I was working on a solving a Rubik’s cube a few days ago. I was never a speed-solver, but way back when Rubik’s Cubes were popular, I had a couple and learned how to solve them. Unfortunately, I had forgotten a crucial move or two, and had to look it up. I […]
Found on www.menshealth.com: Don’t Look, Just Leap. It’s a list of 17 things you’ve probably never done, but should. I’m partial to #7: Disagree with the person you fear most.
Apparently, September 18th is Quit Your Job Day.
Here is a good tutorial for retouching and touching up poor source material for beauty: Photo Touchup. The tutorial shows each and every step. Have a look at the before and after shots:
This article is a good introduction: Web design for the Sony PSP.
Finally, hope that there are women out there that get it: Dating an Apple Developer
I dunno, but this seems to look OK on paper, and in practice (but no oysters), it seems to work too: Eat the following 10 foods to boost your testosterone.
If you had to choose only one, which would you choose: A Charlie Brown Christmas, or Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
For bonus points, in Rudolph there is a doll on the Island of Misfit Toys. What is wrong with her and why is she there?
Some of the best Hubble Space Telescope images are available here: The European Homepage For The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. If I had to pick a single favorite, it would be this one: a perfect storm of turbulent gases. The image spans 3 light years. Keep in mind that it doesn’t actually […]
The Ten Rules for Web Startups don’t just apply to web-based startups, they also apply to any business that is starting from almost nothing.
I’m at my 3rd real startup now, the 4th if you count an internally-funded startup inside a Fortune 100 company, and all of these rules apply. All startups that I have […]
You know the sound that goes with the THX logo at the movie theater? Here’s more about it: The THX Sound [via musicthing.blogspot.com].
I’ve been trying to decide if I should update my Sony PSP from firmware rev 1.52 up to 2.0 so that I can use the web browser, and then downgrade so that I could still run homebrew. Unfortunately, I don’t want to turn it into a glossy black brick. One of the better […]
Given I’m hooked on flickr, and a linux geek, it was inevitable that I would eventually discover flickrfs. Great idea.
Engadget has a good collectionof initial Xbox 360 coverage here: Xbox 360 coverage roundup!
I have to agree with Joystiq’s review of Geometry Wars. In early October at iNDIEGAMESCON 2005 I played it. It looked great, and it was fun.
The procedural imagery over at complexification.net is most excellent. He builds his toys with Processing. Must investigate further…