Rough Drafts

Ron Avitzur got laid off from his job as a software consultant at Apple in 1993. But he refused to […]

William Alwyn Bentley spent four decades around the turn of the century — the last century — photographing snowflakes. He

A spooky looking me, from the Mobile PC moblog.

U. Pittsburgh Linguist Scott Kiesling has researched how young Americans use the word “dude:” … the four-letter word has many

Skeletal systems of cartoon characters by Michael Paulus. Eerie!

“Jesus stated the wise principle that one should ‘calculate the expense’ before undertaking an important project. (Luke 14:28) Can that

Scot’s blog turned me on to the Baggertransport 2001, an enormous, countryside-devouring, strip-mining behemoth. The photo gallery is awesome–picture after

Yesterday I interviewed Tim Leatherman, the guy who invented Leatherman tools. Yes, there really is a Mr. Leatherman! He is

Underground city? No, it’s a storm drain project somewhere in Japan. (via Anil Dash)

Kids! Put these on your textbooks! This textbook contains material on gravity. Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding