A flashback to the Whole Earth Catalog:
Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools

Practical, inspiring alternative energy projects: Build It Solar

Some photographs by my father, Jackson Tiffany

I did the JavaScript programming for Lynn Woodland's Odyssey of Life Oracle.

I still read San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll most mornings, though I haven't lived in San Francisco since 1994.

Dark Basic is an easy-to-use Windows programming language. It was designed for making computer games, but it has enough power and flexibility to create just about anything. It's such a perfect artist's tool, I would love to see more artists using it to create works other than videogames.

I've become enthused about a new economic system that involves a complete re-design of our concept of money, with potentially incredible improvements in efficiency, fairness, and quality of life.