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Singlefile March 26th, 2002 @ 12:07 am PST

I saw a link to Singlefile sometime last week. I visited the site and poked for a minute, but I didn’t really look at it. Then I saw another link to Singlefile on a different site. I visited again for a second, but couldn’t really see why it was such a big deal. Tonight I […]

Mobile Phones March 25th, 2002 @ 6:04 pm PST

I don’t know if I’m ever going to get used to “hands-free” kits for mobile phones. I was inadvertantly fooled by a man speaking into his “hands-free” kit this afternoon. This was probably the thirtieth time this has happened o me. I was strolling through the Century City Mall when I found myself walking towards […]

Little Pieces of Paper March 25th, 2002 @ 12:08 pm PST

from a review of “The Social Life of Paper” On a busy day, a typical air-traffic controller might be in charge of as many as twenty-five airplanes at a time – some ascending, some descending, each at a different altitude and travelling at a different speed. He peers at a large, monochromatic radar console, tracking […]

Hypnotic Flash March 25th, 2002 @ 11:15 am PST

If you have a few minutes to spare this morning, take a look at this mind-boggling Flash artwork. It’s hypnotizing and beautiful and entirely captivating. Move the mouse. Try not to fall into the monitor. (Flash required, obviously.) link via leuschke.org

Keats – This Living Hand March 25th, 2002 @ 10:56 am PST

You can’t eye can’t I can’t they can’t she can’t he can’t it can’t why can’t why can’t eye don’t no. Y’no? It’s im-poss-ib-al. If there’s one overwhelming iota that I’ve been shown by some auricle at some distant point in my youth, it’s that things that are written are written and things that aren’t […]

Toolbar March 25th, 2002 @ 10:22 am PST

The Sacramento Bee Story Toolbar “With browser and internet technologies advancing, Web sites are becoming more like applications. Taking this into account, sacbee.com has developed the Story Toolbar. The idea was to combine several different functions into one compact area that is unobtrusive and easy for users to access.” (Comments: Take a look at this […]

My Evil Twin March 23rd, 2002 @ 7:18 pm PST

Suspect: That Burglar Is My Evil Twin Brother! William Earl Dykes, 40, says a convenience store’s surveillance video doesn’t show him breaking into the store — it’s his “evil twin brother” who’s carrying out the crime. Police aren’t buying the story, which has been debunked by the man’s sister. Dykes has a brother, she says, […]

Oscar Buzz March 23rd, 2002 @ 6:54 pm PST

My girlfriend has been on a mission to see all of the Oscar movies before the Academy Awards tomorrow night. Several weeks ago we went to see A Beautiful Mind. When it was over we ducked into the adjacent theater and watched The Lord of the Rings I: The Fellowship of the Ring. (It was […]

Longitude March 23rd, 2002 @ 6:18 pm PST

I finished reading Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel this afternoon. It is a wonderful book.