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Most people who surf wheatdesign.com come here for the bassbook. But, for some reason, this blog archive page from January 2001 is enduringly popular.

An exhibit of computer generated art at the Whitney. The series is called CodeDoc and it’s a bit different in that it forces you to view the source code before you get to see what it does. A very cool idea, I think. I haven’t surfed them all yet, but the Levin piece is really [...]

Jenv: nice little Java IDE (coded in Java, of course). Haven’t messed with it much, though, as I’m very happy with EditPad Pro from JGsoft (took a little while, but now I have syntax highlighting set up on every sort of file I code. It also has a customizable ‘tools’ menu so you can pass [...]

Last night: Iris. A touching and very sad portrait of novelist Iris Murdoch and her descent into Alzheimer’s. Lots of good Murdoch resources on the web.

Popcult Magazine is a hilarious journal of popular culture. Lots of gems lurking here. See especially the Bottom 5 Archive.

I spent an extended weekend flying out to Charleston, South Carolina and then driving back to my hometown (Fayetteville, Arkansas). I made it in about 18 hours over the course of two days. My father-in-law had been visiting family there, and he doesn’t fly (due to his health). Gina’s brother, Gary, covered driving on the [...]

Vicki decided search for her father’s name, Reedie Stone, Jr., on Google and found a page devoted to him. So I guess, though it feels odd to say it, this was my Grandfather (does one say “birth grandfather” to distinguish from “adoptive grand father”?).

I turned on the television last night and caught about half a minute of Dog Eat Dog. The question to the contestant was “name the largest country in the Americas.” Her answer? Asia. No, I’m not kidding. She said, “Asia.” When she found out that Canada was the correct answer, her defence was “I don’t [...]

Two interviews with my favorite living philosopher, Richard Rorty.

My nextdoor neighbors recently received a financial windfall, so they bought a house and have been giving away things they no longer need. Thanks to that, I picked up this cool countertop dishwasher, which is really quite amazing. I used it for the first time last night. I’ve only had a dishwasher once in my [...]