My recent post on “orchestra scoreboards” has provoked a lot of discussion on other blogs, and it has spiked the amount of spam comments to my blog. Thankfully, WordPress has pretty effective comment moderation policies, and it hasn’t been a … Continue reading →

Today I’d like to review a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch that my wife Lindsay originally introduced to me. It’s called Cowabunga, and although I’ve only played the “free” version so far, the game has proven to be one of … Continue reading →

Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of songs fed to me by the query “celtic rock” on last.fm. I’ve found that I really like the genre. The beat of rock music with the celtic instrumentation is a cool blend, … Continue reading →

Well, if you’ve ever wondered what GNU is, a box that I saw in a vendor’s stall at the home schooling convention should lay all doubt to rest:

Important fact: my family never owned a single console game system while I was growing up. In fact, they still don’t. So over the past few days my siblings and I have been experiencing the joy of “discovering” for the … Continue reading →

A friend sent me this and I thought it was pretty amusing. I just hope that none of these students were math majors… (my apologies…the image is too large to fit inside the inner region of this blog, so it … Continue reading →

Check out the Death Star subwoofer some guy in Britain is selling on eBay. Pretty awesome, and the Q & A is hilarious! The Slashdot story thread is quite entertaining as well.