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Once again, those bastards at Apple lead the way to my wallet through my sense of "Cool!!!"

remove all credit cards before clicking this linkSuper-duper thin macbook, completely wireless, with optional solid-state drive. This ad doesn't tout it, but this sucker has got to be super light as well... It's those touchpad getures that are making me ( Read more... )

steam-punk stars, in lego!At first, I said "Oh, awesome!", the designs are definitely amazing, and they demonstrate exactly the kind of creativity that I find difficult but find so fascinating. But something bothered me as I looked at them: they are made of plastic! I would argue that one of the defining elements of steampunk is that there is no ( Read more... )

Link to an article about the differences between a High Achiever, Gifted Kearner and a Creative Thinker. I find it both interesting and personally gratifying to see creativity and "giftedness" being studied. I read "The Gifted Adult", which was interesting, but felt like more of a tease (or possibly a come-on to series a seminars) than a complete ( Read more... )

After opening presents, and comparing our (very different!) family traditions towards Christmas, The Pretty Girl and I went to see Sweeney Todd. Good movie, but probably the best part of the experience (as opposed to watching it at home on DVD, say) was as the lights came up some lady a couple rows away piped up "Merry Christmas!"

Indeed.

Oh, I slay myself:


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The original coffee-cup chandelier/spoon panel:


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Once again, I am irresitably intrigued by what Kevin Kelly has to say. Or perhaps more accurately, the things that he scoops up from the interwebs and comments on. Which is sort of what I am doing here. (am I cool yet? "as long as you have to ask that question, the answer is no" Damnit!)

when kids design their own laptops

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Pink Steel (you have imagine the umlauts)

an review of the debut album from Pink Steel, entitled Out At The Devil.

(a note for the cautious: the review is SFW, but the carrying site is not. boobies may apear in sidebar ads)