Cockeyed.com is a peculiar site. It is spattered with links in an almost unintelligible manner, but if you dig hard enough, or just click randomly, you can find some pretty fun stuff. One nice writeup they’ve done is how to replace the lens in their point and shoot camera. This one happens to ...

After mulling over that busted Canon EF 17-85mm lens, I thought it might be a sign to go buy a new walk-around lens (perhaps an L lens) but I ended up getting a macro lens instead (Canon EF 100mm). Was having a hard time at first choosing between the 50mm, 60mm and the 100mm macro but for the extra ...

Len Deighton turned 80 last week, I just discovered from the Guardian. He was born on February 18, 1929, according to Wikipedia.(Telegraph photo.) Honestly I didn’t even know he was still around, for I haven’t seen any new book by him for a long time. His last thriller was Charity, published in ...

That seems to be the line of thought these days as lots of companies are jumping on the bandwagon of smiley faced logos ("Kraft Latest Marketer to Cheer Up Its Logo") and/or happiness-inspiring tag lines, such as: Dunkin Donuts - "You kin do it!" Coke - "Open Happiness"...

I was recently playing poker at a casino when a guy who was about as drunk as one could be and still stand sat down at the table.  We all knew he was drunk...mainly because he could barely talk and he kept saying "I'm so drunk I can barely see."  He sat down with a lot of c...

Check out this interesting video post by Martin Lindstrom - in the US, traffic accidents increase by over 40% on Friday the 13th!  Talk about subliminal messaging! The fear of Friday the 13th even has a clinical name - paraskevidekatriaphobia - and this article from AAA quotes a doctor who sta...

deals, Life Sciences, VC Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: During a recent discussion on the outlook in San Diego for venture funding in biotech, Sofinnova Ventures’ David Kabakoff noted that one way VCs are coping with the downturn is by broadening the syndication of their deals. That’s apparent...

 In reading the Ad Age Daily email newsletter today, there are two articles right next to each other that stirred some thought about the issues President Obama may face in the coming months and years.  First was an article entitled "Obama Trumps Gump" which outlines how the Pre...

In my humble opinion, this is not one of Seth's blogging gems: "Take the ball and go home."  In it he advises folks who work for bosses who yell at them to: "Call her on her behavior (not who she is, but what she does). "I'm sorry, but when you talk to me like that,...

Considering most of us have given up on the idea that you can make a great film from a video game, you have to hand it to someone who is still willing to try. Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) recently spoke with Bloody Disgusting about his upcoming feature based on the best selling game, Gears of...