Monthly Archives: April 2007

Guides to Becoming a Superhero

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Allen Lew

Gizmodo has a nice gadget guide to becoming a superhero. Namely, an exoskelton, hearing aids, a grapple gun, and a car equipped with a Tesla coil. Forbes also had an article on being Batman for about $3,365,449. And if you … finish reading Guides to Becoming a Superhero

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Nike is planning to unveil transforming Megatron and Optimus Prime shoes. They sound cool, but could be painfully uncomfortable to wear. (via Boing Boing)

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

(Update: I’ve changed plugins to provide OpenID. See this post.) Comments can now be signed with OpenID, thanks to this plugin.

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

Thanks to a plugin by Alex King, this blog now has a Mobile edition, so it’s readable on a PDA. To get the plugin, check out his plugin page.

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

Superman Returns

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Allen Lew

In Superman Returns, Bryan Singer tried very hard to recreate much of the classic look and feel of the earlier Superman movies. Singer succeeds quite well in doing this right from the opening credits. His casting of Brandon Routh as … finish reading Superman Returns

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NY Times: “Dr. [Richard] Gross, a professor of chemistry at Polytechnic University, in Brooklyn, is turning plant oils, of the kind already used to make biodiesel, into “bioplastic.” The plastics can be films or rigid, as are commonly found in … finish reading Turning food wrappers into fuel

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

I’ve reimplemented asides on this blog, thanks to this tutorial on implementing asides with Cutline. I’ve talked about making asides briefly before.

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

A demo playing two Nickelback songs shows them to be nearly the same song. Sadly, this can probably be done with way too many popular music acts today. (via Kottke)

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Allen Lew | Comments Off

Google Maps for Palm

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Allen Lew

So I just got a Palm T|X from work at Los Angeles Urban League. One of the downsides of working in this part of LA is there isn’t a lot of free wi-fi points to make use of the Internet … finish reading Google Maps for Palm

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Wordplay

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Allen Lew

When I first heard about the movie Wordplay, I thought it was about the New York Times Crossword puzzle itself and the people who solve it (the regular people and the famous like Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, and Bill Clinton … finish reading Wordplay

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