January 2005

Monday 31 January

Korean scientists unveil robotic skin (17:54) - Yoon Eui-sik, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), has developed a tactile sensor that would give robots a sense of touch similar to humans. The sensor is made of a lattice of copper electrodes placed...
High School Miseducation (17:50) - This quote sums it up: "These results are not only disturbing; they are dangerous." WASHINGTON (AP) -- The way many high school students see it, government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly...
Blind painter (13:46) - Esref Armagan is a Turkish painter who has been blind since birth. His paintings are amazingly realistic, incorporating color, perspective, and great detail. To determine how this may be possible, Harvard neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone Amir Amedi are scanning Armagan's...
Online Crystal Ball (12:23) - These magic mind readers have been around for a while, but I don't know that I've ever seen it posted here. So if you haven't played with one, have fun....
PlayStation 2: Hands On: Katamari Damacy 2 (10:50) - Includes video of "Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy" ...
Star Wars Episode III Parody (10:33) - Looks like they spent some time on this one. Pretty funny, it has its moments. ...

Sunday 30 January

Defiant Iraqis Vote in Their Millions Despite Bombs (15:46) - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some came on crutches, others walked for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across most of Iraq millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgent threats of a bloodbath.Suicide bombs and mortars killed at...

Saturday 29 January

Centuries' Old UFO Coin Remains Mystery (16:23) - After decades of seeking possible answers about a mysterious UFO-like design on a 17th century French copper coin, a prominent numismatic expert says it remains just that: an unidentified flying object. After a half-century of research, the design has...

Friday 28 January

Researchers Map The Sexual Network Of An Entire High School (22:48) - COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school over 18 months, providing evidence that these adolescent networks may be structured differently than researchers previously thought. The results...
R.E.Load Baggage (16:10) - I wanted to say thanks to R.E.Load Baggage in Philadelphia and show off Tracy's new custom messenger bag they put together for her. We have her here posing with our cat Foo. He thinks the bag is pretty pimp....
The Dot Com Super Bowl (15:04) - An anonymous reader writes "Remember Epidemic.com and Lifeminders.com? Me neither. But Forbes has a funny story looking back on these dot-bombs and a bunch of other internet startups which advertised during the 2000 Super Bowl. They call the game...
Shoes that signal a rise or fall in share price (12:33) - Shoes that vibrate to signal a rise or fall in share price have been created by researchers at National ICT Australia. "We're using the shoes as a bit of fun but also to show people that we can output...
Monkeys will pay to look at porn (12:31) - In a finding that deepens our understanding of animal social cognition, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated for the first time that monkeys, like humans, value information according to its social content. People readily pay to see...
Toto toilet with an SD slot (12:02) - Are you getting anxious about hitting the head? Is the Sound Princess just not cutting it anymore? Or maybe you just really want to hear that one Robbie Williams album while sitting down. Look, Toto (Japans premiere toilet-maker) isn’t...
Canada says OK to masturbating in front of windows (11:55) - VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that masturbating at home is not an offence, even if the activity can be seen by peeking neighbours....

Thursday 27 January

Basketwoman (22:22) - This is seriously nuts. I don't want to spoil it so just watch it. Safe for work, not gross, etc etc... ...
Face Transformer (22:13) - RyanOld Ryan...
Thew new hot address: The World, Dubai, UAE (18:22) - Apparently not content on building artificial palm tree-shaped islands, they are now building an artificial map of the planet Earth off the shores of Dubai. You can now own the island of Ohio or Michigan or even Japan, on which...
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy (10:43) - Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to develop for several days in a laboratory dish...
Philadelphia's Masonic Temple (10:34) - Philadelphia's Masonic Temple looms enigmatically near city hall. Visit, and marvel at the Corinthian Hall, the Renaissance Hall, the Egyptian Hall, the Oriental Hall, the Norman Hall, the Gothic Hall, and the Ionic Hall. Untangle the inscrutable symbology of...
BJ (10:31) - For everything else there is mastercard (NSFW, Flash) ...

