Monthly Archives: June 2005

the Randomness at its new home

If you’re reading this weblog at its old location (spazquest-randomness.blogspot.com), please be advised that it’s no longer being updated. The new (hopefully permanent) location is http://spazquest.org/weblog; the atom newsfeed is http://spazquest.org/weblog/atom.xml, spelled just like it sounds. See ya there!

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Forrest Gump vs. Rain Man @ WWWF Grudge Match

Forrest Gump vs. Rain Man … can you believe this article has been online since at least 1995??? (They can’t either.)

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Review: Amazing Magnets Superball kit

Dan’s Data reviews the Superball kit: “It’s shiny. It’s weighty. It’s geometrically… intense. And although it looks like something a Man In Black would use to store spare singularities, you can actually build it yourself.” “Amazing Magnets seem to be … Continue reading

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Serious usability issues for ‘deafblind’ users

BBC article, Deafblind slate ‘senseless’ tech: A woman “who relies on a ventilator to breath [sic], accidentally turned off her own air supply when she pressed the button that she thought would summon assistance. By the time her carer came … Continue reading

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New Top 5 comic.

Player vs. Player is my new favorite comic. Well, one of my favorites. [archive link for this strip]

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Great quotes for genuine computer nerds

Douglas Adams recalls: “I really didn’t foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course – the computer industry didn’t even foresee that the century was going to end.” More … Continue reading

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