George Karn

The illustrator who created the Trix rabbit, Lucky Charms leprechaun, and Count Chocula for General Mills, George Karn, died with his pen in his hand on Sunday while drawing a caricature of himself.

WebTV Viewer

Download the WebTV Viewer and see how bad your web page looks to all of the WebTV owners out there.

Big Blue Screen of Death

Big Blue Screen of Death captures large screens prominently displaying crashed versions of Windows. I remember seeing Vertical Reality stopping at GameWorks in Seattle when the controlling Windows NT systems crashed.

Graphical User Interface Gallery

The Graphical User Interface Gallery has a great collection of screenshots of Microsoft Windows Windows 1.01, MacOS 1.1, GEM and lots more (hey, I remember having GEM on my old IBM XT!!!).

Famous Fonts

Famous Fonts has an archive of fonts used in TV shows, movies, publications, and other media and products.

Catproofing

Catproof your computer with PawSenseTM.

CueCats up the Wazoo

I received not one, but two CueCats in the mail (one from Wired, the other from Forbes). I can’t believe either of those publications got suckered into sending this thing out! Similar ideas have been tried before, and they always end up in the trash. I agree completely with what the folks at Salon have […]

Unmaintainable Code

How To Write Unmaintainable Code has tips from the masters on how to write code that is so difficult to maintain, that the people who come after you will take years to make even the simplest changes.

Solar Terrestrial Dispatch

The folks over at Solar Terrestrial Dispatch report a major solar flare which, hopefully, will result in an intense Aurora Borealis display. Keep an eye on the hourly auroral activity report for more information – and get out and watch the Northern Lights tonight.

Billionaires for Bush (or Gore)

I’m thinking about joining the Billionaires for Bush (or Gore). I was particularly swayed by their candidate price/performance analysis (and somewhat dismayed at having missed the Million Billionare March).

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