2009 March
Make your iGoogle homepage look less Googley with new video game themes
Even though I’m annoyed by the suspicious pervasiveness of Google in my life, I still use iGoogle as my homepage. One of the things I enjoy about it is that I can customize it with themes. Until now, the typical iGoogle theme has consisted of a big header and a coordinating color scheme for modules and content. Some of the fancy ones are designed by real artists, or change depending on the t...
Gamer girls: Apply for $10000 scholarship in game development
Sony Online Entertainment is sponsoring a $10,000 scholarship to encourage women in the field of video game development. If you’re currently enrolled in an undergraduate program related to video games, you should check this out! Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 G.I.R.L. (stands for Gamers In Real Life) Scholarship to help educate and recruit more women into the field of video...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Well, I love these JibJab videos that you can customize with your own photos. They’re hilarious and electronic, so all the time I might otherwise spend reading and rejecting paper cards at the drugstore can be spent (double) working on this nonsense. Anyhow, here’s one for St. Patrick’s Day, or as my son called it this morning, “Leprechaun Day.” Cheers! Try JibJab Sen...
Steve Wozniak trades his Segway for dancing shoes
I’ve been a big fan of Dancing With the Stars since it began, but I’m even more excited about this season, because Steve Wozniak will be dancing! From the DWTS site: DANCING WITH THE STARS – STEVE WOZNIAK — A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, a.k.a. “The Woz,” helped shape the computer industry with his design of A...
