Month: June 2007

A chilled plastic bottle of water in the convenience-store cooler is the perfect symbol of this moment in American commerce and culture. It acknowledges our demand for instant gratification, our …

Why do you need these Latin phrases? Well, like Latin teachers always say, Latin lives on in plenty of English words and phrases. But mostly, it’s worth learning a bit …

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A digital camera inside a parcel looks out through a small hole and captures images of its journey through the postal system. The Spy Box was sent from my studio …

Bos Wars (Formally known as Battle of Survival) is a free cross-platform real time strategy game developed by Tina Peterson Jensen and continued by François Beerten at Jensen’s unfortunate passing. …

This tutorial will go beyond the basics of regular expressions. You should already know what the metacharacters are ^[]{}.?| $ and sometimes – and how to use them, you should …

5. Clear your stuffed nose The easiest, quickest, and cheapest way to relieve sinus pressure is to alternately thrust your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then press between …

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in …

Everyone knows that our school system, in general, is not giving our kids the basic reading, writing, ‘rithmatic and science skills needed to be competitive in the high-tech workforce of …

One of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures is indulging in productivity porn. Productivity porn (or, for those really in the know, “productivity pr0n”) consists of techniques, tactics, and tricks for …