Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Random Thoughts

Don't forget to get your Free Ice Cream today.

The Seattle Times this morning has an article about the recent serious storylines in comics Get Fuzzy and Doonesbury. The Times has been running Doonesbury on the editorial page for several years now. The article quotes the comics blogosphere's own Dirk Deppey, too.

The Tree of Life, in web format. Via Metafilter.

EWeek is doing a comparison of Open Office vs Microsoft. Since installing Open Office on my machine, I've found it can do most of what I want, except in Excel.

As if Tokyopop wasn't doing quite enough by preparing to air TV ads for their comic books, it now appears that they've signed up with the NBA to do a series about NBA stars. Let's hope the books actually have some sort of plot... from the description they sound like they'll just be short bios with action shots. Via a number of bloggers, including Thought Balloons.

Mathemagenic wonders about the ethics of interblog quoting. It's an odd set of questions, really. What makes blogs strong is the ability to rapidly share all kinds of information. Linking to other blogs is crucial, quoting them less so.

Mona Lisa is falling apart.

Legoland is offering wireless kid tracking at its park in Europe. Via /.

Here's what was on John Lennon's iPod. Sort of. Via Boing Boing.