Lesser known editing marks: Geist: Comix (via India, Ink)… Read the rest
Month: December 2006 (Page 2 of 3)
A big-screen plasma TV would look pretty sweet hanging on your living room wall, wouldn’t it? But unless you want to start drilling holes and pulling cable, you’re going to have an unsightly additional feature: A black HDMI cable snaking down from the flat-panel to your HD-DVD, Blu-Ray player, or set-top box.… Read the rest
On the political compass, I fall in the “lefty libertarian” quadrant — not far from the Dalai Lama. In AD&D terms, I think that means “chaotic good.”
Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/ Authoritarian: -6.15
Political Compass Questionnaire… Read the rest
I may be way off base here, but isn’t Ms. Dewey uncannily similar to Microsoft’s earlier pathetic attempt at humanizing the computer, Clippy? Sure, one is a babe, and the other is a cartoon paperclip. But work with me here: They both have a pretentious, officious manner.… Read the rest
I’m Emperor Norton, it seems. Rum and Monkey: The Historical Lunatic Test… Read the rest
A small but growing collection of short, useful how-to videos from PC Magazine: PCMagCast Video… Read the rest
The solution to global warming? Nuclear winter! Climate scientists to discuss the chilling consequences of nuclear war… Read the rest
“The glorious thing about the Internet is that it allows us to aggregate the combined stupidity of literally millions of people:” Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)… Read the rest
The first installment in a series of short (2-3 minute) how-to videos from PC Magazine and PCMagCast, starring yours truly. In this video, I show you how to get rid of that animated puppy that pops up when you’re searching for files on a Windows XP machine.… Read the rest
“News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.” —Lord Northcliffe
By that measure, there are mighty few true news reporters in tech publishing right now. Declan McCullough, certainly; Kim Zetter‘s coverage of e-voting machines also qualifies.… Read the rest