It’s a sad day of reconciliation for delusional psychopaths in dimly lit basements everywhere who had convinced themselves that they were Deep Throat. Deep Throat, the much speculated character who helped pull tear down the Nixon presidency, was in fact the W. Mark Felt, #2 FBI man at the time. He should get [...]
It would seem a lot of governments and organizations are now marching towards having all of us use our eyes and fingers as our identification. The reasoning is that each person would be born with an ID that’s both integrated and unique.
This seems like a ridiculous plan that ignores not only the injured, who [...]
While waiting in line for the secret festival at the Seattle Internation Film Festival, I noticed a dog in line with the rest of us with his own badge and everything. What did “Buddy” and I see? Sorry, it’s a secret.
The Nintendo DS has a secondary touchscreen for innovative games like Nintendogs and Electroplankton. The PSP has huge screen that’s oh so pretty. If only I could have both in one system.
If Match Game were still on television today, Amy Sedaris would be Charles Nelson Reilly. Amy Sedaris is a comedian and actress, the sister of popular author David Sedaris, the star of the short-lived Comedy Central show Strangers With Candy, and a frequent and amusing guest of Conan O’Brian and David Letterman. For [...]
I’ve lived in New York a number of times, but this last trip back taught me three new things. Trying to find your way around North Riverside is like navigating a David Lynch movie. If you move to Brooklyn and your friends are in Manhattan, you might as well just move to the [...]
This week Jeopardy had a clue that was about Firefox.
On a nice afternoon in Union Square Park, with people heading to work and walking their dogs and meeting friends, this guy was comfortable and relaxed as he worked his way across the park by pushing himself around backward on a rolling office chair with his feet. Amusing at first, until you realize that [...]
Walking around in the evening, my friends and I cam upon a section where the sidewalk simply went away. Looking down, there was a structured hole that went roughly five stories down. You often hear about the layers of city below the sidewalk, but to see an amazing pit below you is startling. [...]
Vladimir Cole over at Engadget / Joystiq got a “big scoop” by finding out that the prototype Nintendo showed doesn’t even have a working disc drive. Despite the fact that he uses the word “prototype” he seems only somewhat aware of what it may mean. I could cut a controller design out of [...]
