February 2008

"WE ARE THE BORG. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN."

And so it begins…

via Pure Pedantry

Feeling cheap? Check out this list of 23 Surprising Things You Can Get for Free.

"Monkey On Your Back is your to-do list for things that you want other people to do. Create a monkey for each task you want to delegate to someone else. We'll send that person email reminders about the task, and email you a reminder when the deadline for the task has expired."

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die…"

I see this and I think, "hollandaise sauce". I'm a sick, sick puppy…

Over at PC World, Matt Peckham has a great overview of the winners and finalists at the 2007 and 2008 Independent Games Festival.

The Great Bird of the Galaxy smiles upon us. All three seasons of the original Star Trek are available — free! — for online viewing.

Got a PC, but what you really need right now is a stopwatch? Online Stopwatch is just the thing.

via Tech Savvy Educator

Reclaim Memory by Mastering Windows' Task Manager: "While a lot of programs claim to optimize memory use and pare down processes, Windows' built-in Task Manager can do the job just fine, given the right tools and know-how. Today you'll extend and empower Windows' Task Manager to speed up your system by cutting out unnecessary memory hogs."

60+ Killer Open Courseware Collections for Web Designers is a giant list of open courseware centered on computer graphics design and the Web.

I am quite certain that each of my brothers has said this about me at one time or another. And I can't blame them…
 

via I Can Has Cheezburger?

The Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules can be applied to great effect by everyone, not just art students. A sampling:

4) Consider everything an experiment.

5) Be self-disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.

6) Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.