- Space Invaders Quilt
This would be freaking awesome. I’m going to try to talk my mother-in-law into making one for me.
Tags: quilt, video, games, space, invaders - Secret Rooms
I want one.
Tags: architecture, secret, hidden, room, doorway, bookcase - Video: HD Trailers for Frank Miller’s 300
Holy god. This looks exactly the way I hoped it would. This movie is going to rule.
Tags: video, movies, trailer, 300, frankmiller, spartans, sparta, persians, persia - No Serenity Sequel
Joss has spoken: "There’s no sequel, no secret project regarding Serenity or somesuch and I’m not even sure how anyone thought there was talk there. …So let’s put that to bed and smother it with a pillow."
Tags: serenity, firefly, sequel, scifi, movies, josswhedon - Widon’t
Clever solution to an irritating problem.
Tags: wordpress, plugins, typography, window, plugin - Google Analytics and Feedburner Reports plugin for WordPress
Check your web stats from Google Analytics and Feedburner right in WordPress.
Tags: wordpress, plugin, google, analytics, feedburner, statistics, stats, plugins - Automatic pullquotes with JavaScript and CSS
Clever technique - I’m going to use it on my site.
Tags: javascript, css, pullquote, blockquote, webdesign, standards - Lights go off in Iceland, clouds dim sky for star gazers
Amazing idea - I wish we could do it here. (via Kottke)
Tags: astronomy, iceland, stars, lightpollution, environment, light, space - Scab
Falkner Wines copied the design from the Joyent/Cork’d sites, and then denied it all. Which wouldn’t be very interesting except that Greg Storey from Airbag wrote this great article on the design process, and why it matters when someone steals your work.
Tags: falkner, joyent, corkd, airbag, gregstorey, webdesign, design, copyright, ripoff, theft, css, piracy, wine - Elevator Floor Illusion
Afraid of heights? You might want to avoid this elevator.
Tags: elevator, art, installation, illusion, design - Hellboy Two
The second Hellboy movie will feature Johann and killer robots, and will be different (hopefully better) than the first.
Tags: hellboy, movies, rumors, deltoro, johann, killer, robots - It’s Like Raaay-ee-aaaayn, On Your Wedding Day…
The definition of Irony.
Tags: irony, fire - Mathematical probability
"I can guarantee that there is more than one woman out there who would read about you doing that and nod vigorously because their men are just as predictable."
Tags: dooce, breasts, bath, humor, gender, men, women - 7 Reasons Why Dead Rising Is So Gay
Fruit Brute from GayGamer got a video up on MTV about why Dead Rising is gay. Hilarious. (via Kotaku)
Tags: gay, game, video, deadrising, zombies, 360, xbox, microsoft - Dashalytics: A Google Analytics Widget For Your OSX Dashboard
Beautiful. Based on a similar widget for Mint, this one displays your stats from Google Analytics.
Tags: apple, dashboard, widgets, google, analytics, macintosh, free, mac - Software Developers…. or SuperHeroes?
"When we’re not writing code, the pMachine gang likes to entertain small children."
Tags: funny, pmachine, photo - Waterboarding
In case you, like me, were curious about what this "Waterboarding" torture method everyone has been talking about lately is, here you go. As expected, it’s horrifying and Bush wants to be allowed to use it.
Tags: politics, war, torture, bush, us - Amazon Unbox to customers: Eat shit and die
Buying movies from Amazon Unbox may not be a good idea.
Tags: amazon, unbox, movies, drm, privacy, security - How to Buy a Private Island
"If you’re one of the many who longs to steal away to a secluded hideaway but have dismissed the idea of island ownership as being only for billionaires and castaways, buying a private island may not be as outrageous as you think."
Tags: howto, realty, land, island, private, purchase - Printing the web
Great article about print stylesheets.
Tags: css, standards, print, stylesheets, typography, design, layout, tutorial, howto, webdesign - Blog skin tutorial for Community Server
Basic tutorial on how to create a blog skin for Community Server. Technically, this is written for 1.0, but the techniques still apply.
Tags: community, server, communityserver, skins, templates, telligent, cs, howto, tutorial - 50 Percent?!
Apparently, the Air Force is going to ask 40,000 to leave the service by 2011. (Note that the 50% from the title refers to members of his year group, not the AF as a whole.)
Tags: air, force, us, military, army, cutbacks, layoffs, downsizing - iTunes Smart Playlists
How to create a set of smart iTunes playlists that help you avoid hearing the same music over and over again. I use these playlists every day at work.
Tags: itunes, smart, playlist, music, ipod, mp3, howto, tips







Wow, I never expected to see one of my journal entries on here. :-)
October 8th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
300 looks awesome. Nice choice of music too, that definitely hooked me and the title kind of fits too.
October 12th, 2006 at 7:57 pm