Things added in April, 2004
Corsoft Aileron
You wouldn't put Wal-Mart tires on your Ferrari, so why are you using substandard software on your high-end PDA? Yet that's just what many people are doing by using the default e-mail ...
Franklin MDM Audio Translator
Sci-fi humorist Douglas Adams envisioned the ultimate interpreter: the Babel fish, a bright yellow, leechlike creature that, once inserted into your ear, would provide you with instant translations from any tongue. Franklin's ...
PalmOne Tungsten W
True information addicts will never be satisfied with the puny screens on most smart phones. Even at high resolution, a 2-inch display just won't cut it for reading news, checking stock charts, ...
Kyocera Finecam SL300R
For all their advantages over film, digital cameras still can't match 35mm SLRs in one key area: speed. Nearly every digital camera has some degree of shutter lag, the annoying and often ...
Chen Style Taijiquan.
My Taijiquan teacher, Mark Chen, has written a book: Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan. It's a terrific introduction to the principles, techniques, philosophy, and history of Taijiquan (aka Tai Chi Chuan). ...
Martha for President.
Spotted just outside Santa Rosa, a hand-lettered cardboard sign tacked to a telephone pole:Martha Stuart for President!
Mr. Grumbles.
There's this guy on my block who is always walking around, grumbling and growling and laughing to himself. He's tall, his hair is wild, and he walks around with his eyes cast ...
Motorcycling through Chernobyl.
Amazing photos of Chernobyl today, by a Ukrainian woman who likes to bike through the area on her 147hp Kawasaki Ninja.
No joke.
Note to Google: Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to launch Gmail on April 1.Note to Slashdot, BoingBoing, Engadget, and nearly every other tech blog: Running fake stories for April ...