I have it on good authority that the Earth is currently home to several time travelers from the future. We don’t know they’re here because they dress themselves in period clothing and they’ve printed up enough of our paper money to be able to blend in to their surroundings without raising too many questions. The…

It all started Friday morning when my car wouldn’t start. She’s an ’02 Camry V6, pretty much the most reliable car ever, so this was unexpected! It had been taking two or three seconds to crank the starter lately, whereas it usually takes less than one. Turns out the battery had died so I called…

I’m wearing my Napster t-shirt today. When I wear it people think I’m promoting DRM and online music rentals. Except I’m not. I bought it back when Napster was cool – when there was only one true P2P network. Now Napster is the laughing stock of the online music scene, and I’m stuck with this…

It’s a little late, but Windows Vista hit RTM today. Build 6000.16386 is THE ONE. It launches to ‘Microsoft Partners’ (enterprise customers) November 30th, and to the public at large sometime in January. As a convenience to software pirates, Microsoft is including the five main Vista SKUs on a single disc. This is supposedly to…

Gears of War hits the streets today. I’ve been keeping an eye on this game over the past few months, if only because the PR machine behind it seems unstoppable. I never thought it would be able to live up to all the hype, and I was looking forward to reading all the horrible reviews…

I’ve been spending the past few months trying to mold my Web 1.0 mind into something that can generate valid XHTML 1.1 without thinking twice. For the most part it’s pretty straightforward and I’ve been doing a decent job of it. But you know what sucks? <form> tags are much less flexible than they used…

For two hours every Sunday night, I commit a crime. I watch Discovery Atlas in standard definition. This show is so beautiful and so engrossing that the Discovery Channel is doing it a real disservice by airing it on anything other than their HD channel. Standard definition or no, it’s still a fascinating show that…

Have you seen Stickam yet? It’s just like MySpace, except it lets you embed a live webcam feed into your profile! All you have to do is browse their “Who’s Live?” list, click a profile, and BAM! There’s a live a/v feed of that person staring back at you! I was not expecting this the…

Well last night wasn’t as irritating as I was afraid it would be. I took some advice from Mary Poppins and turned my job into a game! I decided that if I was going to fly solo at Halloween this year I should really pay attention to how many kids come by. That way I’ll…

Halloween was pretty fun when I was a kid. Then I grew up, and I realized that candy’s cheap and I can buy any candy I want, any time I feel like it.When I moved into my own house I started to get excited for Halloween again because I’d actually be on the candy-giving side…