Tired of those Nerf battles

Tired of those Nerf battles in the office? Maybe it's time for you to step up to Lego machine guns. Firing rates up to 500 rounds/minute are possible!

There's a good WebReference piece

There's a good WebReference piece on how to Communicate with Color. The article has lots of good info; here's the links that it mentions:

http://www.ccicolor.com/research.html

http://www.costlessweb.com/specol3.htm

http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html

http://www-students.biola.edu/~brian/csapplet.html

http://www.lynda.com/hex.html

http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

http://www.colormatters.com/khouw.html

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA011243/wcolor_e.htm

http://www.ergogero.com/FAQ/Part5/2Meaning.html

http://www.keysteps.com/Tips&Articles/feature3.htm

(Via the WiseWomen list)

I'm told that at one

I'm told that at one point today, this story had the headline Austrian Government Causes Furor.

This is a joke, right?

This is a joke, right? Microsoft names new consumer OS: Windows Me. This is the OS that used to be Windows Millenium, that's the upgrade to Windows 98. Let me guess... the new name for WinCE will be Mini Me?

Quote of the day:There was

Quote of the day:

There was once a woman who, in her youth, had a desire to
become a "great" writer. When asked to define "great", she said "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation and anger!"

She now works for Microsoft writing error messages.

I'm in the right field,

I'm in the right field, and I'm the right gender... maybe I just have too much technical and managerial experience? Upside reports that Gina Smith to head "New Internet Computer Co.", the new Oracle spinoff.

One new Ask Jeeves link,

One new Ask Jeeves link, and a couple of others I just hadn't gotten around to posting yet:

• What ho! Jeeves vs. Jeeves.
  
• The official Ask Jeeves Peek through the Keyhole page (aka search voyeur). Odd how those questions are all perfectly spelled and grammatically correct, eh?
  
• The unofficial Ask Jeeves Peek through the Keyhole. This is a little more like what I expected, although not for the easily offended.

So long, Gary, it's been

So long, Gary, it's been nice making fun of you.

Quote of the day: "For

Quote of the day: "For 900 years have I taught Jedi, and tenure have I not!"

Recapture, explore and celebrate the

Recapture, explore and celebrate the Art of Computer Programming with The Programmer's Stone.

While Bauer's signature gatherers were

While Bauer's signature gatherers were resurrecting the dead in Indiana (see below), Bush's in New York seem to have just gone through the phone book.

The Bush Bubble is a

The Bush Bubble is a nice article in Slate pointing out how the rationale of the Bush campaign is based almost wholly upon circular logic. When you dig just a bit, it evaporates.

It's bad enough that Gary

It's bad enough that Gary Bauer's campaign is dead, as evidenced by his 1% showing in New Hampshire (he came in behind "others"). But it looks like in order to even get on the ballot in Indiana, he had to enlist the help of actual dead people.

Via ST: an excellent explanation

Via ST: an excellent explanation of how Fannish speech differs from that of "mundanes". Given the overlap I've seen between techies and fans, this would be useful for those who need translation help.

Good News, Bad News: Apple

Good News, Bad News: Apple said at Macworld Expo that they would (finally!) support Java 2 on the Mac... but only for OS X. In other words, a year from now, Apple will finally support what everyone else has had for a while now.