by Jim Stitzel | Sep 11, 2007 | Asides
Well, shoot – apparently “a katana really can slice a bullet in two”:http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/katana-sword/9mm-handgun-vs-katana-sword-298463.php. It even does reasonably well against a few rounds from a .50 machine gun.
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 2, 2007 | Asides
Alex King has a “sweet little writeup”:http://alexking.org/blog/2007/08/30/friendly-search-urls about how to set your WordPress blog up to have friendly search URLs. What makes them so nice is how easy it makes it to search your blog for, well,...
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 2, 2007 | Asides
QOTD – Advent Rising. Great story, glitchy design. I’d like to see the sequel that was planned, only without the glitches.
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 30, 2007 | Asides
Can you “write your way out of a wet paper sack”:http://www.poewar.com/writing-your-way-out-of-a-wet-paper-sack/? It’s really a very important skill to have. (Source:...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 22, 2007 | Asides
I’ve been offline since Sunday evening, due to another fried DSL modem, courtesy of a local lightning strike. So, I just quickly scanned through nearly 600 new items in Google Reader. Anything longer than 3 lines didn’t even get more than a glimpse, and...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 13, 2007 | Asides
Quote of the Day: “…and a hootenanny – a whole lot of hoot, and just a _little_ bit of nanny.”