The Quick Brown is a Fox News headline tracker that visually displays deltas (additions and edits) in a quick-to-grok manner. It’s actually possible to watch the sensationalizing in slow-motion, which is as sickening as it is fascinating. For example, the headline “Obama: Tax cut by Apri...

The extraordinary improviser, Paul Vaillancourt, gave me a list of sayings that have been compiled and passed around the improv theater community over the years. The legendary teachers, Mick Napier and Del Close, get some of the credit, though the exact origins of most of these are as hazy as the ro...

So, my beloved fiance comes home with one of those "please don't kill me" nervous grins on his face. What does he tell me? His co-worker's mom has a litter of possibly pure bred (She bought this $500 cat that was, surprise, pregnant, so no idea on the daddy cat. He says Egyptian Mau, but i...

I know what you're thinking, "holy shit, we have a new president!" And also, "damnit Geekologie Writer, hit me the latest in time-telling devices". Well you got it, son. The Kisai Keisan is the latest in Tokyoflash's wrist flasherdashery. If you can add, you can tell what time it is on the Keisan. C...

Over the last two weeks, we’ve intermittently been looking at HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite software. I’ve discussed… All the basics of this home software. Exterior features, such as building a home and landscaping. Interior design and remodeling features. Software pros:...

Ok, I’ve finally got the interior HGTV software feature review ready for you - it took a while, because the interior stuff was tricky for me to figure out. First of all, in case you missed it, we’ve been looking at this cool HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite software. Besides a ba...

This will be the last month for this 3 year project. In January I will post the 7 most magnificent consumer articles for 2008. Why? More than one reason; most of the hundreds of blogs I review are regurgitating the same information. Many have stopped blogging. Our emphasis on the Undressed network o...

I've been anxiously awaiting the release of Camel Audio's new monster synth Alchemy (click image above to see large view). The technology and presets been being developed for years. Their web site had a "Coming Soon Autumn 2008" teaser on it for quite some time. Well the wait is over and today Alche...

[image courtesy flickr photog caffeina] It seems the preservationists have truly won this round: the owners of the hard-up Harding Theater have given up their fight for condos and put the building on the market. Asking price: $4 million. That's $303/square foot for the theater plus two retail spaces...

The FDA says the popular food additive is safe. But what about the chest pains, headaches and rapid heartbeat 'an unknown percentage' experiences? Tribune reporter Monica Eng and I help you navigate the MSG maze. Campbell Soup Co. is swearing off MSG. Or so it says in a new advertising campaign. But...