June, 2008

  1. Enterzon – The MMO for Learning Mandarin Chinese

    Enterzon is a free, web-based MMO that is specifically design to teach Mandarin Chinese. Developed and hosted at Michigan State University, the idea is to engage players in the game and thereby encourage more natural learning of Mandarin Chinese, on is a multiplayer, online learning environment designed to teach Chinese language and culture through gameplay.…

  2. Secular Coalition for America on That Pew Religion Poll

    The other day I noted a Pew poll where 1 in 5 self-identified atheists said they also believed in God, and likened it to similar number of vegetarians who say they occasionally eat red meat — these folks aren’t atheists or vegetarians, but rather clueless. Anyway, the Secular Coalition for America has a slightly different…

  3. Photos from Tokyo Toy Show 2008

    Boing! Boing! Gadgets recently pointed out this gallery of photographs from the Tokyo Toy Show 2008, including this amazing gaint Ultraman made from smaller Ultraman figures, Makes me want to hum the Ultraman theme song.

  4. DigMyPics.Com vs. ScanCafe.Com

    Like a lot of people, I have thousands of photographs preserved on 35mm slides and negatives that I’ve really wanted to get scanned. There are a lot of companies that will do that for you, but the two leaders in that area are DigMyPics and ScanCafe . . . two companies that have often had…