Archive for March, 2003

Blogshares.com

Monday, March 31st, 2003

If you want to get in on a good deal, marusin.com is currently going for $0.02 a share at Blogshares.com (a Virtual Stock Market for weblogs)… 4000 shares are available and they are going fast! Act now, supplies are limited… yeah man.

Nice Weekend = Timeoff

Monday, March 31st, 2003

Well, I didn’t post anything over the weekend and there was pretty much a reason for it… I took the time to relax/unwind and catch-up on some stuff and think about some changes that are coming to this site (ie: a new layout) and some other projects (ie: a very cool little site I’m [...]

Searching Google Images For Marusin

Friday, March 28th, 2003

it’s always fun to search for “marusin” on Google Images

I have no idea why the term “marusin” is so popular in Japan? I am so not Japanese (not that there’s anything wrong with being Japanese)… :)

In the picture above, I like to think of myself as the guy in the middle bringing the [...]

You know your fan base is getting older

Friday, March 28th, 2003

when Phish is selling baby bibs in their merchandise area of their website…

(marusin.com is obviously targeting the same demographics)

Paul Rand’s Designs

Thursday, March 27th, 2003

Yesterday I talked about UPS deciding to throw out the classic design that Paul Rand created for them for something a little more modern/edgy. I personally think it’s a big mistake and with the comments that people have left, I think most people are in agreement.

Here’s a good article talking about Paul Rand’s work [...]

New UPS Logo

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

A new UPS logo was announced along with a full-on advertising campaign to back it and allow people to “get to know the new look”…

Reading the comments over at k10k, someone mentioned that it “looks like a fuckin OS X Aqua icon“.

I thought that was a funny comment. :)

Tivo Reports Oscar Viewing Statistics

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

Check out the results over at Ad Age

I bet you can guess what the most “replayed segment” of the Oscars was the other night…

Something Cool

Wednesday, March 26th, 2003

something really cool is in the works and I’ve made the first step into making it happen… stay tuned and you will see…

It’s been going around

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

but here is a great explanation of Trackback for the masses…

As I’ve mentioned earlier this month, I had the opportunity to see Ben and Mena do a presentation at Seabury and they were really able to capture the incredible capabilities of Trackback live and in person. If you aren’t able to see them in [...]

Star Trek Apartment

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

I have a feeling you just wouldn’t get the ladies with this pad…