davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Crazy Murder News

“Refusing to slap five? Spilling someone’s drink? Throwing money? Clearly someone had to die. Why is there even a trial?”

Jetpacks

Transportation of the future

BladeRunner

Director Ridley Scott took issues already noticeable in the 1980s, such as urban development, genetic engineering, and, of course, climate change, and took them to what he thought was their next logical stage. So what else did Blade Runner get right? link via Follow Me Here …

Thinkdink

Even when she takes a vacation, she still rocks the ‘net. Check out Jessica’s newest creation: javalosophy!

dumbentia.com

dumbentia.com is still one of the funniest places on the ‘net. Go. Now.

Horoscope

Here is my [These get better every day!] horoscope for today: If someone loves you, they had better show how much. Try not to blush too hard when you get exactly what you want. Should your gratification be delayed, at least you can savor the anticipation. If you know me at all, you know I’m

Vegas, Baby

Looks like one of us will be in Las Vegas in a few months … Update: I didn’t go.

Computer-mad Generation Has a Memory Crash

“It’s a type of brain dysfunction,” said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi, the university’s professor of neurobiology. “Young people today are becoming stupid.” And … in a completely unrelated story … Doctors amputate first human hand transplant: Hallam said for the first year, the right hand – which had belonged to a French motorcyclist killed in an accident

Slip Sliding Away Paul Simon

<soapbox> Slip Slidin’ Away is one of my favorite Paul Simon songs. Sylloge wrote about the 3rd verse and how it so captures a feeling of loss and desperation. It is a beautiful song, in much the same way that Yesterday is a beautiful song. I believe there are certain songs … writings … pieces

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.