Robot art, this is another subject that is going to require a full blown post (rather than this linky post) at some point in the future. I need a future posts page! Or at least to enter these on Twitter.
This is the kind of creativity that can be practiced virtually anywhere, given the tools and [...]

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OMG I Want. I have the Manga so these things are cool. I like these models and I need to do a full post on them at some point, they are so … erm, well crafted.

High school is a battle - and the student bodies of the 7 schools in Tokyo know it. Rival schools [...]

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I love these huge free ebooks that come out where one geek imparts the depth of knowledge that only geekery allows. This time it is for Star Wars:
How exactly did George Lucas develop the script for the first Star
Wars? Why were the prequels so uneven when the originals were so good?
Did he really have a [...]

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I knew about the memory limit in Windows XP before I went ahead and upped the memory in my Mac from 2GB to 4GB. I just knew that XP would not manage to cope with 4GB even though the limit on 32bit (standard) Windows XP is 4GB. This is because, in Microsoft’s words:
The physical address [...]

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37 queued posts. I need to actually start publishing something at some point.

Tags: art

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Create online checklists with checkser. When you’ve made them, share them out for others to use. I’m something of a checklist fan, so I appreciate this website, even if I’m late to the party. So what checklists already exist?
Setting up a blog
Facebook Closure
Moving Home
Self Management
Divorce
Cosplay
How to review a book
Home Buyer Checklist
Things to do when buying [...]

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Tell them what you are going to say.
Say what you intend to say.
Tell them what you just said.
MIT prof Patrick Winston gives an infamous annual talk called “How to Talk,” a lecture on how to give good lectures. It’s open to students and, apparently the public. This 1999 version of the talk (pre-Powerpoint!) is filled [...]

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Wired has a nice piece on the state of Privacy in America - expect none under Bush.
President Bush has failed to nominate candidates for a congressionally empowered privacy board intended to police anti-terrorism programs.
Photo: AP / Monsivais
The Bush administration has failed to nominate any candidates to a newly empowered privacy and civil-liberties commission. This leaves [...]

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