Tron. The non-existant CD.
posted by Kyle Beatty at 5:13 PM

I can see the Sea Fair parade from my window at work, but it's pretty dull from16 stories up in the twilight.
posted by Kyle Beatty at 7:31 PM

LEGO parts have arrived: the big pile o' parts, which seems to include an Amazon Throwbot (oooo!) and almost certainly an entire destroyer droid (ahhh!) plus two or three Throwbots of undetermined identity. Actual Throwbot kits have also arrived: Ski, Granite, Scuba and Torch. Granite is redundant but parts is parts. (Turbo remains to be represented in toto.)
posted by Kyle Beatty at 10:56 PM

Grilling!
posted by Kyle Beatty at 11:59 AM

So many twigs! So many!
posted by Kyle Beatty at 1:54 PM

Heh. Age. Heh.

I caught the last 15 minutes of Picnic this morning and I'm looking right at that guy, you know, the big star, the one who was married to Stephanie Powers and died prematurely and ... I cannot remember his name!

This racking of stupid, stupid brain goes on for a while (I ID Arthur O'Connell instantly, though!) until the phone rings. I say 'hello' and William Holden's name comes to mind unbidden and luminous.
posted by Kyle Beatty at 6:10 PM

Sorry! Webcam wedged!
posted by Kyle Beatty at 4:37 PM

LOVE the snazzy "New!" .GIFs in use on the right hand directory of objects.
posted by Vincent Szopa at 10:04 PM

Thanks, Vince.

If I was any good at all, those little pics would be the result of a time-dependent script that would add and remove them automatically. If I was really really good, the camera would function as its own inventory-taker: recognizing the objects and creating a page reflecting the dynamic contents of the surrounds. The scripts would also create a transparent overlay (or heads-up display) with links, mouse-overs, pop-ups and frozen daiquiri dispensers. Unrecognized objects would either be ignored or disposed of. (Grabber arms or lasers, I can't decide.)
posted by Kyle Beatty at 10:30 PM

This is just brilliant:

"The lava flow, 400 metres across at its widest, has damaged several chairlifts dotted over the volcano, which is also a popular ski resort. Tourism representatives have said the magma is so hot that it is unlikely any snow will settle this winter."

Etna spews molten lava towards village
posted by Kyle Beatty at 11:13 AM

Live JavaCam Video and Control


posted by Kyle Beatty at 3:47 PM

New corporate / government crapola:


Slashdot | Sklyarov Arrest Follow-up

EFF Alerts

a quote: "Nah, we have found the natural evolution of American activism: outsource our patriotism to Russians. Let Russians stand up for our rights. Yeah, that's the ticket!"

Nitrozac's take
posted by Kyle Beatty at 7:37 PM