Maximum Aardvark

Probably More Cultured Than I

New York Times: Orangutans Have Culture. If orangutans have culture, do they also experience culture shock? If you take one orangutan out of its (tribe? herd? flock? what do you... Read this entry (72 words)

Dad's First Call

There's a fire/police scanner in the office here, and I just heard Dad's first call as Chief: "Woodcliff Lake cars, activated fire alarm at 400 Chestnut Ridge Rd." Less then... Read this entry (41 words)

Upgrading to XHTML 1.1

I stumbled across this discussion of 'anorexic anchors' the other day and was bummed to find that my index template used the same technique. I thought of the perils of... Read this entry (375 words)

Dinosaurs

New York Times: Professors Vie with Web for Class' Attention [via Boing Boing]. Merely another example of dinosaurs trying to solve the problems created by their inability to evolve by... Read this entry (101 words)