mdreid

A Mac OS X Service that allows you to convert LaTeX equations in any text area to embedded PDF.

Whoops! A security test at Charles de Gaulle airport placed some plastic explosives in an unsuspecting passenger's suitcase to see if sniffer dogs could find it. They didn't, now the authorities have no idea where the explosives are.

I pity the passenger if he or she tried to enter another country with that same suitcase.

Beautiful lighting...

Some beautiful, contemplative but slightly surreal flash do-dads to play with. The first one has the same sort of gentle puzzle solving as Samorost.

I used to have a copy of "Oblique Strategies" on my Palm III many moons ago. They are a collection of small koan-like statements that Brian Eno thinks will help you come at a problem differently.

The one that I found most useful to repeat to myself when working on my PhD was "making a brick, not building a wall".

An online-only peer-reviewed journal with some interesting and timely articles with a broad but technology oriented bent. It's been running since 1996 so there are a good number of articles to read.

Having to do a lot of writing myself right now, this list of things to try when stuck is pretty handy. It seems the more you need to write the easier it is to get stuck. I really need to follow the tip about "unplugging the router".

Another fun, frivilous and collaborative web thing. Send in snippets of photos for the various symbolic names for elements in the periodic table. Being able to see the images and stories the snippets are taken from is a nice touch.