What is Web 2.0? Well, I’ve read a lot of definitions but I’ve yet to see better than this:
Category: Remainder
Remaindered links are stuff that I thought was interesting, but not post-worthy. Yes I stole it from Kottke, just like everyone else.
WordPress on a Terminal
In light of now owning a mac, I’m also in the process of getting comfortable with using the Terminal (I was somewhat acquianted with the MS-DOS prompt previously). This is mainly for the purpose of accessing this WordPress web site for maintence, etc. So, with that in mind, I thought I’d point out this insane… Continue reading WordPress on a Terminal
Virgin Gorda Baths
Virgin Gorda Baths by Jason Coleman
What Is Lost About?
Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer on what Lost is all about: “This show is about people who are metaphorically lost in their lives, who get on an airplane and crash on an island and become physically lost on the planet Earth, and once they are able to metaphorically find themselves in their lives again,… Continue reading What Is Lost About?
Get You’re $100 Laptop for $300
The general public in the Western world will be able to purchase the MIT/Negroponte OLPC ($100 laptop) after all. The catch? “customers will have to buy two laptops at once — with the second going to the developing world.” Looks like eBay will be handling the sales and the laptop will initially go for around… Continue reading Get You’re $100 Laptop for $300
Larry Lessig Presentation on Free Culture
If you have a free hour and would like to learn about free culture, then I highly recommend you watch this presentation by law professor Larry Lessig. The tools for free culture, particularly copyleft and Creative Commons, are expanding and Lessig points out how this applies to all creative materials beyond just software. I strongly… Continue reading Larry Lessig Presentation on Free Culture
Stop Motion Action Film on YouTube
Most of YouTube is crap (then again, 90% of everything is crap). However, it is gems like this live-action, stop-motion film “Tony vs. Paul” that make it the future of video and entertainment. I think some Hollywood effects studios could learn some tricks from these guys. Some of it’s silly, but it’s an entertaining five… Continue reading Stop Motion Action Film on YouTube
Merry Christmas 2006
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas today and a happy holiday season.
Hardly Fame (Yet)
In case you were wondering, I’m the 265th Jason on Google, as of today. Also, in case you were further wondering, I am prone to short fits of vanity in between periods of actually having a life.
My Stomach Hurts Wii-ly Bad
A Swedish man’s appendix burst while waiting at the front of the line to get a Wii so the store manager held his place for him during a 48 hour stay at the hospital. The appendix patient still was the first person to receive a console from that store. And I thought the people working… Continue reading My Stomach Hurts Wii-ly Bad