Archive for the ‘asides’ Category

today, I reworked my blog

I just reworked my blog, have a look if you’re interested. I’m not quite sure about the Gallery page, still poking around for some decent Flickr integration plugins – if you know of any please comment.

Bacon

Like bacon? Add it to any web page. bacolicio.us

Galactic’s

Galactic’s “From the Corner to the Block” is a fine piece of album.

overloaded?

Find yourself overloaded trying to keep up with the latest interwebs? Check out Alltop it’s an ultra clean aggregator that was inspired by Popurls.

writers strike is over

CNN has an article reporting that the screen writers strike is over. Who cares? The sitcom addicts maybe, I don’t, I gave up cable a year ago.

Creepy Cyberpunk Fantasies Come to Life

As an artificial limb designer and hobbyist robotics engineer, artist Christopher Conte rarely uses blueprints or sketches to craft his elaborate biomechanical sculptures.read more | digg story

Author Pirates His Own Books

Paulo Coelho, the best-selling author of “The Alchemist”, is using BitTorrent and other filesharing networks as a way to promote his books. His publishers weren’t too keen on giving away free copies of his books, so he’s taken matters into his own hands.read more | digg story

Canadian Natural slashes spending, blames royalty hike

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., one of the country’s top energy producers, will slash its capital spending on conventional crude and natural gas by one-third to $1.7-billion next year and is blaming most of the reduction on the new royalty regime adopted last month by the Alberta government.read more | digg story