I don't hate books. They feel great to the touch and they keep working no matter how beat up or soggy they get. But they're a huge physical burden en masse and only the technical books have a search function - something in the back called an 'index.' When the Kindle and its kin get high res with colour I will probably stop owning books and ( Read more... )

The computer chip inside camera lenses is a rectangle of picture elements that acts like a bucket brigade with juice instead of water. Each pixel zaps its neighbor and the zap is different if the pixel was excited by light. A wire at the end takes the zaps one at a time and eventually gets the big picture. This passing of zaps from one pixel to ( Read more... )

'How does it help to worship our lord Jesus Christ?'

This was the first indication they gave that our conversation had a religious aspect.

( Dogma and The Doctor )

River says this post has spoilers. ( spoilers herein )

Caption: 18 YEARS LATER ( Read more... )

I met Nicole and her posse this evening to see their entry in Houston's edition of the 48 Hour Film Festival. All the films were conceived and completed last weekend. By decree, all the films featured (1) an unemployed character called Sherman (or Sharon) Brown, (2) a book and (3) the line "there's a two dollar service charge ( Read more... )

Charles II of England: present for you, bro: New Amsterdam.
Duke of York: I love you, man. *sails*

Later, at Coney Island:

Duke of York: Hop it. *brandishes fearsome weaponry*
Peter Stuyvesant: I'll get me coat.
Duke of York: Iiiiiiiiiiii love New Yoooooooork!

Middle o' high school and my family relocated 600 miles. sapphorlando sat me down at his computer and we dialled up a local bulletin board system. We tweeted back and forth with new friends for months until one day we all just threw a party and stopped BBSing ( Read more... )

You can max your browser, put streetview in fullscreen (icon at upper right) and just go for a drive. http://bit.ly/bwNcxt

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