Archive for the 'Life' Category

Vicarious Stress Relief

Sadly, I understand the kind of frustration depicted in this video (via Boing Boing in a post titled “Man loses glasses, damages car wash”.

This morning, I felt a lot like that as I tried to deal with piles of mostly xmess-related crap strewn over my desk, my computer table, the kitchen table, the bookshelf, the […]

Personal Fabrication for the Everyday Woman

When I read Neil Gershenfeld’s book FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop a couple of years ago, I was excited about the future promise of fabrication. It would be a Maker revolution, with people building amazing things in their own homes. We’d have any number of exciting gadgets and objects, each designed […]

It’s a JC Penney Ad. Seriously.

I’m speechless. via O’Reilly Radar.

Business of Death

I kinda like the idea of being made into pencils. Thanks Shawn!

The Life Countdown

My Life Countdown offers a lot to think about.
I checked my life expectancy via the Death Clock, which in normal mode gives me a death day of Saturday, March 3, 2040…11,849 days (in pessimistic mode, I’ve only got until Thursday, December 29, 2022, a mere 5575 days left…I think I’ll work with “normal” mode. […]

A New Favorite Photo