Obvious Diversion

Today, I leave Spanish Harlem for the Left Coast, cat in tow. Officially, I’m moving for work reasons, but unofficially it’s so I can vote in a swing state.

I’m about to turn the corner while walking around today. I hear an approaching car horn being pushed permanently. A second later, the source of the sound comes into full view: a yellow cab flying down the street at an incredible speed followed immediately by a second car, the driver clearly angry, one hand on [...]

The news has hit the fan that Sun Microsystems, in its $2 Billion US settlement with Microsoft, has protected its for-pay StarOffice from patent-based lawsuits lodged by Microsoft, but has thrown OpenOffice to the wolves. First discovered by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the agreement concludes that both companies will not sue each other for any patent [...]

I purchased a cheap duffel bag the other day to help with the move, and it contained a single piece of cardboard with the following print on it. Do parents generally put large pieces of cardboard into the crib with their newborn?

I can’t quite say why, but I love the design of the box for Late July Crackers. I thought enough of the design that I actually took the empty box over to a friend’s apartment to show him, and he looked at me like I was crazy. For the record, I’m not crazy. I just [...]

Google Images, a service from the lovely people of Google, allows you to search for images in much the same way you use ‘regular’ Google Search to find text. It’s a simple idea, but it’s implementation doesn’t work well. How It Does Work With any of Google’s technologies, we’re left to making easy assumptions and [...]

I’m the gift that keeps on moving. For the third time in my life, I will soon be a resident of Seattle. I’ve moved quite a bit over the years, in my formative years due to my mothers vocation and in my adult years for both work and the adventure of it. The current count [...]

I have six apple stickers in sheets of two. They’re the kind that come with an Apple system and they’ve just been gathering dust. If anyone wants one, let me know and I’ll drop them in the mail courtesy of your friendly Internet neighbor. On a related note, I also have a bunch of Gmail [...]

I have noticed on occasion some sites choosing their palette by finding a base color and deriving two or more additional colors from it that are roughly the same color in a lighter or darker shade. I often find these sites pleasant to look at but difficult to use over time. Sure, all the colors [...]

Vazu, a company near and dear to my heart, has released something I’ve been anxiously awaiting: Vazu Click. It’s a tiny plugin for Internet Explorer that does two very cool things: You can send a phone number on any web page as a contact to your mobile phone You can highlight any text on any [...]