Archive for May, 2007

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Window’s Tabletop Computing

 

  
Windows has launched a tabletop computer, where the tabletop is the screen and you interact with it by touching the tabletop with your fingers instead of using a mouse and keyboard.  I’ve seen these before, but I figured it would be *years* before they’d be seen in the real world.  Even though they’re only selling [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Computing, Geek by chris_engel

Friday, May 25th, 2007

He’s Famous

Alex has had his fifteen minutes of fame, or more like 20 seconds.

No Comments » - Posted in Pets, Photography, Uncategorized, youtube by chris_engel

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Helvetica - A Font

This article/slideshow, on Slate Magazine, is all about the Helvetica font and it’s history.  While I’m not a grahic design guy, I do find these kinds of things interesting.  It’s worth 5 minutes to check it out.

No Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design by chris_engel

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Photogenic Puppy

Alex, one of our two puppies, has won a minor local photo contest.  It’s not much, and the prize is a personalized collar, but it’s kinda neat! Here’s the main page for the contest.

1 Comment » - Posted in Pets, Photography by chris_engel

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Awesome Old Spice Commercials

As bad as it sounds, I used to wear Old Spice when I was in college.  Don’t ask me why, because I couldn’t explain it myself. ;)  These commercials, starring Bruce Campbell, are just freakin’ awesome!  There is a reason he’s got a cult-like following…

No Comments » - Posted in Advertising, youtube by chris_engel