We wanted to give those of you who have been following the progress of this lamp from a wild idea to a final product something special, so we made a special limited edition just for you. The limited edition features a laser engraved signature at the bottom of the UFO and a specially printed certificate [...]
Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago today. This event is celebrated all over the world. The following little recommendation will be my little celebration of Darwin’s birthday, and a small contribution to science, reason and critical thinking. Skeptoid Podcast I have been looking around for a good skeptic podcast, and my search ended with Skeptoid. [...]
Are you wondering what to do while you are waiting for the Alien Abduction Lamp? Maybe a short stay with our green or grey little friends could be a good way of killing time. I don’t have any connections to help you get there, but I have put together this t-shirt for you to wear so [...]
Macheist has a limited time offer for a great bundle of 11 mac apps that I highly recommend. The bundle now includes CSSEdit that I have previously mentioned as the best tool for easy and elegant creation and editing of stylesheets. It also includes AppZapper, and if you buy the bundle, you can use it [...]
Eirik Solheim asked me to provide a list of five favorite blogs after listing herrklein.com as an awesome blog on eirikso.com.The rules are as follows: no community blogs, and they must be written in English. Here are the five blogs that I ended up recommending: Information Aesthetics The beauty of visualisation and visual communication by [...]
If you like the Alien Abduction Lamp, I am sure you will also like Pixar’s short Lifted. I had a good time watching it at Siggraph’s Electronic Theatre this summer.A high quality version is available from iTunes.
I have now departed with my ten year old Gaggia Paros espresso machine and bought a new ISOMAC Venus (recommended!). And buying the new machine has sparked my interest in making the best possible coffee. The image on the right shows a double espresso in the making. One important parameter when making a good espresso [...]
