Things added in December, 2004
Snowflake museum.
William Alwyn Bentley spent four decades around the turn of the century -- the last century -- photographing snowflakes. He worked in snowstorms, collecting flakes on a blackboard and then carefully ...
Dude!
U. Pittsburgh Linguist Scott Kiesling has researched how young Americans use the word "dude:"... the four-letter word has many uses: in greetings (``What's up, dude?''); as an exclamation (``Whoa, Dude!''); commiseration ...
Do I Need a Mobile Phone?
"Jesus stated the wise principle that one should 'calculate the expense' before undertaking an important project. (Luke 14:28) Can that principle be applied to mobile phones? Certainly."Young People Ask... Do I ...
Baggertransport 2001.
Scot's blog turned me on to the Baggertransport 2001, an enormous, countryside-devouring, strip-mining behemoth. The photo gallery is awesome--picture after picture of the metal monster roaming the German countryside, terrorizing ...
Mr. Leatherman.
Yesterday I interviewed Tim Leatherman, the guy who invented Leatherman tools. Yes, there really is a Mr. Leatherman! He is still running his company, based in Portland, OR. He's a very ...
Fisher FVD-C1 Pocket CameraCorder
The Fisher FVD-C1 Pocket CameraCorder's unusual shape tips you off that something went terribly wrong in the design studio at Sanyo (Fisher's parent company). The concept is good: Pair a decent 3.2-megapixel ...
Panasonic SV-AV100 D-snap
A little thicker than a box of Altoids, the D-snap packs video recording and still-photo capabilities into a package small enough to fit in a pants pocket or behind a potted plant. ...