I decided to make some quick-n’-dirty desktop images from today’s big Mars photo. I use two monitors, so there’s a 2560×1024 version there too. Some people prefer a big sky, others like lots of land. Take your pick. It’s the photographic “rule of thirds” in action! 2560×1024 | 1600×1200 | 1280×1024 (Windows)1152×768 (Mac) 2560×1024 |…

The highest-resolution image ever taken of another planet’s surface was posted on NASA’s site today. The Martian horizon is an 8 megabyte jpg with a resolution of 3498×3851. It’s weird how the media is getting so excited about this current mission, especially considering that they got just as excited back in 1997 for the Mars…

I’ve noticed a trend in video game ownership that I will henceforth refer to as “Brett’s Law.” It states “The more video games one possesses, the fewer they will actually play, and the ones that they do play will rarely be played to completion.” I first noticed this back in the days of NES cartridges….

Back to work! I had a nice two-weeker of a vacation. I try to take two weeks off every year for Christmas/New Years, even if I don’t have any plans to leave town. It reminds me of being in school, which honestly wasn’t all that fun, but at least I always had that two week…

Today’s high-resolution desktop images of space are brought to you by Robert Gendler.

I took the last two weeks off of work and it’s been fun. Here’s some links you might be interested in if you live in Southern California like me: * SigAlert.com lets you check freeway conditions. (If you don’t see a map, hit back in your browser and click the link again.) * California ISO’s…

Does your car have OnStar? If so, you’re probably driving a GM vehicle, and are therefore probably not smart enough to take it apart!

Hey, the house next to ours is for sale! If you’re looking for a nice little three bedroom/two car garage with great neighbors, have I got a deal for you! I’m actually not sure how much it costs, but you’d be living next to Brett and Tammy, so I think it’d be a bargain at…

Sure, Dish Network and DirecTV offer some HDTV channels, but a new upstart satellite provider, VOOM, seems to specialize in HDTV. Unlike the competition, however, VOOM doesn’t appear to subsidize equipment costs. A dish, off-air antenna, one receiver, and professional installation will run you $750. And no, that’s no typo! It really is seven hundred…

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