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I Am Legend - Will Smith battles vampires in New York.

The Golden Compass - Is it enough to draw you back for a sequel?

The Garden - Daisy's poem.

The Garden - What rhymes with Daisy?

LA Studio Tours - Studio tours give LA visitors a close-up look at movie-making.

The Garden - Daisy doesn't need thorns!

Testing For Tommy - Alabama Governor Bob Riley refuses to order tests that could save an innocent man from death.

The Garden - Daisy is starting to show her true feelings about Rose.

The Garden - A Rose by any other name ...

Solar Charger Helps Save Money - Put solar to use when you're too remote to plug in.

Redundant Internet Access for Businesses - Keep your business running when the lines go down.

The Garden - A new flower in the garden can only mean one thing: Trouble for Daisy!

Skiing Arizona - Phoenix's Ski Resorts

Guests From Hell - How Resorts Deal With Theft And Vandalism

Caring for a New Oil Painting - Four tips to maintaining your artistic treasure for generations to come.

On a Role Play - The Fantasy World of Gaming Conventions

Napa Valley - A Disneyland for Wine-lovers

Convicted But Innocent - How wrongful conviction affects you.

Colm Wilkinson's Broadway & Beyond Tour - Much more than just a man behind a mask

Raw vs JPEG - Three Reasons To Shoot JPEG

What Hackers Know About Your Network - That You Don't!

Next - Another thriller produced by and starring Nicolas Cage.

Incursion, Episode Fifteen - Tim and Jeffrey are rescued. Or are they?

2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Biggest Ever! - Is bigger necessarily better?

Want a Hot Summer? Head to the Cool Canaries - Beautiful beaches, a mild climate, and fascinating history.

Breaking in to Mass Media Production - Help for independent production companies breaking into the US market.

Teaching a Child Chess - This age-old game and teach some valuable life lessons.

Historical View of Chess - Not every chess game ends with a clear winner.

The UFO Lawyer - This attorney hasn't defended ET or Spock ... yet.

Galactic Empire, A Space-age Third Reich - Can you find Hitler in the Star Wars saga?

Trekker Versus Trekkie: The Controversy - Where did it begin? Who's right? Does it really matter?

Virtual World Art Breaks Real World Record - 25,000 artists, one canvas.

The Astronomical Rise of Low Cost Air Travel - Why has it happened and who benefits from it all?

Bourne Ultimatum - A review of the latest Jason Bourne movie starring Matt Damon.

Balboa Island - Expensive to live there, but not to visit

What Do You Get From an All Inclusive Package? - If you want a relaxing vacaction, consider an all-inclusive package.

Spring Is Just Around The Corner - What you can do to prepare your garden for spring.

Breezes, Punta Cana - A Welcome Break From The Cold

Virtual Servers - They're not just figments of your imagination.

In Case Of Emergency, Break Glass - Preparing a disaster recovery plan for your business.

Who Has Heard The Wind - Do wind farms produce noise pollution?

Manners In Text - Observing proper business etiquette in your email.

Is Linux Ready For Your Desktop? - It may be, if you're comfortable with trying new things.

Second Star To The Right - An alternative to GPS that doesn't require batteries.

Finding Work Through A Temporary Agency - Finding a great job can be easy, if you're open to change.

Fantastic Four - Another movie based on a comic book series. This one's not too bad.

The Lake House - Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock have trouble meeting at the same time in this romantic comedy.

28 Days Later - A reivew of the sort-of zombie horror.

Rush Hour 3 - A review of the Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker comedy.

How Does Tidal Power Work? - There's power in those waves.

The Garden - Daisy gets an education.

Closing The Conservation Gap In Electric Power

Renewable Electric Power Takes Off

Wind Power as a Viable Solution to Alternative Energy Needs

The Garden - Daisy learns that ownership has its privileges ... and its responsibilities!

The Garden - Daisy's weed list is getting longer!

The Garden - Daisy takes over the Garden and starts a weed list.

Incursion, Part Fourteen - Captured!

The Garden - Daisy has a bright idea.

Incursion, Part Thirteen - Tim isn't going to get any rest tonight.

Incursion, Part Twelve - Tim learns some frightening facts about their pursuers.

The Garden - Spike is a what?!

The Garden - Technology isn't always what you expect.

The Garden - Romance is blooming!

