Archive for August, 2003

Segways on “Back To School” shopping lists?

Monday, August 18th, 2003

The Illinois Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with Segway to become the first official “Segway-Friendly” school… Supposedly, students and faculty are getting their Segways at big discounts.

Blackout 2003!

Friday, August 15th, 2003

Because marusin.com has a large network of correspondents, we were lucky enough to get an amazing shot of the blackout that swept across the Northeastern USA and Canada from last night. I proudly share it with you.

marusin.com exclusive blackout footage

Fruit Bats - “Mouthfuls”

Friday, August 15th, 2003

For the second installment of the new “what I’m listening to” feature, I decided to review one of the newest cds I’ve picked up recently: “Mouthfuls” by a band named the Fruit Bats.

Where did I originally hear about the Fruit Bats? I have no idea really… I think it was on a [...]

Cooking Schools in Chicago

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Part of me has really been wanting to go to Cooking School for the last couple years.

The Chicago Tribune put out a nice list of Cooking Schools in the Chicago-Area ranging from places to take a class all the way to hard-core-full-on schools… Really good reference for anyone somewhat interested in attending [...]

Tour Paris on a Segway

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

When my ass makes it back to Paris this is the way to see the city: on a Segway…

Found On The Internet

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

Pretty funny poster found on the web for a Brazil/Argentina Futbol match… I would guess that Argentina are the agressors here? :)

Google Calculator

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

We all love Google, but it’s the little things that make me think it’s the greatest website on earth…

Did you know that you can use Google as a calculator by just typing in what you want to calculate in the search box and hitting the “Google Search” button? It’s a brand new feature and [...]

Which R.E.M. member are you?

Monday, August 11th, 2003

I’m proud to say that I’m Peter Buck! :)

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Everything I Need To Know I Learned From Boss Hogg

Friday, August 8th, 2003

Depending on how close you follow the news and/or technology, you may have heard about this whole SCO debacle that’s been going around.

Basically, SCO is out to sue everyone and their mother because I think “they have fallen off the deep end”. They are saying that IBM used some of “their” technology. [...]

Denim

Thursday, August 7th, 2003

Group for User Interface Research - DENIM

DENIM is a pretty cool application out of Berkeley. According to their website, “DENIM is a system that helps web site designers in the early stages of design. DENIM supports sketching input, allows design at different refinement levels, and unifies the levels through zooming.”

Pretty slick stuff that can [...]