Wednesday 26 January

Henry Bekkering (14:40) - With a 40 inch vertical leap, Henry Bekkering's head nearly hits the rim when he dunks. Check the video for some clips of him dunking at a competition....
SUV buried by snow pile "on purpose" (12:56) - Student claims plow driver buried car on purpose Damage to vehicle estimated at $2,000, EMU student says On Friday evening, Kayla Hartford parked her SUV at Eastern Plaza shopping center in Ypsilanti and decided to leave it there overnight because...
2005 Sexy Coffins Calendar (12:43) - Yes... coffins, as in what you bury dead people in....
YAIW (Yet another insane weatherman) (12:00) - This Fox weatherman seems quite professional, until he involuntarily shouts a string of expletives and stamps his foot. Link ...
African-Americans suspect HIV plot (11:57) - Almost half of all African-Americans believe that HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is man-made, more than a quarter believe it was produced in a government laboratory and one in eight think it was created and spread by the...
Ancient Macs Make Modern Art (11:51) - British artist Richard Bolam is part of Europe's techno-art avant-garde, but he uses some pretty old technology: classic Macs and HyperCard. By Jason Walsh. ...
Matt Groening Apple Ad (11:48) - Matt Groening Apple Ad, circa 1989. Featuring Polamex: ...
Photographs of London Underground Stations (11:31) - Photographs of London Underground Stations Taken on black and white film, then coloured in photoshop. ...
the two hour orgasm (11:09) - Susan saw her doctor because of her loss of sexual desire due to the anti-depressant Zoloft. To combat these sexual side effects, her doctor prescribed Wellbutrin on top of her regular dose of Zoloft. Two weeks later Susan called her...

Tuesday 25 January

Man robs doughnut shop with a laser pointer (10:19) - Wearing a pillowcase with eyeholes cut out of it and waving around a laser pointer, a guy in Metairie, Louisiana managed to make off with the contents of the safe at the local Tastee Donuts. The culprit is still at...
The iced-out scrolling LED belt buckle (10:18) - ...

Monday 24 January

american dialects (18:43) - This is kind of fun. You are asked to listen to 12 different samples of Americans speaking and then group each person into one of six regions: New England, Mid Atlantic, North, Midland (Midwest), South, West. I only got 6/12...
Stephen Colbert on NPR's Fresh Air (18:30) - Fresh Air from WHYY, January 24, 2005 · Comic and journalist Stephen Colbert is the fake senior correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. We talk with Colbert about his reports, from "Rathergate" to "This Week in...
The other side of Paige Davis (16:48) - Paige Davis has been canned from Trading Spaces. Speculation as to why points in the direction of her recent public strip tease and possible sex video....
Insecure Weatherman vs. Too Confident Weatherman (16:37) - I don't know who the bigger loser is.UPDATE: The "Too Confident Weatherman" was fired (user/pass: cypherpunk/cypherpunk) for substance abuse. ...
The Fourth Amendment grows narrower (14:05) - The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision Monday, ruled that police do not violate the Fourth Amendment when they use a drug-detecting dog to locate illegal drugs in the trunk of a car during a legal traffic stop. The...
it's just a plant (13:55) - It's Just a Plant, a storybook for children about marijuana, doesn't deliver your average Just Say No message. From the FAQ: Does It's Just a Plant advocate marijuana use for children?No. It's Just a Plant explicitly addresses the potential harm...
The Chopper Show (10:58) - The Chopper Show commercials are awesome! They're 30 minute (or longer) commercials for a dealership in Las Vegas. They're obnoxious, over the top, and mesmerizingly amusing. It boggles my mind that there are people who purchase cars based on...
Super Pocket Famicom (Nintendo) 8bit Handheld System (10:26) - Gametech Japan has released a handheld system that uses Famicom cartridges (the original 8-bit Nintendo) that plug in directly, without need for a convertor. (An inexpensive pin converter allows you to play your American NES cartridges on this system...
Today is the Worst Day of the Year (10:13) - LONDON (Reuters) - Be warned. Today is going to be the most depressing day of the year....

