Uncanny valley

In my experience, shoehorning desktop conventions into web applications rarely ends well. I was never able to articulate exactly why, but the uncanny valley theory goes a long way towards explaining it

Color me amazed

Very, very cool idea. Multicolr Search Lab – Flickr Set

Brain TV

Okay, it is now officially time to be afraid – very, very afraid. Images read from human brain The Yomiuri Shimbun In a world first, a research group in Kyoto … Read More

Fantastic

If you haven’t discovered Daily Dose of Imagery do yourself a treat and add it to your feeds list. This man takes the best photos. His archive is to lose … Read More

Shifting Workload

Interesting that Longmont and Aspen have such an intimate connection… there’s some cultural dichotomy for ya.

Toy OTD

Some outstanding toy photos! Go see.

96%

My site is 96% male. Gender Analyzer said so. Hm. I know of a site that’s only 70% Geez. Grow a pair already.

Making light of dark subjects

A favorite of mine: So Long Mom WWIII song – Tom Lehrer This year we’ve been celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the civil war and the fiftieth anniversary of the … Read More

WordPress Intro

WordPress Intro Static vs Dynamic Purpose of database-driven sites. Advantages and disadvantages of CMS. Other Content Management Systems Thinking Inside the Box WordPress server requirements (PHP, MySQL) Choosing a host. … Read More

Corn Maze Well Worth Visit

Once again those GPS-guided-tractor-drivin folks at Anderson Farms have carved out a fantastic corn maze! Here’s this year’s maze as well as previous years. It’s cheap and fun – go … Read More

The Peter Principle Playoffs

By Sheila Samples We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men~~George Orwell So here we sit, our … Read More

None of that Sissy Crap

Are you tired of those sissy ‘friendship’ poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of … Read More