March 05, 2005
Video travelogues using someone's fingers, water color cutouts and a sense of humor
Sensationally funny stuff.
March 04, 2005
Conspiracy Schoolhouse Rock! (mpg file)
From an old Saturday Night Live (though it's apparently been pulled out of that show's reruns -- ah ha!)
Are you tired of Outlook launching IE even though Firefox is your preferred brower? Me too
"Us, a monopoly? What makes you say that?"
March 02, 2005
Remember the Rubik's Cube? Here's a working calendar built from one
The site's fascinating. Here's another cool cube: Fun · Rubik's Professor Cube · Pretty Patterns
February 28, 2005
Los Angeles Times: Bono for the World Bank presidency
That would ROCK! Also, we wouldn't have to worry about another fading music group.
Sadly, Cedric Menard, the developer of the Mac iTunes-extender, Sofa, died recently
If his software had been open-source, it could have carried on in perpetuity. As it is, my most-loved iTunes add-on will now eventually have to be replaced. The site is already down, for "legal reasons," says his site's host, which I fully understand.
It's especially sad, because whenever I used Sofa, I thought about Cedric, with whom I'd emailed. Few software developers think about this horizon when they decide how to license their work, but I think it's worth pondering.
The Dummies company has 194 books already scheduled for 2005
They include: Divorce For Dummies, Cooking For Crowds For Dummies, Exercise Balls for Dummies, the enigmatic Training for Dummies and my personal favorite, Einstein For Dummies.
