I don’t know what the current word for them is, but we grew up calling them “tennis shoes.” They cost about $3 back then, and they were made of canvas, with thin rubber soles and no internal padding.

Nowadays, my wife always buys really good, really [more...]

It’s been almost exactly 3 years since I told you about this animation, which shows an animated man rebelling against the sadistic, vengeful artist who created him.

Insert your own religious symbolism here.

Now the artist and his rebellious creation [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that, in the past, I’ve shot short videos with my Canon PowerShot A75 digital camera, and then tried to find a way to display them on a web site.

Specifially, because the Canon shoots its videos in AVI format, I wanted to convert them to smaller Flash videos in Linux and then [more...]

Just about every article of its type starts by reminding readers of a currently valuable technology that didn’t even exist until recently — and then showing some new technologies that may be valuable in the future.

In this case, the article reminds us that, just a few years ago, hardly anyone [more...]

For those of you who live in or near central Florida, I’ve been told that the an ABC affiliate there is airing a special, locally produced program called Taking Action Against Domestic Violence from 8-9 PM tonight.

If you know if and when it will be aired by other ABC affiliates. please write to me, and I’ll post that information here.