January 2008

If I saw this hovering over a bridge in my town, I think I might have a little accident involving my underwear…

"To promote an upcoming monster movie, Sony Pictures installed a holographic rig in Tokyo Bay that projects the monster onto a haze of water. What you're seeing in the video wasn't added after the fact—that's actually what it looks like in real life."

"Most people use a search engine by simply typing a few words into the query box and then scrolling through whatever comes up. Sometimes their choice of words ends up narrowing the search unduly and causing them not to find what they're looking for. More often the end result of the search is a haystack of off-target web pages that must be combed through. You can do better than that, and that's what this page is about."

If you are having trouble falling asleep, perhaps one of more of the 5 Steps to Hacking Your Sleep will get you to dreamland in style.

Got an itch to write that Great American Novel? You'll find help in this list of 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online.

I have got to get one of these T-shirts… it fits so perfectly with my Evil Overlord persona.

Get some cool toys made of cardboard, or make your own cardboard spaceship.

Need something to do? You're bound to find something interesting in this list of 50 Fun Websites.

Former chess champion and renowned eccentric Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland.

Need to put information on your WordPress blog that doesn't qualify as a blog post? Exploring the Pseudo-Static Pages of WordPress discusses the concept of "pages", how to create them, and what they can be used for.

The Linux Alternative Project lists Linux-based alternatives to popular Windows programs. It may not be as hard to switch to Linux as you think.