I rigged up some software to take a screenshot of my computer and a picture from my webcam at regular intervals, then composed them into a movie. The first video is finishing up the timelapse software itself (some of it uses PHP scripts to do image editing) and the second is of me going through […]

My -30- article at the Daily Texan. The -30- article is an unedited column that departing staff members write. Originally ran in the 5/10/05 paper. The original is located at [dailytexanonline.com]

‘Proverbs’ writer moves to greener pastures
By Al Sweigart
My genius was misidentified at a young age.In kindergarten, the class was supposed to enter an art […]

Houston to Austin Bike Trip – Nov. 24th, 25th 2006 [facebook.com]

Email Al Sweigart [email protected]
CoffeeGhost is Albert Sweigart (but you can call him Al), a software developer in San Francisco, California who enjoys bicycling, reading, volunteering, network security, haunting coffee shops, and making useful software.
He is originally from Houston, Texas and went to school in Austin. He finally put his UT Austin computer science degree in […]

The image was engraved on Pioneer 10 and 11, which were probes launched into deep space. The idea was that intelligent alien life would find these plaques and interpret them to mean that intelligent life (us) existed elsewhere in the galaxy.
I offer an alternative interpretation.

Emily the Strange [en.wikipedia.org] is fictional character whose introverted and disdainful personality has made her something of a countercultural icon (and a great way to sell marketable products to the trendy). Her franchise has churned out a lot of merchandise (clothes, toys, books, etc.)
But the character itself is almost an exact copy of another (less […]