my latest web project - a standalone version of iWant - is finished and launched. I am very proud of this one... go try it and let me know what you think

http://www.niftywishlist.com/

OK, it seems like Kylie Minogue's producer kidnapped Cyndi Lauper and replaced her with a pod version. Watch this and see if you agree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivaXI7TIoL8 (embedding disabled, so you've gotta follow the link) Cyndi, that's not you... you have more depth than this, and more talent... please don't belittle yourself by taking ...

The guestwhore post I wrote for sugarrae's blog last year has been nominated for a SEMMY award in the "Search Tech" category.

The SEMMYs are judged by John Andrews and Todd Mintz. I gather the next stage involves public voting? ...

Just one of those odd things I found by accident.

Crayola has been making these commercials featuring 3D sidewalk chalk, glowing brushes... kids (like mine) watch them and think that they can actually draw in the air and that their brush strokes will actually glow like neon in the dark. Yes, the Crayola marketers achieve their objective - they inspire ...

Ever heard of the Monty Hall Problem? If not, go here for some supplemental reading

Here's a little script that plays the game a hundred times using the "switch" strategy, and reveals the number of times the player wins or loses - showing that you are more likely to win if ...

Here's a common problem that perplexes some beginner CSS stylers, with an easy (but not obvious) solution.

When you float an element within a container, it seems to escape the bounds of the container and spill outside. What if you want the container to resize to contain the items floating ...

Fucking Fuck! fuck Microsoft for making a fucking horrible fucking OS (fucking Vista), and an even worse fucking browser!! I am so fucking sick of this fucking browser fucking crashing when I've fucking written a fucking article into a fucking browser, I opened Yahoo in another fucking tab to do ...

A couple of years ago leading up to Pubcon Vegas 2006, there was a minimeme doing the rounds among bloggers who were going to attend the conference, listing some people they hoped to meet. At the time, I published a pretty short list of a few people I wanted ...