Sunday 23 January

VTEC Mini (23:43) - Car and Driver has a review of the Mini Tec VTEC Mini, a 1959 Mini Cooper with a 220HP Acura Integra Type-R engine squished in it. With a 0-60 time of 5.0 seconds and a 0.96g (!) performance on...
robotic soldiers (21:49) - The US military is planning to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq. Eighteen of the 1m-high robots, equipped with cameras and operated by remote control, are going to Iraq this spring, the Associated Press...
The Eagles are headed to the superbowl! (17:49) -
Folk Straight Outta Compton (17:27) - Nina Gordon (of Veruca Salt) has recorded a folk version of NWA's "Straight Outta Compton". I would have given her some credit had this not already been done before. If you'll remember, Dynamite Hack did a folk cover of NWA's...
Spacesuited Women (17:12) - Should I call it fetishism? A guy has collected an impressive gallery of Spacesuited Women. Also available in version Women in deep sea diving suits. ...
Weird Wild Stuff (14:48) - Johnny Carson, dead at 79. ...

Saturday 22 January

Top 66 Signs You May Be A Terrorist (12:58) - some of my favorites from the list: A million dollar cruise missile just blew up your $5 tentYou're FrenchYou end every sentence with, "Or somebody dies"...
Solving the Enigma of Kryptos (12:45) - What does it say about the Central Intelligence Agency that its agents can crack the secret codes of enemy nations but can't unravel a coded sculpture sitting outside their cafeteria window?It says, perhaps, that artist Jim Sanborn, who created...

Friday 21 January

Every Video Game (17:32) - At everyvideogame.com you can play nearly every game from Nintendo , Gameboy, Sega Master System, and a few Arcade Games. While emulation is nothing new, on this site all you have to do is click on the title of the...
This Has to Be Homer Simpson... (17:27) - PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Czech man is being taken to court after he hid in a restaurant washroom until the employees had left and then hooked up beer kegs directly to his mouth. ...
Spongebob Gay Pants (15:21) - They interviewed people from this group on the Today show this morning.. LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Conservative Christian groups accuse the makers of a video starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Barney and a host of other cartoon characters of promoting homosexuality...
disjointed.org/mobile (01:46) - I don't know if anyone besides myself visits disjointed from a mobile device, but if you do http://disjointed.org/mobile is a stripped down version of the main page for easier viewing on mobile devices....
Professor to study why women flash (01:18) - CALGARY - A study into why women flashed crowds of Calgary Flames fans during last year's NHL playoffs should shed light on current Canadian attitudes about female nudity, says a Calgary professor."There are gender role issues here," said Mary Valentich,...

Thursday 20 January

Media coverage distorts reality in Iraq (21:39) - A letter from LTC Tim Ryan to World Tribune. It's lengthy, but worth your time. Give it a read will ya....
Fox gets pwn3d by surprisingly critical guest (21:22) - Brigitte Quinn, MSNBC anchor turned Fox News Live anchor, is taken off-guard by a guest who was apparently supposed to hype the inaugural today but instead used the air time to criticize Bush's lavish spending on his 10 parties....
Tell Bush (12:27) - By calling (800) 734-1463, you can leave a voicemail for George W. Bush that will be recorded and put online at tellbush.org. The voicemails will then be forwarded on to the Whitehouse. There is an interesting mix of supporters and...
Drug Dealer Leaves Loot at Shopping Mall (12:14) - WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A crack cocaine dealer who forgot a backpack containing C$91,000 ($74,000) in a Winnipeg mall was arrested after he tried to reclaim the bag at the mall's lost-and-found desk. ...
Hookers Take Dim View of Bright Lights (12:13) - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antwerp will dim the bright new lights along the Belgian port city's waterfront after prostitutes complained they were putting off potential clients."We had some remarks from the prostitutes that there was too much light, both for...
The White Stuff (12:06) - This guy is a pro....

