Today after preschool a mom I haven’t seen before is putting her son into her car. She greets Clara effusively as we walk by on the sidewalk: “Oh, hello, sweetheart! I had so much fun talking with your grandma last week!” I look quizzically at the woman. “Actually,” I say, “Clara’s grandma hasn’t be

Funny! Wired News: Game Year in Review: 2010

Clara wanted to read her new book Clara and Asha before bedtime. As I’m bringing it over to the bed, she says, “Next time when I’m a baby, I don’t want you to name me Clara. I don’t like that name any more. I want you to name me something else.” Me: “Oh yeah? What […]

Hypothesis: Over time, BoingBoing and The New York Times will gradually converge in style and coverage, until they are nearly indistinguishable. I’m not as crazy as you may think. For this to happen, the Times would have to start acting more blog-like. Many newspapers and magazines are already doing

Best coverage of a trade show keynote I’ve ever seen. Google Keynote with Robin Williams – Engadget

The following “comment” appeared on one of my posts recently. Bizarrely poetic. Where the heck do they get this stuff? The puissant Lord was somewhat of the form of Vishti.[1828] He besworne in some respects the biscainers of the sub-title, and in some a mass of strong-blooded phenternine. We inspan

Now there’s a hell of a eulogy! “He had a good life,” he said. “He did whatever he wanted to do. He probably didn’t have any natural predators and terrorized the New Mexico seashore.” N.M.’s Largest Crocodile Classified – Yahoo! News

Here’s what it looks like in Pacifica today: rock stacks and surfers!

It does help to be a rocket scientist if you want to build one. A Real Rocket Bike – Popular Science

With geeks like these, who needs the NSA? Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

Jeremy Zawodny points out that Gmail’s spam filtering has gotten pretty good. (Using Gmail as My Spam Filter (by Jeremy Zawodny)) Combine its spam filtering with the ability to download your Gmail messages into an ordinary mail client (like Thunderbird) via POP, and what you’ve got is a pretty kick-

As bloated as I’ve gotten on christmas cookies and candy over the past few weeks, I’ve started yearning for a better snack food. OK, honestly, I’m not all that bloated, despite the huge quantities of delicious treats that our many loving friends and family members sent to us. It’s just that I can’t