I hope Santa treats everyone nicely this year. Here is a link to the Hanft e-card. I swore I would never be the kind of person who made a video of my cat, but that’s kind of what happened. See for yourself here.

The human body is an astonishingly flexible thing. Grade school taught us to categorize our senses into five categories, but the boundaries between them is much fuzzier than most of us realize. I find myself fascinated by stories where senses are heightened are used for other purposes. Here are a few links to some fascinating [...]

The end of the year means lots of “best of 08″ lists. I wanted to get my music list up a little early this year in case you need some ideas for stocking stuffers for the music lover on your list. You can’t go wrong with these albums. (All links take you to Amazon, by [...]

Just a seasonal reminder that today marks day one of Taco Johnukkah! In case you forgot, the season of tacos is the eight business days before Christmas. Stop by your local Taco Johns and see if they give you a funny look when you ask for the Johnukkah special. (If you are scratching your head [...]

Few people know that ping pong was an important part of Bruce Lees training routine. Bruce had the opinion that traditional martial arts techniques were too rigid and formalistic to be practical in scenarios of chaotic street fighting. That’s why the paddle speed, improvisation and timing involved in ping pong appealed to him so much. [...]

People are always asking me, “Adrian, what does your basement look like?” Ok, nobody has actually asked me that, and nobody has probably even wondered that, but just for fun took a couple pictures of my basement studio/office/gameroom. And thanks to Flickr, these are labeled with captions that just might bore you to tears. Click [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday and thought of me this week. I have great friends and family, and I am touched by your kindness. Thank you! So, I turned 30 this week and I would be lying if I told you that it isn’t a little traumatic. I [...]

I hate that the days are so short now, but the good thing about daylight saving time is that it makes it easier to make timelapse videos of the sunset from out the window of the office where I work. Here is what today’s evening clouds looked like: I don’t know why YouTube messed up [...]

I have redesigned this site several times over the last four years and I always thought it was a bit of a shame that the designs had to disappear from the internet after the new design is applied. So it has been in the back of my mind for a while to convert my old [...]

WordPress Plugins by Adrian Hanft iphone_control_panel_plugin_screenshot I am proud to announce my second WordPress plugin. (Yes, I know this is only a couple days after releasing my  first plugin, but I told you I had a surge of inspiration lately, didn’t I?) This one is called “iPhone Control Panel” and it gives WordPress users an [...]