Wednesday 19 January

international textbooks (22:17) - As Barnes & Noble continues to buy out independent college bookstores it seems as if the price of textbooks has skyrocketed past unaffordable straight to ludicrous. Faced with a $143 list price for one of my books I decided to...
Dollar Bill Origami (15:06) - Origami is a endeavor that is undertaken by many, using what's available. Often, that is money. Sometimes simple, and sometimes complicated the result is often spiffy and incorporates the bill's features into the design. ...
You, Robot (14:35) - Scientist Hans Moravec says humans will download their minds into computers one day. So he's put his money where his mouth is, and started a robotics firm to pioneer the journey from warehouse drones to Robo Sapiens. ...
Catholic church in Spain shifts policy on condom use (14:35) - MADRID, Spain - In a substantial shift from traditional policy, the Catholic Church in Spain has said it supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. "Condoms have a place in the global prevention of AIDS,"...
Kerry Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation (12:57) - In an e-mail addressed to supporters nationwide, Kerry asks that his campaign workers and volunteers reunite in a drive to force President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "I believe that together, those of us who worked together...
Man with Nail in Skull Has $100,000 Headache (11:35) - DENVER (Reuters) - Doctors who removed a 4-inch (10-cm) nail from a Colorado construction worker's skull have left him with huge headache -- a $100,000 hospital bill.Lawler walked around with the nail in his skull for six days before...

Tuesday 18 January

Zelda tattoo of all time (22:05) - This upper-back Zelda tattoo took nine hours and was done in one sitting. ...
Huh?: We do stuff. (20:26) - "Our main consulting strategy is to convince clients that we do stuff they can't do themselves, and that we deserve lots of money for it. The best way to do this is to always look good, and always sound like...
an era is over... (18:24) - I lost my 'I Interfaced Effectively' shirt. Update: The shirt has been recovered. Here is the story. Saturday we did laundry at the local laundromat, but since that time we've noticed garment after garment missing. We thought we had forgotten...
The Bush Warplan (13:04) - There has been a lot of talk lately about where the US is setting its sights next in the Middle East. People are worried about possible US moves against Iran or Syria. I have come here to tell you to...
Women have less innate ability at math and science. (10:28) - According to a recent talk given by Harvard president Lawrence Summers, women have less innate ability at math and science. During an economic conference Dr. Summers said that genetics, not just social factors, played a role in keeping women from...

Monday 17 January

Indoor Tropics (22:15) - The Tropical Islands dome is a huge "tropical resort" inside of a dome just outside of Berlin. The dome is open 24/7 so that visitors can come to lay out on the beach, go swimming or take a walk through...
Napoleon Dynamite Sound Board (18:41) - It was only a matter of time before someone made a soundboard for Napoleon Dynamite. "Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day."...
Selling Volkswagons using suicide bombers (17:01) - Not a very tasteful way to promote your car... Update: Volkswagen and DDB London are distancing themselves from a hoax viral commercial for the VW Polo, which features a suicide bomber. The ad plays on the established tagline for Volkswagen's...
Amazing Feats Of Eating (16:18) - CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) - Kate Stelnick may weigh only 100 pounds, but her appetite is remarkable. The college student from Princeton, N.J., is the first to meet a restaurant's challenge by downing its six-pound hamburger - and five pounds...
Computer Viruses looking for Love (15:06) - Artist -> Luca BertiniYazna and ++ are two viruses in love. They are looking for each other on the net, running through connected computers. They are different from other virii in that they will cause you neither damages to...
Pentagon spurned plan for enemy aphrodisiac (11:14) - Sometimes the Weekly World News gets it right... well almost right. This story has been making the rounds for a few weeks now, but this is the firt time I've seen it up at the major news sources. WASHINGTON...
Turning New York into a webpage (10:39) - Grafedia , created by John Geraci, is hyperlinked text, written by hand onto physical surfaces and linking to images, video, sound files, etc. It can be written on walls, in the streets, or in postcards, on the body as...
Mr. Bill, teen idol (10:36) - Dig these slinky photos of Bill Gates from Teen Beat, circa 1983. ...

Sunday 16 January

secret coke machine debug menu (22:12) - here’s how you can unlock the secret debug menu on many coke machines. you can find out how many drinks have been sold, how much money is in the machine, and, in the rare case the machine is unsecured,...
John Hargrove's Credit Card Prank (21:45) - Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice? ...
The Village (21:17) - If you haven't seen it yet, M. Night Shyamalan's The Village is my rental pick of the week. I always expect a lot from Shymalan's films, but was hesitant going in to this one. It lives up to his name....
I am a Japanese School Teacher (17:56) - I am a Japanese School Teacher is written by an African-American teaching English in Japan to students ages 12-15. You know what's kind of funny though? Some kids can't say "Good morning", but damn near all of them can...
California professor flunks Kuwaiti's pro-U.S. essay (17:50) - A 17-year-old Kuwaiti student whose uncles were kidnapped and tortured by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invaders more than a decade ago said his California college political science professor failed him for praising the United States in a final-exam essay...
at least her breath was fresh (14:59) - A woman who admitted drinking three glasses of Listerine mouthwash had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when she was arrested for drunken driving, police said Friday.The woman, identified by police Sgt. Mike Shadbolt as 50-year-old...
Philadelphia's Biker War (13:57) - The Hell's Angels are making a strong move for the Pagan's turf here in Philadelphia, prompting an all out biker war. Problems in Philadelphia began about two years ago when the Hell's Angels announced they were interested in taking over...

