Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. As Esquire reported, when Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not only did she immediately wrap her arms around him and embrace him, she did what she’d always seen him do onscreen: she proceeded to take his shoes off!
Entries from May 2007 ↓
15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever
May 31st, 2007 — Links
Looking for housing in Silicon Valley
May 28th, 2007 — Chats
Myke: my dad was looking in the newspaper (!) to try to convince me that the housing market is not as bad as I say it is
Myke: he found one… wow, this looks good… sunnyvale, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, granite countertops and it’s only $219,000
Myke: i looked at the picture… “dad, that’s a MOBILE HOME.”
LOLCODE
May 28th, 2007 — Links
Programming the LOL way. All LOLCats, LOL, ALL CAPS.
Mark Wood Teaches Physics with Dr. Altman
May 28th, 2007 — Links
via TeacherTube
Zombies Invade San Francisco!
May 26th, 2007 — Links
Best Practices for Persistent Login Cookies
May 26th, 2007 — Links
Free Buttons, Icons and Templates
May 25th, 2007 — Links
O’Reilly Books: Designing BSD Rootkits
May 25th, 2007 — Links
This seems like a bad idea…
Great Fonts for Web 2.0
May 24th, 2007 — Links
A selection of typefaces for the modern web era: American Typewriter, Clarendon, DIN Engschrift, Frutiger, Helvetica Bold, ITC Officina Bold, Interstate, Myriad Pro Bold, VAG Rounded
Fort Worth students protest standardized test
May 24th, 2007 — Links
Read the first couple of paragraphs for context. Then look at the photo. (via Jeffrey Boulier)
