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Microsoft Photosynth

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Via Scoble, the demo for a new technology preview from Microsoft Live Labs, Photosynth. I’m not usually a fan boy and I try to stay away from hyperbole, but this is simply an amazing demonstration of technology and academics intersecting. Check out the demo video. Yes, it only works in IE and via ActiveX, minus […]

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Election Hang Over

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So, we’re officially the third-most intolerant state in the union, voting down Proposal 2. Through lies, deception, and a dubiously-worded proposal, affirmative action is now illegal in Michigan. And, although it’s only correlation, isn’t it somehow fitting that Michigan also has the third-highest rate of hate crimes in the US? Congratulations Michiganders; you really showed […]

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Go Vote, You Lazy Bastard

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Got your attention? Good. You took the time to surf over to this site and, let’s face it, you’re not reading something in the top 1,000,000 pages on the Web so you’re scraping bottom here. You obviously have the time. Go pick a governor, vote on some propositions (PDF), maybe elect a judge or two. […]

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Close One

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Wow, I had no idea how close to annihilation we came this past week. How close, you ask? How about a marching band forming Star Trek logos with Star Trek actors in the stadium. That’s close.Photographic Proof! Whew. (Oh, and Patrick Stewart was in the stadium; Royal Shakespeare was in town and he guest conducted.) […]

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Random Hard Drive Droppings

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Been a while… busy… blah blah blah. Instead of a long-winded “sorry I dropped off the face of the earth” post, I going to root through my hard drive and talk about something in my backup folder. Like this: This is a logo for a band named Cycle. When I lived in Grand Rapids, Cycle […]

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Requisite Halloween Post

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In between working at work and working at home, J– and I took a couple hours to lead a few more kids down the path to juvenile diabetes Sugar High City by passing out candy to the trick-or-treating kids. Chelsea has, like many towns, a designated trick-or-treating time for the kids to minimize the amount […]