Saturday 15 January

Katamary Fun (22:27) - The official Japanese site for Katamari Damacy has lots of downloadable fun things for fans of the game, including a cut-out version of the King of the Cosmos' nose that you can wear around the house! ...
Tsunami Ghosts (18:17) - A second surge of tsunami terror is hitting southern Thailand, but this time it is a wave of foreign ghosts terrifying locals in what health experts described as an outpouring of delayed mass trauma.Tales of ghost sightings in the six...
Cereality (12:07) - Cereality is a cafe in Philadelphia and Tempe, AZ for the child in everyone. Just about everything on the menu is cereal based. You can mix and match multiple kinds of cereal and toppings (yes, Pop Rocks is a topping)...
disjointed.org ver 3.0 (02:52) - I finally got off my ass and made some sweeping changes to the site. The most obvious is the layout change. There are still some kinks to work out: I am aware that things aren't rendering correctly under IE6 for...

Friday 14 January

Olson, the independent camera (13:41) - Christopher Glaister's Olson camera is an automatic digital camera that you can leave at a party and it pans and rotates discretely, taking images of its surroundings autonomously. Bristling with microphones, the camera "listens" for interesting events such as...
Speaker tells students that stripping is a career choice (12:24) - School officials in Palo Alto are reconsidering their use of a popular speaker for an annual career day after he advised middle school students that they could earn a good living as strip dancers.William Fried told eighth-graders at Jane...
Harbin Ice Festival (02:21) - We went to a going away party tonight for a friend of ours who is moving to China. Turns out that the town he is moving to is known for their ice festival. This year they constructed a hotel made...

Thursday 13 January

Suspended spherical home (14:53) - The HangOut is a 2.9 meters diameter housing module designed --by Vancouver-based Tom Chud-- to be suspended from a tree. It comes with a double bed, counter, table, bench seats and storage lockers. Four attachment points on the top...
Privacy in Halo 2 (14:19) - Our friend George Hotelling has an interesting writeup about Halo2. To summarize, don't call off work and play Halo2 all day if the bossman knows your Xbox live screenname... --Ryan Here's a question and answer from Bungie's latest weekly...

Wednesday 12 January

Sheet-music for Super Mario (23:44) - This guy, who calls himself "The Blindfolded Pianist," has gone through all of Super Mario Bros and figured out the sheet music for it. Link (via Kottke) ...
disjointed.org upgrade (01:58) - This is important so read it and do as it says: ; ) I upgraded disjointed tonight. Unfortunately, all the author information has been reset. You all still have your logins, but you'll need to email me for your new...

Tuesday 11 January

Hero (18:10) - Sgt. Rafael Peralta "You're still here, don't forget that. Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and the other Marines today."...
iPod Shuffle and Mac Mini announced (14:10) - Apple.com is getting nailed right now, but they have a site up for the new Mac Mini. Starting at $499 it comes with a 1.25Ghz G4, 40GB HD. You can spend a little more to get a faster processor and...

Monday 10 January

The Playground Experiment (23:45) - The Sony Computer Science Laboratory of Paris is using modified AIBOs to study infant learning development. However, I think the cuteness of AIBOs playing with baby toys may outweigh any of the real scientific benefits this research has to offer....
Sushi Pillows (23:32) -
disjointed bug fix (14:29) - I fixed a problem with the archives today. Some of you had pointed out to me that when going through the archives, posts with URLs in the title could not be reached via the archives. Instead the link in the...

