The golden nose: A mystery solved

About 15 years ago, my dad built a 1/6th scale radio controlled flying model of Charles Lindbergh's iconic Ryan NYP, better known as The Spirit of St. Louis. In the two years he spent...

My take on the Apple Tablet

This is getting talked about absolutely to death right now, so I'm going to say my bit, hopefully add something, then be done with talking about it.

I think Apple is really onto something here...

Ride log: Ingenious contraption

October 4, 2009 — Today I went for the best ride I've had all season. It wasn't a long ride, only about an hour. What made it such a great ride was two things: I met someone...

NS Recommends: Jonathan Coulton

It's been a while since I did a recommendation. Not because I'm lacking in fabulous things that I'd like the world to embrace, but because I've been otherwise busy. However, about a month ago I was...

The Norio Fujikawa Jetscooter

I love Twitter. It's the best way to find things like this. Via the Definitive Touch blog:

"Illustrator and conceptual thinker Norio Fujikawa gets full-marks for this...

The KLD E-165 electric scooter. Yes!

This week, the word 'round the campfire is that electric maxi-scooter manufacturer Vectrix is going under. That's really sad to hear. The Vectrix has shortcomings common to first generation electric...

Success vs. Dominance

I've noticed something in the past few weeks that isn't at all a new phenomenon, but seems hyper present in our marketplace right now: the artificial confrontation.

On Friday Palm launched...

Fantastic 3D digital short: World War

Computer generated 3D animation has become so commonplace that it's easy to forget just how difficult it is to work in this medium. But beyond the challenges of producing content in this...

NS recommends: Fast Company magazine

Lately I've become a big fan of Fast Company magazine. I started reading it about a year ago and was lucky enough to receive a subscription as a birthday present this year. Fast...