The Metaplane

Paris is 3,000 years older than first thought. ( don't believe me, though. ) (photo by Declan McCullagh)

Migrating stingrays off the Yucatan peninsula. (AP photo)

Wacom Cintiq While I'm being materialistic, I'll take one of these Cintiq 20WSX 20" wide-aspect touchscreen monitors from Wacom...

Jaguar (unknown credit)

Maybe the emperor wears no clothes because he wants to know how it feels. People build empires. Empires fall into ruins. Ruins are appreciat...

My friend Mario.

Gems There are so many wounded people in this world With souls wrapped in ice to keep them from aching And others to take credit for what th...

California Poppies. (sias)

If And if I could do it for you, I would. Close your eyes when you felt tired And mired in a mood. And if I could change the world for Good,...

iPhone 3G Once it gets more internal memory (say 64 GB or so), you can get me one of these. Thanks.

Q'eleedra lady of ice fire melts below your soft stare and you scare me into loving you what a world twirled in the palm of your mind yo...

in person i want to visit people in person. see them in person. sit with them in person. talk to them in person. laugh with them in person. ...

Music & Books. What kind of world would exist without music? Music dominates my life, is the soundtrack To my dabblings and triumphs and...

UNTITLED I won't let my heart be broken again It could happen anyway I'm not going to stop flying because A little rain is pouring d...

(sias) Une petite mort. Beneath the heavens There are demons of both sexes Not out to charm or sway opinions Not to issue hexes or Drag you ...

MUSIC! Chris Cornell, playing acoustic guitar only, in a small club in Sweden. This was his only his second ever run through of this this so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T WHO I AM.

Cats . I wonder what cats think when they look in the mirror. They don't seem to be very impressed. Scientists say they don't recogn...

LIFE'S NOT SHORT, IT'S SOOOO LONG (Kristeen Young) Animated video to demo version of song...

You don't have to dream it all, just live a day... Whoever said that Duran Duran was just a talentless "hair band" riding the ...

Google's New Favicon. I see that Google has a snazzy new favicon. If you don't know what a favicon is, it's the miniature (16x16...

Dark shines a light on the light. I am currently listening to extremely dark music that is intelligent and contains a lucid philosophy or st...

Sade. The world hasn't heard much from Helen Folasade Adu in recent years. Her last album came out in 2002 and a concert tour followed s...

Fly On The Windscreen. (Martin L. Gore) Death is everywhere. There are flies on the windscreen, for a start. Reminding us, we could be torn ...

I have a dream oh But when will I, when will I I do have a dream But oh when will it ever come true? When will I see her, talk to her Hear f...

A Cascade of Flowers (and other things)

Osiris This can't be what life's about I felt that at such an early age Our modern "progress" feels so empty Just take a l...

being cool high school never did learn those social skills the harder you try the less cool you are, it's counterintuitive yet some of t...