Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
Apparently, he committed suicide at his compound.
Sketching with Flash
Watch this sketch evolve from skeleton to fully-clothed woman
It’s pretty cool to watch, and a good use of flash.
An autistic savant explains his abilities
Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant, explains how he answer complex math questions
“When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That’s the answer. It’s mental imagery. It’s like maths without having to think.”
WordPress Roundup
Just in-case you’re a WordPress user and have been living under a rock for the last few days and happen to be reading my site before any other, WordPress 1.5 “Strayhorn” has been released. I think it’s great, then again I’ve only been using the 1.5 nightlies and never used an earlier version.
In other WordPress news, I bring you plugins. Visit the hacks section at Asymptomatic and grab BAStats and ezStatic. The former gives you all sorts of nice statistical goodies about your weblog, the latter allows for easy inclusion of static pages. While you’re there, you should take a look at the wealth of plugins that he has available.
Microsoft guide to 1337
Microsoft guide to the 1337
Our big friend from Redmond swoops down and reminds us once again of the dangers that software piracy poses to our children.
NHL season cancelled
The NHL cancelled the remainder of the season today
It’s too bad. The market in the US is going to die, and they haven’t realized that Canadians don’t really care and just like to watch hockey in general.
English Cut
English Cut
The weblog of a bespoke saville row tailor.
TypeDrawing
Check out TypeDrawing
An amazing Flash app that uses type as the drawing tool.
Dropkick the Faint
Dropkick the Faint
It’s kind of like Yeti vs. Penguin, but with The Faint.
New Conform Project image
I did a remix of the last image in the first series for the flickr group.
If you want to remix this one, feel free to join the group and give it a shot.