• InterGalactic Medicine Show

    If you are a fan of science fiction, you should check out Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, which is an anthology of stories from OSC’s web magazine. Two friends of mine have been published there (Ty Franck and Scott Roberts) and would make the compilation well worth it.

  • Google Search Tricks

    You may know some of these already, but Lifehacker has a handy guide for getting more than just your normal search results from Google. Since many of us have Google as our homepages (or use the Google toolbar), it’s a quick and easy way to find out when a movie is playing, check the weather,…

  • 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

    The BBC News site has a list of 100 things we didn’t know last year. Here are some of my favorites: 5. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer. Hmm, exactly the opposite of urine. 17. Two cups of spearmint tea a day…

  • A Post 9/11 Perfect Storm of Overused Words and Phrases

    A yearly list out of Lake Superior State University’s PR department highlights words and phrases they consider overused. Included are the above mentioned ‘perfect storm’ and ‘post 9/11’, as well as ‘x is the new y’ and ‘surge’ (not the drink). I have to apologize, though, as I will continue to throw things under the…

  • 24 ways – Performance On A Shoe String

    Drew McLellan has posted a very good run down of how to improve blog (and general website) performance. It covers caching, outsourcing of feeds, and using something like Amazon’s S3 to host large files, just as an example.

  • GIMP Plugins

    TechZilo has a post with links to more than 40 very useful GIMP plugins.

  • Lifehacker: Update Windows, Linux Style

    Appupdater is a executable that lets you run command line updates for a wide range of applications, going as far back as Windows 98. If you have used the apt or yum package management available in many Linux distros, it works in much the same way. Looks like it could be a real help to…

  • Nanosolar 'Prints' First Flexible Solar Panels

    It really seems like these guys are the real deal, and not one of the many ‘look at this cool tech!’ companies who gather interest (and investors) and disappear to the vaporware wastes with Duke Nukem 4ever and flying cars.

  • Wave Power

    Pacific Gas & Electric with Finavera Renewables for 2 megawatts of power, provided by wave-powered turbines. Here’s a snippet on how the tech works: Finavera makes a device called the Aquabuoy, a buoy connected to a long underwater piston. As the buoy bobs up and down on the waves, it pushes the piston, which pressurizes…

  • Lifehacker's Guide To Free Software And Webapps

    Lifehacker has a roundup for 2007 Free Software and Webapps they have featured (and like). Where applicable, they have linked to many of the guides and screenshot tours of the various apps. As usual, anything missed is pointed out in the comments. Some very useful stuff I need to check out.

  • The Mitchell Report

    Just thought I’d share this. We will need the levity before the bomb drops this afternoon.

  • Child's Play Update

    The boys are nearing their goal, having crossed the $600,000 threshold!. Here’s the previous post if you are not sure what’s going on.

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