Cyborg Zombie Cockroaches

Cyborg Zombie Cockroaches

Of all of the creatures on this planet large and small, nothing is more durable than the  cockroach. Well that and Kieth Richards. Why woould we give them cybernetic upgrades? Nothing kills these things, perhaps they will eventually take over control of the circuits...

Zero XU electric motorcycle, Portable charging

Zero XU electric motorcycle, Portable charging

I love the concept of an electric car, I just don’t love the  price tag. My commute is a laughably short 16 miles, but horrifying hour in  traffic. I thought about biking, Not really in the  shape  for it, and the time would be either about the same or even...

NES 8-bit breathalyzer

NES 8-bit breathalyzer

Who doesn’t remember blowing into NES Carts to get them to work, having to shove another tape in the machine to jury rig the thing. to get that miraculous connection and still be able to play Duckhunt. God forbid your sibling bumped into the system while you...

Open Windows 1 – 7

Open Windows 1 – 7

This is a beautiful piece of geekery, Imagine taking the time to upgrade through every single instance of windows OS from Dos 5.0 (A prerequisite for Windows 1.01) to Windows 7. Remarkably this is actually possible, so if by some miracle of time travel you had an 80...

Tumblr, WP, Back to Front

Tumblr, WP, Back to Front

For a while now I’ve been using Tumblr. I tried to direct people to the environment over there because I love the community and the workflow and frankly the design just works. I can use it from my phone with no effort, and people can share the work in a very...

Be Thankful and Get Fun Stuff!

Be Thankful and Get Fun Stuff!

So it is that time of year again when everyone gathers around a large table, eats  copious  amounts of homecooked food and makes some bad  decisions  during the course of conversion with family in tight quarters. But it is also the time when people like to say what...

OMG PONIES!

OMG PONIES!

You think the terrorists didn’t win? A bomb squad blew up a damn toy pony because some kid left it near a park and a school. Justify this if you want under an umbrella of fear but COME ON. My kid leaves a trail of junk behind him wherever  he goes. Do I need to...

Lab Propaganda

Lab Propaganda

We are running out of ideas for signage in our lab. No one reads anything. So I’m trying a new approach, propaganda inspired posters detailing the Do’s and Do Not’s of lab life. We have Mario, a goomba, Godzilla and The Wolf Man so far. What say you?

The Origin of Science Fiction 100 years later

The Origin of Science Fiction 100 years later

One Hundred years ago, today, Science Fiction film was born with the debut of Le Voyage dans la lune , or “A Trip to the Moon” by Georges. The special effects are mighty innovative for their time and the story is a loose amalgam of two popular books From...

Thelonious Arrives, Feel the Music

Thelonious Arrives, Feel the Music

WordPress 3.0: Thelonious debuted today, this is a fantastic step forward in blogging, and CMS solutions. Here are some of the features that the new version will bring on. WordPress is what this and most of my other sites are all run on, so being able to upgrade...