General

Too frail for execution?

Now that Tookie is behind us, the next guy on Death Row in California is Clarence Ray Allen, a 75 year old legally blind guy in a wheelchair. Apparently his lawyers are planning to argue for clemency, based on the fact that is he...
Gadgets

Lego Mindstorms

Wow! I mentioned to my colleague Darrell the other day that I was interested in picking up a Lego Mindstorms set so I could tinker and today he brought in 2 boxes of stuff that he said he doesn't want anymore. The transmitter is...
MacWindows

Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.0

Yahoo released a new version of the Yahoo Widget Engine (the product formerly known as Konfabulator) for Windows and Mac OS X. http://widgets.yahoo.com/ There are some great new widgets bundled with it too, with my personal...