Via my mom: She actually sent me a whole collection of famous dog-related quotes overlayed on cute dog photos.  I'll post a few more...

For any geek working in a company run by non-geeks (decidedly not the case at my employer, ServiceNow – but true of some of my former empl...

My lovely bride passed along this little pearl of Cowboy Wisdom&tm;: The guys were all at a deer camp.  No one wanted to room with Bo...

Suppose you're a violinist.  You're playing at a somber, serious classical music concert.  Suddenly someone's Nokia (recognizabl...

Here's an interesting idea – shareable clipboard-like functionality hosted in the cloud.  It's basically a fast way to share (live)...

A nice little compilation and discussion of mostly common-sense practices – but if you're new to JavaScript, this is quite handy!

Doug S. passes along this amateur video clip of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  The guard is not happy with the laughter and ...

This moved me to tears this morning... The spirit that shows through here is awe-inspiring. Though I don't agree with many of the p...

John Scalzi is a well-known science fiction author, and old enough to remember vinyl LP records.  His daughter, however, is just 13 years ol...

...had a great weekend, in agility competition at NTC.  They ran four times, qualified on each run (so two double-Qs!), and got a total of ...

Here's a clue: it's via APOD ... Don't know?  They're the mysterious hexagonal clouds around the north pole of Saturn.....

Ars Technica, of all sites, goes for the comedy.  The title and lead paragraph from the article: Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pric...

Here's a compilation of rejection notices for six scientific papers submitted for publication in science journals.  They sound real eno...

Tip of the hat to reader Simon M.:

Forwarded to me by my lovely bride: Debbie would look just like one of those guys in the background...

The fascinating story of some Chinese farmers who were so fed up with Communism that they risked their lives to enter into a capitalist exp...

Here's a fascinating chart by Horace Dediu , showing sales of various kinds of personal computers.  While looking at this, keep in mind ...

Just in case you're one of the four people who hasn't already seen this:

AKA Tibouchina heteromalla .  From BPotD , of course.  They're on a wildflower roll...

 My mom sent me this clip from “Judge Judy” (apparently some kind of TV show).  I don't know anything about this show, but it certainly ...