Analog Porn Volume I

Submitted by Jack on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:13

We took the night off from swim practice to take the kids to a cultural night at the museum last month. Okay, maybe it was mainly to see Deerhoof play in the entrance of the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) but there were many bonus surprises. Read more about Analog Porn Volume I

Shorten your URL's without feeding the sillycon valley data miners, courtesy of Superclean

Submitted by Jack on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 14:49

Webh.it

The "public" version is limited but I will grant login permissions by request. You could then customize your URL, upload straight to Twitter, and monitor the number of hits you get. You can also generate an API key if you want to use it in a 3rd party program (like I do on Supercleanweb.com). Read more about Shorten your URL's without feeding the sillycon valley data miners, courtesy of Superclean

Electric Mojo

Submitted by Jack on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 13:48

TeslaMotors.com

Our friend Josh stopped by last night in a Tesla -- one of those newfangled electric cars that will retail for $100,000. He's a designer at their headquarters down in San Carlos and every now and then he gets to bring one home.

So he took me for a spin and wwhhhhoooooaaaaaaa, what a ride! I think we went from zero to XXX in about 5 seconds. Really feel those G's!! The car rides so low to the ground it could probably slide underneath a Yukon. Read more about Electric Mojo

WonderCon 2008

Submitted by Jack on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 20:41

Today we attended WonderCon at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apparently we did the right thing skipping Saturday -- 20,000 attendees!! Stars from the X-Files and other famous shows were there. We thought it was cool to see Lou Ferigno -- he still looks awesome.

We spent quite a bit of time there watching short films and film trailers (bring on Iron Man) and watching artists draw. Simon has a very keen interest in this. We wound up getting a Batman graphic novel and some custom Star Wars lego pieces. Read more about WonderCon 2008

The Future and You, now updated weekly

Submitted by Jack on Sun, 01/20/2008 - 18:47

"The Future and You" is an audio podcast that I download religiously. Created by Stephen Euin Cobb, the show discusses macro-humanity/real world trajectories with famous science fiction authors. Definitely something to geek out to in a useful way, now weekly. Read more about The Future and You, now updated weekly

Mecha-G Cleans Our Kitchen Floor

Submitted by Jack on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 18:00

Patsy (my mom) and Dick bought us a Scooba, the floor-cleaning iRobot. Simon and Henry named it "Mecha-G" in honor of the giant robotic monster built to defend Japan from the real Godzilla. Read more about Mecha-G Cleans Our Kitchen Floor

Beating the heat with a swamp cooler

Submitted by Jack on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 00:00

Living in the fogbelt, we appreciate a good heat wave. We enjoyed a teaser 2 weeks ago and got the hint: 2 swamp coolers is better than one. Are you ready for a warm summer? Read more about Beating the heat with a swamp cooler

Best Free Utilities

Submitted by Jack on Fri, 02/02/2007 - 00:00

Best Free Utilities

Need a guide for finding free tools on the internet? This site provides a constantly-updated list of freely available utilities such as firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spyware, ftp programs, and much more. The author usually provides choices depending on your style and system. Indispensable. Read more about Best Free Utilities

Off The Bus with Bob Weir

Submitted by Jack on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 00:00

Thanks to our pal Morst and the fine folks at Sonoma Wire Works, we had passes to the MacWorld PodWorld Expo in SF yesterday. We weren't there for micro-gadget-fetish, though... we just wanted to get on John Lennon's bus! Read more about Off The Bus with Bob Weir