I think I first heard of the Guardian's 24 hours in pictures from a blog entry by Linda Skrocki - thanks Linda! I just love taking five minutes each day to see some truly...

Evil Mad Scientists on sci-fi fruit modding: One cantaloupe, a knife, and five minutes. Your very own (and very tasty) planet-killing superweapon. "That's no melon!"...

I have a co-worker who is one of those types of people.� You know the type. You’re sitting there in a meeting, discussing the next big project, and his BlackBerry...

Just read Blue Girl’s latest, in which she tells of an encounter with her Mother-in-Law and how said MiL always asks an out-of-the-blue question before even saying...

Psychologist Bill Richards studies the medical potential of the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in 'magic mushrooms'. He's part of the research...

Ben Hall announcesIronEditor, a simple dev tool for IronPython and IronRuby. Pretty nice, though fairly simplistic (as Ben readily admits). For example, it...

Henry beat me to the punch by about five minutes, dammit. Here’s my wordley representation of my book, Last Best Gifts. I didn’t look at the site closely...

By Amrit Singh & Brandon StosuyAaaaand we're back. Quite a weekend in Chicago, and this is the post to put a Fork in our coverage of this year's party in Union Park. For...

Guess which celebrity mom is behind the maternity gear Test your knowledge with another juicy round of CelebStyle Smarts! A new bride's guide to changing her name Check...

After a couple of late nights reloading repository dumps and learning new and wonderful unexpected “features” of mixing svn:externals and svnsync, I’m happy to...

  Watchmen - Trailer 1A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric...

You're at the airport and your plane gets delayed 20 minutes. What could you do with that "found" time that would be productive? That's the question Volunteer...

I’ve heard that multitasking burns more brain cycles due to switching between things, and even though you may think you are getting more done by multitasking, you...

The IDF and Iraq’s defense ministry deny that Israeli air force is using Iraqi airspace to prepare for attacks on Iran. The claim is obviously part of Iran’s...

Following the debate about police numbers, 'TOTO' wrote in to broaden the debate with his or her views. You can email your own thoughts, experiences or stories in via the...

I'm in Toronto where it's cold and there's lots of dirty snow on the ground.  Yum. I'm here for copious client meetings and a speaking slot at Canadian Music...

Many of us have been busy in recent weeks tuning up our new installations of the Firefox 3 browser from Mozilla. If you’ve been busy adding extensions to your...

I spend a great deal of my time encouraging "enterprise people" to think more like "web people." Focus on adoption, use platforms to enable emergent capability, build...

Let's check in with the Creative Whack Pack for some inspiration. Here goes. It's card #2: "Ask Why?" Let's see what it says. Leonardo da Vinci: "I roamed the...

It is the ultimate "some assembly required" gadget. Silently orbiting the Earth at a speed of 17,200 mph and altitude of 220 miles, the International Space Station is...