Week of 2007-05-05 16:00 to 2007-05-12 15:59

Now I’m not sure how much geeky-cooler this could get short of Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton making cameos ;D but there’s an awesome new MythBusters webcast up: Part I of MythBusters meets Ask A Ninja!

Also available via the Discovery.com video podcast.

I had a theory that the Ask A Ninja was actually MythBuster Tory Belleci in disguise, which would be a really killer conspiracy theory to propagate. Unfortunately, under further review of the video evidence, the eyebrows and eyes just didn’t match up. Not that that would get in the way of a real conspiracy theorist, but this is MythBusters after all. ;)

Ha! The City of Los Angeles has gone and declared May 25th as Star Wars Day!

RESOLVE to DECLARE May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day in the City of Los Angeles and also recognize George Lucas’ 1977 film Star Wars for its tremendous impact on the citizenry of Los Angeles, the film industry and the world, and for continuing to inspire after thirty years millions of people to explore movies, fantasy, literature, and science as means of achieving their goals and dreams….

Take that May 4th!

Previously on Celsius1414:

• I am declaring Star Wars Day
• Star Wars Day: Possible Schedule
• Star Wars Day at blogging.la

Via Alex and Curbed LA.

I linked to this a couple of years ago, but happened across it today and thought I’d show it again. This is from Jakob Nielsen on his useit.com site: “Report From a 1994 Web Usability Study”.

The report is of some historical interest, both because it includes screen captures of several famous early websites and because it is one of the first formal usability studies of the Web. In fact, it is remarkable how well the findings and conclusions in this report hold up in the light of the current state of the Web. People often talk about how the Web changes on “Internet time”, but usability issues seem to change much more slowly since they stem from human capabilities and interests.

The BBC forum headline “Can Devolution work in Northern Ireland?” caught my eye. My response?

Devolution works everywhere. ;)

Wikipedia:

• Devolution
• Devo