June 2006 - Posts

• Superman Redux

  By Anonymous
  Thursday, Jun 29 2006, 01:49 PM

  Let me get this out of the way: I am a Superman fanboy. And so are you. For most folks, Superman was the first superhero you learned about when you were a kid. He can fly! Bullets can't kill him! He has super strength! And then you saw the movie. The... Read More >> Comment on this post

• The future's so bright ...

  By Dave Lee
  Friday, Jun 23 2006, 11:20 AM

  I'm kind of upset that I won't live to see the day when we'll have flying cars, like "The Jetsons." In my younger, geekier days (around 1983 or so) I would often think what my life would be like in 2000. I had these fantasies about road trips to the moon... Read More >> Comment on this post

• Simpy irreplaceable

  By Dave Lee
  Wednesday, Jun 14 2006, 12:06 PM

  One of the bookmarks on my Web browser at home is an A&E article from The Dallas Observer that contains a passage perfectly summing up how I feel about music: What are our favorite musicians if not reflections of our own desires, dreams, fears, imperfections... Read More >> With 3 comment(s)

• Let there be Lite

  By Dave Lee
  Monday, Jun 12 2006, 01:41 PM

  When Nintendo released its GameBoy successor, the Nintendo DS, in 2005, everyone in the gaming industry seemed skeptical. Two screens? A touch screen and a stylus? A built-in microphone? Lots of folks thought the Big N was relying on pure gimmickry to... Read More >> Comment on this post

• Racing tech

  By Dave Lee
  Thursday, Jun 08 2006, 05:32 PM

  I cruised on over to the Milwaukee Mile last weekend to chat with some folks at CDW, which is sponosoring a car in the Champ Car World Series. Now I don't know anything about racing outside of Gran Turismo . But I was a little curious about the tech of... Read More >> Comment on this post

• Spam inspiration

  By Dave Lee
  Friday, Jun 02 2006, 10:17 AM

  Why should spam go to waste? Why can't it serve another purpose other than to be instantly deleted from our inboxes? I think I may have found a solution: spam poetry. The following is my attempt at impersonating William Carlos Williams . All the verses... Read More >> Comment on this post