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A physicist is suggesting that a collection of pieces alleged to have been painted Jackson Pollock probably were not painted by him: The finding, by Richard P. Taylor, a physics professor at the University of Oregon, does not prove that Pollock did not paint the works, among a cache of 24 paintings found in 2003 [...]

For those of us who grew up on 8-bit game consoles, it’s pretty cool to see that Nintendo’s next-generation console, Revolution will sport backward compatibility with every Nintendo game ever. You can download original NES classics like Metroid, Donkey Kong, and Contra via the machine’s net uplink. Granted, you could do this on your PC [...]

Online role-playing games are becoming big business. I don’t know jack about them, mostly because I’m too afraid that once I cross over, I’ll never stop. And frankly, I spend more than enough time in front of a computer screen as it is. My idea of a “virtual world” is, say, The Glaicer Peak Wilderness. [...]

21st-Century Schadenfreude… 1. Alaska Air passenger photos and blogs his experience on Flight 536 2. Anonymous commenters leave nasty comments on said blog. 3. Passenger/blogger tracks the IP address of the offensive comments, and finds they originated from the offices of, yes, Alaska Airlines. D’oh!

Google has put together a fantastic compilation of search terms for ’05. Check it out. As far as Google News searches, Janet Jackson is still on top, if you know what I mean. It’s still funny how many people use Google search for things that they could’ve found simply by typing the word followed by [...]

Apparently the vision of a high-speed transit corridor between San Francisco and San Diego is approaching reality. I had no idea they were this far along. This is an official environmental impact study (EIS) from an official government body, not some far-flung think tank fantasy. The line will run along the old Highway 99 corridor, [...]

Researchers in the UK have developed a device that repels teenagers. No joke. It emits a high-pitched noise that only affects young ears. Convenience store owners, rejoice! But last month, Mr. Stapleton gave him a Mosquito for a free trial. The results were almost instantaneous. It was as if someone had used anti-teenager spray around [...]

If you’re like me, you’ve tried to use Google to search for stupid things on your cell phone. You do it by sending a TXT message to 46645 (a.k.a. GOOGL). The most important use of this service, of course, is to settle arguments at bars, where having a computer is impractical. In my experience, if [...]

My dad (like all dads, I guess) rues the day his mom threw out his collection of baseball cards in the attic. I guess I rue it too… it’s the reason I’m not driving around in a new Beemer right now! I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what would be the [...]

I know I’m a true geek because I find this hilarious. Not to be outdone by the snazzy, future-oriented Web 2.0 conference this weekend, a bunch of folks organized a “Web 1.0″ conference, complete with brick-sized cell-phones and all other sorts of 1994-vintage Web nostalgia. Heh.