Mike Evangelist (I think that’s really his name!) is writing a book about his experiences at everyone’s favourite computer company. He’s writing about his writing over at his blog, Writers Block Live. I found out about Mike’s site after reading a Guardian article penned by him about behind-the-scences preparation of a Steve Jobs keynote.

As reported by the BBC, Norway is planning to build a “doomsday vault” inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold a seed bank of all known varieties of the world’s crops.
I’ve just stumbled upon egoSurf. From their description:

“You enter your name and your blogs web address. We search google and find links to

I’m a dad! Today I woke up to the pitter patter of 27 little feet.

A bucket-o-babies

I’ve been incubating 9 eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) eggs for the last couple of weeks after they were accidentally dug up while someone was turfing their lawn. They can be quite a handful.

A handful of babies

Digital dragons

While 8 of

Setting energy saver settings from the command line

I often want to do something at OS X’s command line, but I can never remember most of the (often obscurely named) commands. So I head on over to Google and I try to find the command I need. And I usually spend ages before I find it. So I’m going to start posting these

Following Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynote this week, Apple’s brushed metal interface is feeling decidedly sorry for himself.
Warning: the following posts contain explicit language and are not suitable for persons under the age of 21.25.
iLife ’06 From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal Interface
This is just the latest in a downward spiral for BMI.
The

From the Beeb: Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.
The report on the BBC website says “The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig’s genetic material is green, it is easy to spot”. I don’t see how the genetic material can be

LSD’s Father Ponders His ‘Problem Child’
Levis unveils jeans with iPod joysticks
A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature ran back to the man’s house and set it on fire.