09.01.08
Go Duke!
I wasn’t there, but hopefully this begins a new era of interest in Duke Football.
08.23.08
TKD at the Olympics
There’s no place for this in any sport.
Cuba’s Angel Valodia Matos, left, kicks match referee Sweden’s Chakir Chelbat in the face … at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing… Matos attacked the official, throwing punches and kicks, after being declared the loser in his bronze medal match.
He, and his coach, have been rightly banned for life from all international competitions.
Much more fun is the “Kicked in the Face” gallery at NBCOlympics.com — pictures of scoring kicks to the head in the Tae Kwon Do Matches.
07.16.08
Wordle
Create a pretty word cloud quickly and easily with Wordle. I created the following with the RSS feed for Tasgall.com.
This one is from a piece of code I picked at random.
Note: Java required.
07.08.08
The Gamble Collection
Just put online…
From 1908 to 1932, Sidney Gamble (1890-1968) visited China four times, traveling throughout the country to collect data for social-economic surveys and to photograph urban and rural life, public events, architecture, religious statuary, and the countryside. A sociologist, renowned China scholar, and avid amateur photographer, Gamble used some of the pictures to illustrate his monographs.
Great photos… Kudos to Duke Library for making them available to everyone.
07.05.08
Pink Noise
Got an annoyingly noisy work environment? Use white or pink noise…
Just in case you’re a web app only person… there are solutions for you too.
07.03.08
Modern Engineering…
It’s fascinating what modern engineering can do with an old idea…
There’s a lot of other good stuff at TED.com.
06.27.08
Public Tolerance
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
– Oscar Wilde
06.26.08
Fulgurator
“I’m pretty sure I’d get tazed walking around downtown waving this thing around.”
