This Wired News article, "Sun Powers Loon-y Pontoon Boat," points out a number of advantages of a solar boat: No cost for gas No water pollution, which is huge...
From a post at BoardGameGeek , I found the link to this article: News - Philips unveils mad thingy /// Eurogamer . It's a sweet, interactive horizontal screen...
So the thing I'm doing is this: going back to school. Starting in the fall, I'll be pursuing a Master's of Computer Science degree. The work starts now,...
iPod youPod wePod is a nice-looking clearinghouse of entertaining and frivolous uses for your iPod, such as a toilet dock or an antique stereoscopic viewer...
Thanks to BoardGameNews , I found this article, " Brandtique Of The Week: The Games Hasbro Plays," which details some recent product placements on TV. Notably,...
Since it's been forever since I've updated this site, everything here is woefully out of date. Say hello to the old me! The latest dish: I'm going back to...
Wikipedia has an awful lot of information; it's almost impossible to read an article without branching off on a tangental link. Ted Nelson's wet dream! From...
I've created a Google Calendar for the Windy City Rollers, the Chicago women's flat-track rollery derby league. You can add the listing of their bouts to your...
Cool! A biomass pellet heater for my lakeside cabin: Wired News: Eco-Heating System for the Lazy . Now I just have to get a lakeside cabin. -- Posted by erik...
This Business Week story, "Apple defends iTunes-iPod compatibility," details the efforts of the Scandanavian countries to force Apple to allow music files...
Two things: check out Cubs Anti-Magic Number, a site I just created to track how long it will be until the Cubs are eliminated from the playoffs; and, if you...
Okay, I'm liking BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books much better than BookCrossing so far. The local community and "random acts of kindness"...
Climbing back on the horse, I have designed a new website as a test bed/refresher course in web design. The Cubs Anti-Magic Number tracks how many Chicago Cubs...
There are just too many web 2.0 tabs open in my firefox! I'm drowning in a sea of gradients. I remember seeing someone's suggestion on digg that you could use...
There are just too many web 2.0 tabs open in my firefox! I'm drowning in a sea of gradients. I remember seeing someone's suggestion on digg that you could use...
If I ever get around to putting all these web 2.0 badges in my sidebar, it's gonna get busy (okay, busier) around here. See more of esswedl's picks at...
Lots of activity over at web2.0depot.net , a new blog where I'm testing out all the nifty badges and live content you can get nowadays. xposted to HipSmart --...
So, I've been reading a lot lately (and I should be talking about that more here), all thanks to BookMooch, a very cool book swapping website. More on that...
You'll need an invitation to join the beta of Weebly - Website Creation Made Easy , but that shouldn't be too hard--drop your email in the form on the front...
MOO has launched to great fanfare, and without actually having used it yet, it's probably deserved. Glossy, half-business-card-sized cards with your flickr...
The super-small footprint, integrated clip, and anodized aluminum casing make the new iPod shuffle hott (that's with two 't's). However, the new suffle dock...
With its page title, "GroupLoop â„¢ - Centralize, organize. Keep your group in the loop!" you can see GroupLoop is an online collaborative manager. It seems to...
Non-interactive badge. Widgets coming soon? Also, oh, man, I find myself not especially motivated to accept the data-entry position Squirl offers me to catalog...
Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kindom come alive at The Bitchun Society xposted to web2.0depot.net -- Posted by erik to HipSmart at 10/05/2006...
Okay, so now I'm getting spam with veiled Isaac Asimov references in the subject line, like "Custom is a religion life so while the Foundation versus Hober...