Something that’s bothered me for a long time is how we get to stuff on the internet – URLs. Let’s look at a common example. Say I want to go to Yahoo. I go to my browser’s address bar and type this: http://www.yahoo.com Now let’s break that up into its components: http – a web …
Anne and I have recently discovered that we’ve developed supernatural powers. Me, I have the amazing ability to generate vast amount of static electricity. I’m able to zap people and occasionally make computers reboot just by touching them. Like all superpowers, its power is also a curse. I’ve become afraid to close car doors because …
“Turn it OFF. This affects ALL of us!” – Guy in front of me on a plane, freaking out that some other guy had a cell phone powered on just before landing.
Two very odd but cool things I discovered tonight: Vibrated shear thickening fluids Peep Jousting Isn’t physics fun?
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about immigration and how immigrants are stealing American jobs, particularly high-tech ones. Wired recently published an article about how Indian workers are replacing American workers at lower wages and other “the sky is falling” logic to make us panic. Phooey. Check out this recent Business 2.0 article which includes …
Well, I’m back from my weekend in Syracuse. I’m tired. The only thing worse than getting to the east coast via an hour drive, a 4 hour flight, followed by another one hour flight and an hour and a half drive is doing the whole thing in reverse 36 hours later – against the jet …
I’m intruiged by things with the word “Boulter” in them. Mostly because it’s my last name and it’s fairly uncommon. I even started a website way back when, Everything Boulter to try to collect all the boulter stuff. Not too long ago, I set up a search on eBay to email me anytime things appear …
TiVo finally fulfulled my wishlist for The Goonies. Awesome! What could be better than a movie with Sean Astin (Sam from the Lord of the Rings), Corey Feldman, “Short Round” from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Joe Pantialo from The Sopranos, produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus, has a soundtrack featuring …
I bet you thought that this story from The Onion was a joke. Apparently it’s not any more. Gotta love those search guys. In other Joke-related news, The redesigned Yahooligans! Jokes was launched today, along with the obligatory RSS feed of the daily joke. Get your yuks here. We’ve also got a new logo which …
Clay Shirky’s essays are usually something that ends up in my inbox and I skip over, usually because they’re too long to rip through and move on to other things. Today I tried to make good on my promise to myself to not put things off and read it right away. Dealing with it right …