookCrossing: Read and Release

May 2, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via Lydia Morehouse ] BookCrossing encourages ‘read and release’. You register a book at the site, and record its tracking number in the book. Then you let it loose in the wild by dropping it off in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, or in the seat back pocket on a airliner. You [...]

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Starry Night Saturn

April 25, 2001 – 12:00 am

Erik Zoltán’s Saturn is painted as a reproduction of Van Gough’s “Starry Night”.

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2001 in Seattle

January 3, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via suggestion ] All these worlds are yours — except the Artists’ Republic of Fremont– attempt no landings there.

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Rate my geekiness

November 22, 2000 – 12:00 am

So tell me baby, am I geek or not?

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Fetch! The Movie

October 27, 2000 – 12:00 am

Nina Paley’s animated short “Fetch!” tells the story of a man, his dog, and a ball — and how they lose perspective. It’s a visual treat. The whole film isn’t here, but six scenes worked into film loops. Nick Phelps’ Sprocket Ensemble provide the lively score. And if you donate $100 or more to the [...]

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