Even nature sancturary libraries have problems with unruly teenagers hanging around in the parking lot. These geese are at the awkward stage between being yellow fuzzy poofballs and tall feathery adults. As a result, they listen to emo music and wear heavy eyeliner. Someday they will grow up to be…

The hot news this weekend is that we got a new kitty. I swear, I just went to the pound to pet the cats. But there she was, a four-year-old fluffball with a penchant for laps. She only has about six teeth, so she looks surprised all of the time….

ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe (b. ca. 1530, Milano, d. 1593, Milano) The Librarian c. 1566 Oil on canvas, 97 x 71 cm Skoklosters Slott, BÃ¥lsta (Stockholm) . . . .

Today I animated a vector image of a woman singing for an educational flash animation illustrating the difference between the larynx (humans) and the syrinx (birds). What did you do at work today? In my travels, I discovered that WikiCommons has a nice-if-random collection of GNU public licenced images, which…

One of my role models when I was a baby geek was Kim from the comic strip Doonesbury. She coded nude, geeked out, talked in binary, and awed all in her path. Now her daughter Alex is coming to Cornell. Girl can crash at my place anytime. We’ve got wireless….