Ever since Apple Software Update forced me to upgrade to the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, I’ve been using it a lot, seeing how it stacks up against Firefox. Here’s what I’ve found so far: The Good: Speed – Safari is smoking fast, especially on the very slow Java-heavy LMS site I have [...]

Since the birth of our first child is drawing near, I’ve started getting my paperwork together for paternity leave, which gives me occasion to complain about the sad state of the same, here in the good ole USA (“where at least I know I’m free,” as Mr. Greenwood is fond of saying, for whoever is [...]

SciFi author John Scalzi‘s writeup of his recent visit to the Creation Museum is as funny as it is sobering. In addition to the writeup, he also took a lot of pictures. And now he’s having a photo-caption context, inspired by the LOLcats! (which, itself, was total news to me and further evidence that the [...]

The college where I teach now finally has access to JSTOR, which is, far and away, my favorite literary research database. It’s a beautiful thing. In fact, it’s the only literary research database whose developers seem to care about presentation as well as functionality. It’s stylish. And the results you get through it are not [...]

When you see this amount of effort in a gag, you really have to admire it: Accordion Hero II from Schadenfreude Interactive, makers of other great vaporware titles, like Grand Theft Ottoman.