I read a post over at Dawn Armfield’s blog today that resonated with me. It’s about one’s online identity, and whether you’re comfortable enough to be yourself even when you can be someone else. If you read my blog regularly, I think you pretty much know where I stand on that. I write in first [...]
» Go to this postLast night was the first time Ligia and I saw this delightful movie (IMDB). I regret not seeing it earlier. I remember the ads on TV back when it came out. I hadn’t read the book by Roald Dahl, nor did I know the story was written by him until I watched the featurette included [...]
» Go to this postThe Japanese have come up with a swimming snake robot:
Ronald Mallett is a university professor and a physicist. He believes time travel is possible, has a theory about how it can be done, and is working on a time machine:
The first dynamically-balanced robot, Dexter, learns to walk:
Here’s another robot, called Murata Boy, that can ride [...]
» Go to this postAs I checked my traffic stats over the past few days, I noticed a steady stream of traffic to my reviews of the WD My Book World and Pro Edition II hard drives. I was pleasantly surprised, but couldn’t figure out why. Other than publishing the reviews on my blog, I hadn’t done any sort [...]
» Go to this postThis is Part Two of a mini-series on microblogging services such as Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce. You can read Part One here.
I promised you yesterday that I’d continue to discuss microblogging services in today’s post, and in particular, to show you how I use them to promote my own content and that of other bloggers.
First, [...]
When Twitter came on the scene, no one knew quite what to make of it. “What’s the point?” was the most frequently asked question. When Jaiku got started about the same time, people again asked that same question. When Pownce got started recently, I was the one asking that question. As a matter of [...]
» Go to this postLigia and I relaxed at home tonight, and we watched “The Awful Truth” again. I think this was the third or fourth time I saw it, and I love it more and more each time. I can’t help it, the acting’s so good, the screenplay’s amazing, the filming is fantastic, and the direction is just [...]
» Go to this postI’m not really into motorsports, but I understand there’s a big Formula One race going on in Europe this weekend. I admire the capabilities of the F1 cars, and I thought I’d post a few racing-related videos. Enjoy!
The best video is up first. Ari Vatanen climbs Pike’s Peak in a Peugeot 405 T16. This is [...]
A few days ago, I announced a free book giveaway. The book was Java I/O, 2nd Edition, by Elliotte Rusty Harold (my review). All you had to do to qualify was to leave a comment on that post with your thoughts about ComeAcross — what you liked, what you didn’t like. There were only two [...]
» Go to this postJust finished watching “My Favorite Wife” (1940), and found it so much better than its remake, “Move Over, Darling” (1963). The thing is, I watched the 1963 version first, so I wasn’t prejudiced against it by the original. Yet after watching the original tonight, there is no doubt that I prefer it. Ligia and [...]
» Go to this postLess than a month ago, I reviewed the WD My Book World Edition II, a NAS device from Western Digital, and I promised that I’d also review the My Book Pro Edition II, which I also bought. Here are my thoughts.
Updated 12/13/2007: Before I say anything else, I need to discourage you strongly [...]
I’ve got a whole bunch of new computer books that I’ve reviewed, and I realized I’m not using most of them. But I know there are people out there who need them. So, I thought I’d hold a free book giveaway. That’s right, it’s FREE. But you will need to pick the shipping method and [...]
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The seller was going to send it by priority mail but I requested...