Microsoft Reader Catalog of eBooks Yes, you read it correctly, these are free from Microsoft. I thought wow, thats cool, but unfortunately, they require the Microsoft reader, which unfortunately does not run under the PalmOS. What is really cool however, is they have a text to speech component for it. Not sure how well it [...]

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Artists marketing is an interesting concept. There are many industrial materials and process which make it into the art realm. Whats cool, is that when they do, someone figures out how to make it cheap. For example, If I go to purchase a photopolymer from a Dupont distributor, its going to be spendy, as I [...]

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Loudblog Cool software for doing audio blogs and podcasting. I am going to have to check this out. I started a podcast on a freebie site, and now it appears its not so free anymore. While keeping everything updated, and handling all the admin functions can be a pain, I really like keeping everything in [...]

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FLOWERS – The Best Flowers Companies!!! w.flowers.cheat-elite.com This outfit trackback spammed me. Now, normally I just get screwball stuff for diet pills, illegal drugs, and gambling, but this one I had to check out. Please note, I am not promoting them, I purposely misspelled their url to make sure. Here is their comment spam # [...]

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Make your own bike stand Hey, I like this. I bought 15 bikes last summer. I only wanted one, but had to take them all. My intern tends to ride my $$$$ mountain bike and has caused more damage to it in a year than I did in the last 10 years. So, I have [...]

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Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) Yes, looks like I have some work to do. I have violated just about everyone of them! 1. Yes, I need to add my bio, who knows who I am, but then again, who cares, but if it improves readership, why not. 2. Hmmm, a [...]

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An Amateur X-Ray System This is cool. Years ago, we had an xray machine where I worked. The guys had to be certified just as the hospital folks were, and the output was a film, just like a medical xray. Thus, if you wanted an xray, it had to be scheduled, and their was a [...]

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Office of the Future On bookofjoe, he mentions the benefits of walking, and then has a cool photo of a reading stand on his treadmill. I think thats a good start, but Dr Levine goes even further and integrates a treadmill as well as his whole office. Be sure to check out the slide show! [...]

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Lantronix > Wireless Design Contest These are cool, I got to play around with one at Arrowfest last week. Super small profile, low power consumption and incredible ease of connection make these a nice way to add 802.11 capability to your product. In addition, they already have FCC approval, thus one can remove a ton [...]

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HHMI Online Catalog This is amazing… a great wealth of info, from pdf files, to publications, to videos and dvds. All free! I sort of debated on whether to post this or not, as it is a great resource, and overuse could certianly end the program. However, I had to balance this against the fact [...]

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