What can I say? I picked up Karl Kerschl’s soft-cover book this weekend at TCAF and I was instantly absorbed. This book is brilliant from start to finish. The characters, settings and dialogue are perfect.

Charles Christopher is a sasquatch-like beast who wakes up in the woods one day. His adventures take him to many strange places, and to many strange creatures. Each one with its own story to tell.

This is not a light-hearted tale of whimsy. I found myself moved. This is a web-comic that in a few panels can be expressive, thought-provoking and emotional.

It’s just beautiful.

The Abominable Charles Christopher – Episode One.

Why are desks and chairs designed so poorly?

Don’t get me wrong. They’re typically comfortable enough in all of the obvious ways, but I have yet to find a desk & chair combo that doesn’t force you to look downward at your screen.

Maybe I just have a long torso. I’m fairly average in height.  (172cm ~ 5’7″)

I’d like to be able to lower the average chair by about 6″ or raise my monitors. I think I’ll start putting my monitors on something so I can sit up straight while I work.

Alternately, I could purchase an ergonomic solution.

“Light Table is based on a very simple idea: we need a real work surface to code on, not just an editor and a project explorer. We need to be able to move things around, keep clutter down, and bring information to the foreground in the places we need it most.”

This Kickstarter project is amazing. It’s a very nice IDE concept and I’d like to see it become a reality.

PHP: a fractal of bad design – fuzzy notepad.

Many defend and apologize for PHP’s shortcomings, when the reality is that with a minimal amount of initial effort, there are options out there.

Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Everything is a Remix is a brilliant series about the history of innovation. If you are at all interested in copyright law, creativity and intellectual property, you need to see what these videos have to say.

The above is the 4th and probably most important episode, but there are three other episodes that you should watch as well.

So I was playing the first bit of ME3 and I came across a bug. I was able to get up on top of a ship in the docking bay and walk past the edge of the map.

I fell through some levels and ended up in a shop on a floor I previously didn’t have access to.

I haven’t played the other games in this series but I have to say it’s pretty good so far.

Made in Photoshart CS5 in bits of time over a few days.

You can see it either on DeviantArt or on Tumblr.