Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
We’ve all witnessed the inappropriate use of technology. But no matter how often we may see it, such misapplication happens over and over and over again. Such as this electronic kiosk, found just a few feet from the Apple Store in Continue reading Smart screen
Yes, we have more penguin photos! http://www.kljcharters.com/penguins2/ Of course you wanted more penguin photos.
If someone sends you a photo, they should always supply a caption. Otherwise, you might supply your own.
Have you ever said to yourself, “I want a native Mac OS X hex editor that can handle files of unlimited size?” Of course you have. What you need is 0xED, and it is free: http://www.suavetech.com/0xed/0xed.html It is also Lion Continue reading Literary references to Macintosh applications
2927 An interesting piece of performance art sent to me by someone who hates performance art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZFkZiwMLZ4 I suspect that “hatred” of performance art is in some degree based on the name. All art has a performance element, be it Continue reading Performance art and acceptance
3236 Yes, these are ads. And not even new ads, but they are new to me. The first reminds me of an overly prescriptive, talkative GPS unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70 and this one reminds me of times when the GPS unit gets Continue reading Driving directions
1690 Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who does Rube Goldberg one better. While Goldberg’s creations were spectacularly clever and astoundingly useless, they were very much artifices: without a human creating them, they wouldn’t exist. Your typical Rube Goldberg device Continue reading Beach creatures
4471 Your typical Frank Franzetta or Boris Vallejo book cover or magazine cover featured a scantily clad damsel fighting off an evil orc or BEM (Bug Eyed Monster) or heavily armored galactic overlord. The damsel might have a sword and a Continue reading Sensible shoes for armored women
San Diego has a desert climate. It isn’t just slightly short of water; it has virtually none. The average yearly rainfall is just nine inches. There are virtually no sources of fresh water; virtually all fresh water is piped in Continue reading Greener San Diego