Sunday 9 January

Camera Mail (22:03) - On the 22nd of December 2004, Kyle Van Horn taped a disposable camera to a piece of black foamcore and inscribed upon it the following message: "ATTENTION POSTAL WORKERS! Please help us with our project. As this camera travels across...
Fugitive hid in a closed down Circuit City for 6 months (21:58) - A prisoner who escaped in June was recaptured this week and accused of robbery after surviving for months by hiding in a vacant electronics store and eating stolen baby food, police said. Authorities said Jeffrey Allen Manchester lived in...
Did Jon Stewart bring down Crossfire? (18:44) - CNN has announced that they are letting Crossfire's Tucker Carlson go and are most likely taking the show off the air after 23 years. You may remember him as the host Jon Stewart called a 'dick' last fall while appearing...
Old Timey Radio Shows (16:19) - At radiolovers.com you can listen to old time radio shows that predate television. Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Batman .. they are all here. Some of them kind of creep me out....

Saturday 8 January

Sorry, all I've got is change (23:43) - A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday....
the world is going to hell because of us (15:15) - The pikaholic has taken her photos down and has chastised us all for our insensitive remarks about super fans. You know I think it is utterly disturbing how none of you know me or anything and like to judge people...

Friday 7 January

blingshack (14:48) - <johnnybluejeans> all this talk makes me want some whitecastle <tomo> mmm, sliders... 5 holes... square meat <johnnybluejeans> i'm gonna make a burger joint with triangle burgers <johnnybluejeans> goldshack <tomo> i'm gonna one up you <tomo> with the bling shack diamond...
How to find a parking space (14:31) - MSNBC ran a piece on the various strategies for finding parking spaces. It brought back fond memories of trying to find parking at Ohio State's central campus lots for class. My strategy was as little different than the ones discussed...
You are not the biggest Star Wars fan (14:26) - This guy is. Jeff Twieden doesn't care that it's freezing outside. He's camping out in front of the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle, waiting for Episode Three to open. It's only 22 weeks away....

Thursday 6 January

Poor Ashlee (17:17) - This is Ashlee Simpson getting heckled after her 'performance' at the National Championship game's half-time. I'm starting to think Ryan's favorite singer has no talent at all. He's gonna be crushed....

Wednesday 5 January

http://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/ (14:28) - Nothing keeps a relationship on its toes so much as lively debate. Fortunate, then, that my girlfriend and I agree on absolutely nothing. At all.Combine utter, polar disagreement on everything, ever, with the fact that I am a text-book Only...
CNN reports on the most durable condoms (10:43) - Here is some news you can use: The nonprofit Consumers Union says in a new guide to contraception that the seven top types of condom they studied did not burst despite vigorous testing, and all models met international standards.But results...

Tuesday 4 January

Ha ha ha...What? (22:44) - Why is Gallagher teaching us to hitch a helicopter to a car? I have no goddamn idea. It's worth a watch if only for a sixty year old man with orange hair trying to be funny...And failing miserably. Maybe Gallagher...
Pikaholic (14:33) - He is cute.. but not that cute....
What do you believe is true? (14:27) - "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" This was the question posed to scientists, futurists and other creative thinkers by John Brockman, a literary agent and publisher of The Edge, a Web site devoted to...
The Sims as a Language Learning Tool (10:56) - This commentary examines how content originally designed for entertainment purposes can be modified to provide natural and context rich language learning environments, without sacrificing its entertainment value. First, I examine a modification to the number one selling video game The...
The Apple Product Cycle (10:44) - The Apple Product Cycle takes a humorous look at Mac culture. A good read with MacWorld a week away and rumors flying about a $499 Mac and flash based ipods. As Macworld or the Worldwide Developer�s Conference draws near, the...

Monday 3 January

sin city (22:42) - I've never heard of it. I guess it's based off a comic book. I totally dig it's style. Here's the trailer. I hope it's as good as this thing makes it look....
Barcade (14:56) - I have been looking for something like Barcade for a while now. Located in Brooklyn, it's a combo bar/arcade featuring 20 revolving beer taps and more than 20 vintage video games (Donkey Kong, Beserk, Galaga, Defender, Tempest, Asteroids and many...

Saturday 1 January

Happy New Years! (15:45) - Hope everyone had a great New Year. Isent a few photos to moblog.disjointed.org from last night in New York....