On my birthday last Saturday Tammy surprised me with an awesome home-made card that announced my gift: This weekend we’re taking the Walk in Walt’s Footsteps tour, a fact-fest full of anecdotes and minutia about the construction of Disneyland for a historical maniac like myself. I’ve heard good things about it, so I’m pumped! What…

So there are these mysterious shortwave radio frequencies in use worldwide called “Numbers Stations.” They usually broadcast a single voice reading off strings of numbers for just a few minutes each day, sometimes preceeded by a short clip of music. Let me tell ya dude, those broadcasts sound positively spooky if you don’t know what…

Nintendo today announced two new colors for the GBA SP in America. How awesome is that red one? My silver one doesn’t seem quite so cool anymore!

I’ll be on an airplane tomorrow and gone most of the weekend, so I might as well say this now:

Here’s a really interesting interview with Kenichi Sugino, the man behind the Game Boy Advance and the Game Boy Advance SP. You don’t often see hardware designers interviewed.

Funny things I’ve just been sent: Proof that nobody cares who signs your credit card recipts, as long as something’s scribbled there. Video of some kids pulling a Jackass-ish stunt with hilarious results. (5mb mpeg) And here’s a great commercial for a gym.

I’ve found that it’s pretty hard to give feedback to any company that makes anything you might buy. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m still looking for a regular (non-split) USB keyboard with a built-in USB hub and no stupid ‘multimedia’ or ‘productivity’ buttons. Apparently they just don’t exist. I tried to let…

It looks like Universal’s spending the money that Disney is afraid to. Indiana Jones may soon lose its title as coolest theme park ride in southern California! “Revenge Of The Mummy” will open simultaneously at Universal’s Florida and California parks in 2004, and it sounds awesome: Utilizing engineering techniques gleaned from the Mars robotic range…

How much does it suck that Voodoo Extreme sold out to IGN? Well maybe by the time I click through all of these advertisements I’ll be able to tell you.

Ever wonder what the stars of NPR look like? Now you can find out.