Frustrated by the limited capacity of that 2GB iPod Nano you just bought? Got an extra 200 GB IDE drive lying around?
Category: fun
Fall color pictures
I just posted some fall color pictures on my gallery from a couple of weekends ago. I think they turned out very well.
The Seattle main library: One year later
The new central library in Seattle opened a year ago to rave reviews. The library was recently featured on the cover of the Library Journal in an article looking at how successful it has been.
Despite all the coverage, the most important questions, at least for librarians, were barely asked, never mind answered: How does this building work as a library? Does it serve the information needs of Seattle's citizens? As a library, is there anything new here?
The quick answer to all three questions is yes. Seattle's new building succeeds as well as a library as it does a work of art. When the building falters, which it does occasionally, it can be forgiven. That's what happens when you take risks, especially multiple ones. What Seattle's team of architects and librarians did was no less than to deconstruct the public library
My Netflix activity
On the frontpage of my blog you can now see my DVD rentals and rental queue from Netflix. Look towards the bottom of the right column on the frontpage.
Blooming artichoke
Bee's were busy pollinating in-bloom artichokes in a planter in the middle of downtown Seattle.

SeafoodFest in Ballard
I just posted some photos I took at the annual SeafoodFest in Ballard.
Spaceship & starship sizes
A fun site that shows the relative sizes of almost every real & fictional spaceship you can think of.
A Project Seagull
Everybody has heard of a Project Manager… But have you ever heard of a Project Seagull?
Project Seagull: (noun) A person who isn't really on the project but who hovers around, occasionally squawking about things he/she doesn't like and dumping on members of the team.
(Definition courtesy of Patrick Carey)
Planarity: geometry goodness
A fun flash game:
http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/
You start out with 6 connected dots, but the connections cross. You need to move the dots so the connections do not cross. Then you repeat with 10 dots, then 15 dots, etc.
The Apple Product Lifecycle
A funny, yet eerily accurate look at the life cycle of Apple products.