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Monthly Archive May, 2007

How big is your video card?

Blork explains the latest, greatest 3D VR game out there:
One good thing was the 3D rendering. In fact it was quite spectacular. There was full 360° perspective, with good depth rendering and nice atmospheric effects. You could walk around other players and objects, although you couldn’t walk through them. Unfortunately there were no accelerators or [...]

You know what’s scary?

Finding your doctor on Friendster. And finding out he’s a Star Wars nut. Yeah, it could be worse. He could be on MySpace.

Help a friend, help public radio.

My friend Stasia lives and breathes radio in Philadelphia. I knew her way back when she was a volunteer at KBOO in Portland…and before that even. She has submitted a two-minute demo of a news program for the Public Radio Talent Quest.
Please, go check out her demo and give her some [...]

Briefly for May 18, 2007

The second annual J to Steakers, Sacramento’s low-key but more fun answer to the Bay-to-Breakers, will run this Sunday beginning at noon.
Margaret writes that the whales are not circus animals. She asks a question that’s been bugging me for a few days: “How’s that naming contest going to look if the whales die?”
On LivinginUrbanSac, [...]

Briefly for May 7, 2007

Paris Hilton fires manager blamed for jail sentence. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. You were endangering lives by drinking and driving and that’s what got you the probation and the suspended license. You were responsible for your actions then, and you are responsible for them now. Your manager wasn’t [...]