School’s almost here, which means so’s the task of buying school supplies. If you’re a high school or college student—or if you’re buying stuff for someone who is—one of the items on that list is ...

Tired of erasing holes in your graph paper or having to start over from scratch? Here's an easy way to create your own custom graph paper in Excel. This past week, I started mapping out new flowerbeds ...

There’s a lot of talk about CAD software these days, and don’t get us wrong, they’re an essential tool of the trade. But for roughing out an idea, nothing tops paper and a pencil. Even the back of a ...

The list of ‘anythings’ Excel can do keeps growing, as new versions with more templates and better features are released. Many prefer the simplicity of Excel over Word because it offers a huge, very ...

These are the graph paper sketches that became 'Super Mario Bros.' Looking at the technological wonders emerging from this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, it's hard to imagine that, not very ...

In addition to being an ideal vehicle for pet follies and YouTube pratfalls, animated GIFs have emerged as a versatile new medium for visual art in the Internet age. Art GIFs–as opposed to, I guess, ...

The side-scrolling adventures of two plumber brothers, Super Mario Bros., has long been iconic and influential. Now, during a discussion at Nintendo's E3 Press Conference, Super Mario Bros. creators ...

To quote one of my favorite video game characters: Greatness, from small beginnings. To celebrate The Legend of Zelda's 30th anniversary, Nintendo has released a handful of drawings that were used to ...

During the cold war, I worked for Flight International in London. Along with my colleague Doug Richardson—every aviation magazine needs a Leica-toting, Scottish, philhellene ...