Archive for February, 2003

Watching the Grammies

Sunday, February 23rd, 2003

Who can go to the Grammies? It’s not people like you and me (unless you are a big star or in the music industry and reading marusin.com), so who are all these people “being excited” in front of Avril Lavigne as I type this (not that I would be that excited moshing in front [...]

My…

Thursday, February 20th, 2003

hiatus ends in 2 hours… :)

update: good show but they are still rusty from so much time off

02/20/2003* Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL

1: Rift, Rock And Roll, Guyute**, Driver, Waves, Simple^ > Gotta Jibboo 2: Tweezer, Punch You in the Eye, Fast Enough for You, Seven Below^^, Pebbles & Marbles E: Golgi [...]

Spot me $16,000 - $20,000?

Wednesday, February 19th, 2003

An original Apple I is going on sale and is expected to pull in a lot of money…

Not only is this machine cool, but it even has an old Apple visitor pass stuck on the bottom from when the original owner visited the Cupertino Compound back in 1981…

Amen to That

Wednesday, February 19th, 2003

Aaron Swartz has wrote a pretty cool piece about where he sees the Internet heading… To summarize, he feels that Internet will move back to the people by wireless hub bouncing packets off each other (creating what he calls a “forest of overlapping wireless”)…

“The people own the Internet now. When there is censorship, the [...]

No Need To Register For The New York Times

Tuesday, February 18th, 2003

If you ever stumble upon a link to an article on the New York Times site and don’t have a registered login, just append “&partner=GOOGLE” (without the quotes) to the end of any URL…

Very cool tip found over on Mike Daisey’s site… Sneaky Sneaky! :)

Parking Spots

Tuesday, February 18th, 2003

http://dubster.com/cars/

From the FAQ: I don`t get it What is there to get? people take photographs of toy cars next to real cars.

gbloogle

Monday, February 17th, 2003

Google bought Blogger… Good times for all… More info here, here, here and here

Congrats, Evan!

Bork Bork Bork

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

MSN doesn’t like Opera all of a sudden… So to make things interesting (if you have some time and use Opera for a browser), do the following…

Read This

Download This

Then Go Here :)

Thanks to Tony for the links…

Zwan Live @ The Metro mp3s

Friday, February 14th, 2003

Zwan has put up a cd’s worth of mp3s from their recent five night stand at The Metro in Chicago for free on their website.

They are under the “Live” section of the site (can’t link directly because it’s a weird Flash page, but you should be able to find them)… Check them [...]

Cunning Stunts - Guerrilla PR

Friday, February 14th, 2003

A UK company named Cunning Stunts has launched a new ad campaign where they will be “renting” out the foreheads of college students for around $7 an hour for people to be “walking billboards”. Basically a long-term temporary tattoo is applied to the person’s forehead with whatever logo or ad they are advertising. [...]