Archive for August, 2003

Make Your Own Lava Lamp

Sunday, August 31st, 2003

Check out the “white trash” lava lamp… Cool stuff! http://oozinggoo.com/howto.html

Is it “pop” or “soda”?

Thursday, August 28th, 2003

Take a look at this cool survey of what people call various things (ie: pop or soda) or how the pronounce various things throughout the US. You can break down answers on a state by state level or see all the answers from all states laid over each other…

It’s interesting to see these [...]

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time?

Thursday, August 28th, 2003

The new Rolling Stone actually has a “music related” story that made the cover this week: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (compared to last weeks “Olson Twins” cover story)…

So Rolling Stone is finally talking about music again and they come out with a list like this? Now I’m a fan and [...]

Trey Anastasio Is With The Terrorists

Wednesday, August 27th, 2003

Just think about it… :)

LSD and the No-Hitter

Tuesday, August 26th, 2003

I just learned of the story of Dock Ellis pitching his 1970 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres while under the influence of LSD.

The story goes something like this: Dock, thinking he has the day off on some random Friday, has nothing better to do than throw back a couple of hits of acid. [...]

Flashmugging!

Monday, August 25th, 2003

Look out, all you Flashmobbers, the new fad is Flashmugging…

Guard your iPods and Pumas and foil those muggers! :)

Is Apple Really a “Software Company”?

Sunday, August 24th, 2003

I’m sure you read it before or even got into a debate with other people who have talked about Apple really being a “Hardware Company”… You (who may or may not be an Apple user reading this) may have even thought this at one time or another… Apple does make some kick-ass, well-designed [...]

Wesley Willis, R.I.P.

Friday, August 22nd, 2003

I just discovered that Wesley Willis passed away yesterday. He was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia last year and hasn’t been doing too well after having emergency surgery this past June. A sad day indeed for a Chicago legend who had a cult following all around the world. I don’t think there [...]

He’s Innocent

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

leave the man alone…

Random List For A Tuesday Night

Tuesday, August 19th, 2003

Things I Don’t Like: - Internet connections that don’t work 98.4% of the time (like my cable has been for the last 1.5 weeks) - Headaches - Twitching eyelids - Chipotle as of late (after I think I got sick from there a month ago or so) - Spending anywhere between 15 and 22 hours commuting per week - Not getting [...]