Archive for March, 2007

The Bergen Mall in New Jersey

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Here’s a fun little 9min documentary about the strange Bergen Mall in New Jersey.

Jenny Jo Oakley

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Jenny Jo Oakley is a pretty amazing artist who draws, paints and composes music.
Check out her site.

Pianolina Machine

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

This Pianolina is pretty fun to play with. If you like random yet rhythmical sound arrangements and general “oddball” music like I do, check this out.
How could you not like experimental piano?

One step closer to Blade Runner…

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

The blimp.
The Lightship Group, working with Hi-Tech Electronic Displays, has announced the A-170 Video Lightsign Airship. The airship’s amazing 2,100-square-foot sign (that’s 30×70 feet) is mounted on the side of an A-170 airship.
Check it out here…

Lizards Evolved into Snakes?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Maybe. Like the Flounder and some Lungfish and Mudskippers a fossil has been found which seems to link two animals together in mid-change.
A lizard with stubs for arms could be a link between lizards and snakes. Or it could just be a one-off birth defect.

3-Day Novel Contest

Monday, March 26th, 2007

If you thought writing a novel in 30 days for NanoWrimo was tough, try the 3-Day Novel contest.
More info HERE and HERE.

Folding@Home on the PS3

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Folding@Home runs on the PS3 and no matter how you look at it that just plain freaking rocks.
If you have a PS3…install it and maybe you’ll get back some of that karma you lost on GameFaqs, or at the very least maybe it’ll help you out when you’re old or your children are ill. Think […]

Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Google Docs & Spreadsheets is actually a pretty spiffy thing.
It’s worth checking out and playing with at least.

Nano = Death! Or so they’d have you believe…

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Two groups of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute say that if nano…stuff, carbon nanotubes really only I guess, gets loose in the wild we’re all doomed…sorta…maybe.
I think they read this too many times.

Cat vs Mac Security

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

So there’s this thread at Apple.com about a cat that apparently circumvents the screensaver lock and messes with things on the Mac. Other than people getting in via SSH or something people in the now locked thread are stumped.
While I didn’t read the 6+ page thread I suspect the solution to the mystery may […]