Archive for July, 2009

Our robot overlords…

21st July 2009 by Robert Porter No Comments

Robots! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty… For tonight, we dine in Silicon Valley!, originally uploaded by atp_tyreseus., used under a Creative Commons license
can’t get here soon enough. They can’t possibly screw things up any worse than we have.

Bob ‘n’ Dave

19th July 2009 by RPorter No Comments

My old friend Dave King has been making cartoons since we were ten years old. For many years, he did a strip called Bob ‘n’ Dave for our local college newspaper. Now (finally!) we’re starting to collect Dave’s old and new work on a website, which is officially being launched… right now!
Behold: www.kingcartoons.com
Web design by [...]

I… what?

18th July 2009 by Robert Porter No Comments

DSCN1767, originally uploaded by Dr. Gianluigi “Zane” Zanettini, CEO [MegaLab.it]., used under a Creative Commons license
The photographer is apparently Italian. I don’t know Italian, so I have no explanation. But you have to admire his… something. Sense of color coordination? Maybe that’s it.

In which I do not get rich on the Internet

18th July 2009 by Robert Porter No Comments

photo by Jason Tavares., used under a Creative Commons license
A successful blog has a few easily identifiable characteristics. To whit:
1. Regular posts, by which I mean like three or four new ones a day
2. An easily identifiable theme, like cute animals or food
3. Copious links to other people’s websites, often done with the understanding that [...]

Bloat

14th July 2009 by RPorter No Comments

I love gadgets. Whether they’re nuts and bolts or made of code, litlle gizmos that do cool stuff are a constant source of delight.
But.
Pile one on top of the other, and another on top of that, and  they stop being so cool. How many websites have you seen with so many little flashing boxes and [...]