Incursion, Part Eleven - Will turning to Tim's ex-wife for help be a mistake?

The Garden - Excuse our obscure references.

The Garden - It's amazing what some people leave lying around.

Incursion, Part Ten - Who can Jeffrey turn to for help? And why is this going to be hard for Tim?

Don't Say It If You Don't Mean It - Juno Awards producers tease couple with bogus car promise.

Going Off-Grid - What does it take to disconnect from the world?

Incursion, Part Nine - The people in the Lincoln aren't the only ones who want Tim.

Rejoice In Simplicity - A painting of a mouse enjoying the sweet fragrance of a flower.

The Garden - Daisy's view of the garden begins to change.

Music or Noise? - A drawback to wind power, depending on your attitude.

The Garden - A warning to children: Don't mess with the flowers!

The Garden - Rain may not be neat, but it is scientific.

Whine, Whine, Whine - Some people will complain about anything.

Incursion, Part Eight - Tim and Jeffrey confront the government agents following them.

Dual-Boot Linux and Windows - Resizing a Windows Partition to Enable a Dual Boot for Linux.

The Changing Sound of Music - The music of tomorrow may be the noise of today, or maybe not.

The Garden - The protest continues.

Competitive Knitting - Not a sport for the timid.

Incursion, Part Seven - Jeffrey has a plan to find out who's been following Tim.

The Garden - Daisy kicks her protest up a notch.

The Garden - Daisy decides to do something about her situation.

Dorky, Disabled, or Dead? - Make your kids wear helmets!

No Such Thing As Bad Publicity? - Heads roll after a publicity stunt goes wrong.

Convict Carts - No More Wonky Shopping Carts, Smaller Prisons

Incursion, Part Six - Tim and Jeffrey are followed.

The Garden - Daisy finds out that plants are not the only residents of the garden.

The Garden - Daisy begins her first night, and boy is it dark!

Incursion, Part Five - Tim goes to meet Jeffrey. Was it a good idea?

Sidekick - A typical Daniel Baldwin movie.

Why We Fight - Freedom comes at a high cost.

RV - It would be funny even without Robin Williams.

Ford Sees Red - Ink, that is. The world's second-largest auto manufacturer is bleeding.

A Scanner Darkly - If this doesn't scare you off drugs, nothing will.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - More fun than a barrel of squirrels.

Good Night, and Good Luck - We don't seem to learn from history.

The Illusionist - Slight of hand and misdirection make for a great story.

Incursion, Part Four - Why do Tim and Jeffrey hate each other?

The Garden - Daisy thinks her soil is dirty.

The Virus and Bacteria Hoax - There's no reason to be afraid of these tiny critters.

Another Bank Loses Your Data - At what point will they lose your confidence too?

The Garden - Daisy is not a happy flower.

Rogers Drops Services - Business At The Speed Of Stupid. Don't respect your customers.

Stupid Radio Station Stunts - Business At The Speed Of Stupid. First in what promises to be a long list.

The Garden - Premier of our comic strip featuring befuddled flowers and idiosyncratic insects.

Incursion, Part Three - Who called? And who is Tim calling?

The Soap That wouldn't Leave - A bar of soap is lasting an unnaturally long time.

Lady In The Water - Don't watch it if your jeans are too tight.

Pointless Mission Statements - Some companies make great use of the Dilbert Mission Statement generator.

Scientific Fanaticism - Science Is Already A Religion

Celestial Navigation - Finding your way through the Final Frontier.

A History Lesson For The Pope - Praying for peace is a good thing, but actions speak louder than words.

Incursion, Part Two - Who's following him in the Lincoln Navigator?

Neighbors From Hell - It's time to move.

If You Were A Superhero - What would be your super power?

Using a Mac font on Linux - You can still use that zero byte file if you treat it properly.

Incursion - Part one of an experiment in episodic fiction.

Are you hungry for the McAstro? - McDonald's and NASA announce corporate sponsorship deal.

More Sensitive Data Lost - When are corporations going to learn?

Come Out From Among Them - A scriptural response to priestly abuse.

Technical Notes - Notes we've been accumulating about Macs, Linux, and Windows.

Big Splash - An abstract painting

Broken Glass - An abstract painting

Man on Fire - An abstract painting

Why I Like Bats - A Poem by Spooky Mark

Improving Sports - Don't take offense if you actually do like sports.