Ironwolf

I have enjoyed juggling around 25 years now, and one of the first questions people always ask me is, “How many balls can you juggle?” For me the answer is five, and getting to a stable five-ball cascade has been a long process. I’d still like to learn some decent tricks with five, but a […]

Personal Video Recorders, like Tivo, let people timeshift content to match their best viewing times. We are now entering the age of heavy video content on the Internet, and so far there hasn’t been an easy and free way to acquire, view, and manage it all. But thanks to the people at the non-profit Participatory […]

Someone has to stand up for freedom. This time it sure ain’t US.

Julian Beever creates his pavement art from chalk. The startling three-dimensionality of his work can only be seen correctly from a single perspective— a process called anamorphism.

“Robert McNally’s jokish God quiz vexes pewful.” (38 letters)

Pangrams are cool— why not try creating your own “personal pangram?” Include your name, and say something about yourself in as few letters as possible, and using every letter of the alphabet at least once.

I believe this Multi-Touch Interaction Research points to the future of human-computer interaction. The QuickTime video is a must-see.

George Carlin has been an inspiration for me since my teens. Not content to simply continue collecting hilarious sexual euphemisms in the service of free speech, Carlin has continued to become a voice of outrageous reason for atheism and self-determination (link to 11-minute MP3).
I just found this wonderful bit he did last year for Mad […]