Archive for January, 2003

Next time I won’t be so quick to blame the cable company

Saturday, January 25th, 2003

My servers weren’t affected, but my surfing last night around 1am sure was!

Happy Birthday

Friday, January 24th, 2003

Nineteen years ago today the first Mac went on sale… Good bunch of links related to this event over at Aaron Swartz’s Weblog…

Very coincidental that talking to my dad this morning he is thinking about buying his first Mac (I said “Mac” not the Apple IIe I forced him to buy my [...]

The Story of “Two Buck Chuck”

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

Interesting article about the $2 Charles F. Shaw wines being sold at Trader Joes

I’ve actually had and bought a couple bottles of the Cabernet and while it’s nothing to write home about, how can you pass up a $2 bottle of wine? You don’t feel guilty opening up a bottle mid-week or using to [...]

Wow

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

This is cool -> http://www.imaginationatwork.com/Imagine?_nolivecache

Tell me…

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2003

this isn’t the scariest chef you’ve ever seen? Where can I get one of those “beard nets”? :)

A screenshot from a commercial on FoodTV for “Cooking School Stories” courtesy of the “pause feature” on my Tivo…

New marusin.com feature

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2003

You now have the ability to “im this” if you’re using AOL Instant Messenger… See the link below (and on every post).

When will the innovations stop? :)

Kevin Is Free

Tuesday, January 21st, 2003

Today marked the first day in 8 years that Kevin Mitnick was allowed to use a computer/the Internet… If you don’t know who Kevin Mitnick is, please visit his site and learn about what happened to him…

Hopefully your corporate firewall/filters don’t block his site since I’ve seen my share that do… :/

the5k.org

Tuesday, January 21st, 2003

I always forget about the5k.org and when I do remember, I always enjoy my visit and want to submit an entry…

If you’re not familiar, the5k.org is a website that holds a competition for people to submit complete websites that are no greater than 5k in size (very small to the non-technical people reading ~ 5120 [...]

So you got bad gas and you’re in an office environment…

Monday, January 20th, 2003

then you are the perfect customer for a Flatulence Filter Seat Cushion from GasBGon…

Yup, that’s right a seat cushion that “has been designed and tested to absorb the odor and sound of flatulence.”

According to their website, “Malodorous gas is a naturally occurring event, obviously affecting some people more than others. Yet, clinical studies show that [...]

Blackwood Convention Playing 9:30 Club on 01.26.03

Monday, January 20th, 2003

It is official that Phish is not playing this weekend at the 9:30 Club… I received an email from someone at the club and in fact there is no one playing…

Below is part of the email I received: “The 9:30 Club does not have either Blackwood Convention or Phish playing this Sunday [...]