Oddities & Diversions: February 2004

February 27, 2004

The Pixies have a new website! Now how about some east coast tour dates?

February 26, 2004

Journey to the 10th Dimension! Fascinating article about defining the universe.

February 25, 2004

It’s about time “Freaks and Geeks” came out on DVD. Why does it have to be so damn expensive?

February 24, 2004

Textpattern Gamma 1.0 hits the virtual shelves with some very nice features.

February 23, 2004

Voice navigation and embedded applications? Hot damn, Apple is great.

February 22, 2004

Casshern looks like an interesting meld between Anime and live-action filmmaking. Go check out the trailer.

February 19, 2004

James Patterson must be stopped! He has just relaunched Presstube with some more great animations. Well, good for him! Make us all look bad with your fancy “math” and “moving pictures”.

February 17, 2004

Crimson Room is a nicely done head scratcher for fans of Shadowgate style video games. Make your way out of the Crimson Room!

Movielog.org is attempting to make a movie… with everyone who cares to lend a hand. It’s a Community Filmmaking Experiment! A great idea that could potentially blow up in everyone’s faces.

Melanie Dunea brings us yet another stunning photography site.

Wired News: Webmonkey, RIP: 1996 - 2004. Damn that sucks. I hope they don’t take down all of the useful stuff that’s still online.

February 16, 2004

Shaun Inman is back with some hot CSS action.

The World Domination Design Group (or WDDG) has a slick new company site that seamlessly marries CSS and Flash.

February 11, 2004

Liz’s and my worlds collide

February 10, 2004

The Decemberists make some damn fine music, and their albums (and website) are lovingly adorned with the beautiful illustrations of Carson Ellis.

The Transformers Racetrack surely is the source for the best Transformers information and fun, as well as some scary fans.

February 9, 2004

Cowboy Monkey shows spurs at Minnesota show

February 6, 2004

If you are a web developer and use Firebird, you need Chris Pederick’s Web Developer Extension. Fantastic resource.

February 4, 2004

Two-Headed Baby To Have Surgery. Incredible.

I can’t get enough of the spaceman on Moon’s site

The New Anger-Powered Cars may revolutionize the way we drive

Onion A.V. Club interviews comic-book artist Alex Ross

February 3, 2004

LUOMO has some very cool navigation.

The new OmniWeb Public Beta (from the Omni Group) sounds pretty damn cool.

US says step aside Courier

February 2, 2004

Video of how a cell phone gun works.

Apple testing Safari 1.2 (with images)

Todd Dominey does some crazy flash work for PGA (assisted by Saft)