Bill Joy, father of Java, is leaving Sun

Bill Joy, father of Java, is leaving Sun.

QT panorama of 9/11 Tribute in Light

QT panorama of 9/11 Tribute in Light.

After Life, photographs of a cemetery

After Life, photographs of a cemetery.

PowerBook G4 survives being run over by SUV

PowerBook G4 survives being run over by SUV.

Some crazy geeks brew up some Skittlebrau

Some crazy geeks brew up some Skittlebrau.

Can Will Ferrell make Woody Allen movies funny again?

Can Will Ferrell make Woody Allen movies funny again?.

To-scale cross section of what NYC looks like underground

To-scale cross section of what NYC looks like underground.

Apple introduces new iPods, oddly ditches 15GB model

Apple introduces new iPods, oddly ditches 15GB model.

Punch-Drunk Love

Forget for a moment that this is just another Adam Sandler movie where he plays a dorky guy who gets angry at inappropriate moments and smashes things. Actually, scratch that…Sandler’s pretty good at playing that part by now and it’s nothing for him to be ashamed of. After seeing the movie, the first question out of your mouth may have been, “what the hell was that?” A: a musical.

First-hand photos of Hurricane Fabian

First-hand photos of Hurricane Fabian.

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

Rhodes’ followup to The Making of the Atomic Bomb (for which he won a Pulitzer), while not as tight a narrative as its predecessor, was more interesting to me because I was less familiar with the story. In particular, the Soviet espionage effort during WWII was fascinating.

• Cold War
• darksun
• espionage
• physics
• richardrhodes
• science
• war

Invading the South

I’m off to Raleigh, NC this weekend to visit some friends. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Raleigh…well, except for the airport. I think everyone who’s ever flown in an airplane has been to the Raleigh-Durham airport at some time or another. Anyway, no posts this weekend probably.

Making lists with CSS

Making lists with CSS.

There is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing,

There is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing cheesier than a Krispy Kreme wedding cake.

Judging books by their covers for Sept 2003

Judging books by their covers for Sept 2003.

Heaven on a Stick: a trip to

Heaven on a Stick: a trip to the Minnesota State Fair.

In Mpls/St. Paul? Play the Big

In Mpls/St. Paul? Play the Big Urban Game this weekend.

Uh oh, my secret is out

Uh oh, my secret is out.

Fake blackout photo

Fake blackout photo.

Flash classic: Yugo’s hand-drawn digital clock

Flash classic: Yugo’s hand-drawn digital clock.

Neu-York

Neu-York is an obsessively detailed map of what Manhattan might have looked like if the Nazis had conquered it in World War II.

Remember when Matt used to be cool?

Remember when Matt used to be cool?.

I have no idea what this patent covers

I have no idea what this patent covers.

PHP to enter NULL into MySQL

Reading some mailing list messages just now, I came across a post titled “PHP to enter NULL into MySQL”. Sounds like a headline from the world’s dorkiest newspaper.

Update on the uber Matrix Reloaded thread(

Update on the uber Matrix Reloaded thread(s): 1509 comments and counting. 931 comments on the first thread and 578 on the second one

Spellbound

Somehow this 90-minute film isn’t just about the National Spelling Bee and eight of its contestants, it also manages to fit in a great deal about what it means to be an American. Being from the Midwest, I identified most with the boy from Missouri and the girl from Texas. They were smart kids and naturally talented spellers but had no chance against big-city kids from the coasts whose parents could afford French tutors, spelling coaches, and computers with spelling software.

Great Sophia Coppola interview by Greg Allen

Great Sophia Coppola interview by Greg Allen.

Spin-offs of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Spin-offs of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

The Good Girl

Jennifer Aniston’s acting ability keeps thwarting my attempts at disliking her. The only drawback here is Jake Gyllenhaal’s character; he needed to be a little less crazy. If he was that insane, he never would have made it to this point in his life without offing himself.