Rough Drafts

What does your computer do when it’s asleep? Well, if you’re the giving type, it might be searching for intelligent […]

One of the first magazines I can remember subscribing to (apart from Cricket and Ranger Rick) was Creative Computing. I

bali_water_temple_statue, uploaded by crderivative. Listened this week to an amazing talk by anthropologist Stephen Lansing‘s talk on Bali at the

Not exactly for dummies, actually, but for beginners: Next week I’ll be hosting a webcast on how to select and

Here’s a 5-minute video showing what happens when a laptop battery ignites: It sets off a chain reaction, where successive

This is kind of cool: TextMarks is a service that lets you create your own custom SMS quick-response codes. People

Not because of my bluegrass banjo-pickin’ talent, but because I’ve just been selected to go take part in The Climate

This morning the poll workers in San Mateo offered me a choice of voting on a traditional paper ballot, or

For the past year I’ve been toting around a USB drive that has a folder full of portable applications, such

Ever notice those “Free Speech Zones” that the authorities put up outside political conventions, trade summits, embassies, and basically anywhere