SkyMaul
If you've flown anywhere in the last decade or so, you've seen SkyMall, that compendium of useless, hopelessly geeky, and just downright strange products. Pretty hard to parody something like that, eh?
Wes Phillips
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Blind Mice No Longer
Knife wielding farmer's wives look out!
It Doesn't Get Better Than This
Fred Kaplan's piece on Ornette Coleman in Slate isn't simply a brilliant piece of work, it uses embedded links to their greatest advantage. This ain't easy, although Fred's graceful prose and mastery of his subject sure make it go down smooth.
How Does the Nose Know?
Scent: shapes or vibrations? The subjectivist/objectivist debate rages on.
Accidents Will Happen
Serendipitous laboratory accidents have created many "miracles of science." But could somebody explain item 20 on this list to me?
Jimi Does Dylan
No, not "All Along the Warchtower," but "Like a Rolling Stone."
All That Jazz
Safari doesn't shake hands with this app, but it looks like it would be a nice addition to my toolbar. If you use it, let me know how it works.
Why Do Birds Fly in "V" Formation?
On our morning rides, Jeff Wong and I pass one point that has recently been covered with geese resting on their migration south. We've been wondering why here? and Why a "V"?
Math's Towering Intellects
"Find X?" No problem!
How Camera Phones Work
I got a new cell phone recently and have been learning how to take pictures with the camera that's (almost) always with me. No, a phone isn't a very good camera, but the pictures can be surprisingly good if you work within your tool's limitations.