Strip Search

If you’re a Calvin and Hobbes fan, you’ll want to check out Martijn Reemst’s creation: C.H.E.S.S. – the Calvin and Hobbes Extensive Strip Search. You can do complex boolean searches (like +calvin +rosalyn -calvinball) or search by publication date, and the results show the matching strip and any books it’s been published in.

Subtly Simpsons

A great collection of lines from the Simpsons that the editors “have found to be particularly witty, often with their humor derived from subtleties of language, esoteric allusions, or just plain wit.”

15 Minutes of Fame?

Wow! Out of 4.8 million users, randomly selected as SETI@Home User of the Day for January 22, 2004. Guess I’d better save a screenshot of this posterity…

Sea Monkeys in Mourning

Harold von Braunhut, the quirky inventor/marketer who gave us Amazing Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Spexs, died November 28th at the age of 77.

The Particles of Star Trek

Can’t tell a tachyon from a metrion? Steven Grimm has a collection of particles mentioned on Star Trek as well as a form where you can submit anything he might have missed.

USB Christmas Tree Light

Just in time for Christmas Tomato Chip has a USB-powered Christmas Tree Light to brighten up your desk. Unfortunately, the model that plays music is out of stock.

TiVo #2

Michele got me a second TiVo for my birthday last week, so we’re no longer tied to the televison in the family room. The second unit has gone into our bedroom, and with the multi-room viewing feature we can watch programs recorded on either TiVo. I wanted to put a Linksys WUSB12 wireless USB network […]

SpamNet for Outlook Express

There is finally has a beta version of Cloudmark’s Spamnet for Outlook Express available for trial (previously, only Outlook was supported). So far, SpamNet has caught over 17,000 spam messages on my system. If you happen to download it, be sure to give them my referral code “r705hl”.

How LEGOS Are Made

An interactive tour of a LEGO factory.

Google Deskbar

The latest toy from the folks at Google Deskbar which allows you to search from within any application via the Windows taskbar. I especially like being able to use the Google Calculator feature from the Deskbar for quick calculations.

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